What is it?
Iconv is a library used for charset conversion.
iconv in Ruby
Ruby’s Iconv is a wrapper class for the UNIX 95 iconv() function family, which translates string between various encoding systems.
See Open Group’s on-line documents for more details.
Iconv in Rails
There were some iconv related Rails 0.11 Upgrade Problems.
Iconv is required by the SaltedHashLoginGenerator(due to a dependency on "Localization").
Iconv on Windows
Iconv works out-of-the-box with the latest One-Click Installer (version 1.8.4).
Ruby needs two components for require 'iconv' to work: iconv.so, which is the ruby part, and iconv.dll, which is the iconv library proper. These are missing from One-Click Installer versions 1.8.2 and earlier.
Here is an iconv package with simple installation instructions , which includes both of those components, works with the One-Click Installer 1.8.0-1.8.2, and solves both of the problems detailed below.
missing iconv
Depending on which Ruby distribution you have installed, the iconv ruby extension may not be installed (see if you have ruby\lib\ruby\1.8\i386-mswin32\iconv.so).
The Ruby-mswin32 distribution contains the required files.
Inside the zip, the path to the file is: lib/ruby/1.8/i386-mswin32/iconv.so
missing iconv.dll
If requiring iconv fails complaining about how “iconv.dll was not found”, such as:
rb(main):001:0> require 'iconv'
produces:
LoadError: 126: The specified module could not be found. - d:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/i386-mswin32/iconv.so
from d:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/i386-mswin32/iconv.so
from d:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:18:in `require'
from (irb):1
Iconv.dll can be aquired from a number of sources. It is available as a separate download from the gettext for win32 project on SourceForge.
for mingw download the port and (I believe the dev) ports, and build your .so through some means (see http://wiki.rubyonrails.org/rails/pages/Win32MingwInstall).
- download libiconv-win32
- extract the file
bin/iconv.dlltoWindows\system32(or somewhere else on your path, such as\ruby\bin\) - If that doesn’t work, try copying iconv.so to lib\ruby\1.8\i386-mswin32\ as specified in this mailing list post
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What is it?
Iconv is a library used for charset conversion.
iconv in Ruby
Ruby’s Iconv is a wrapper class for the UNIX 95 iconv() function family, which translates string between various encoding systems.
See Open Group’s on-line documents for more details.
Iconv in Rails
There were some iconv related Rails 0.11 Upgrade Problems.
Iconv is required by the SaltedHashLoginGenerator(due to a dependency on "Localization").
Iconv on Windows
Iconv works out-of-the-box with the latest One-Click Installer (version 1.8.4).
Ruby needs two components for require 'iconv' to work: iconv.so, which is the ruby part, and iconv.dll, which is the iconv library proper. These are missing from One-Click Installer versions 1.8.2 and earlier.
Here is an iconv package with simple installation instructions , which includes both of those components, works with the One-Click Installer 1.8.0-1.8.2, and solves both of the problems detailed below.
missing iconv
Depending on which Ruby distribution you have installed, the iconv ruby extension may not be installed (see if you have ruby\lib\ruby\1.8\i386-mswin32\iconv.so).
The Ruby-mswin32 distribution contains the required files.
Inside the zip, the path to the file is: lib/ruby/1.8/i386-mswin32/iconv.so
missing iconv.dll
If requiring iconv fails complaining about how “iconv.dll was not found”, such as:
rb(main):001:0> require 'iconv'
produces:
LoadError: 126: The specified module could not be found. - d:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/i386-mswin32/iconv.so
from d:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/i386-mswin32/iconv.so
from d:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:18:in `require'
from (irb):1
Iconv.dll can be aquired from a number of sources. It is available as a separate download from the gettext for win32 project on SourceForge.
for mingw download the port and (I believe the dev) ports, and build your .so through some means (see http://wiki.rubyonrails.org/rails/pages/Win32MingwInstall).
- download libiconv-win32
- extract the file
bin/iconv.dlltoWindows\system32(or somewhere else on your path, such as\ruby\bin\) - If that doesn’t work, try copying iconv.so to lib\ruby\1.8\i386-mswin32\ as specified in this mailing list post
Bath and Shower
Fragrance
Gift Sets
Hair Care
Makeup
Men’s Grooming
Shaving and Hair Removal
Skin Care
Tools and Accessories
Computers – Computer Add-Ons
Computers – Desktops
Computers – Handhelds & PDAs
Computers – Notebooks
Baby Diapering
Baby Feeding
For Moms
Baby Furniture
Baby Gear
Baby Gifts
Baby Health & Baby Care
Nursery Décor
Potty Training
Baby Safety
Baby Strollers