Change the default codepage from latin1 to utf8 on a linux machine
How can I change the default codepage/charset on a linux system from latin1 to utf8? I need to do this on two systems, one is running Ubuntu and the other Debian.
Solution 1:
Edit /var/lib/locales/supported.d/local and add your locale to the list of supported locales if it isn't there already, eg:
en_US UTF-8
Regenerate the supported locales on your machine:
sudo dpkg-reconfigure locales
Open /etc/default/locale and check if LANG and LANGUAGE are changed:
LANG="en_US" LANGUAGE="en_US:UTF-8"
if they are not, you can manually update them now.
reboot.