Issue #4738 has been reported by Ilias Lazaridis.

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Bug #4738: gem install fails with "Encoding::ConverterNotFoundError" on windows 7 greek
http://redmine.ruby-lang.org/issues/4738

Author: Ilias Lazaridis
Status: Open
Priority: High
Assignee: 
Category: 
Target version: 
ruby -v: ruby 1.9.2p180 (2011-02-18) [i386-mingw32]


On windows 7 greek.

Installer used:
http://rubyforge.org/frs/download.php/74298/rubyinstaller-1.9.2-p180.exe

P:\>cmd
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P:\>ruby -v
ruby 1.9.2p180 (2011-02-18) [i386-mingw32]

P:\>gem -v
1.5.2

P:\>gem install json_pure
ERROR:  While executing gem ... (Encoding::ConverterNotFoundError)
    code converter not found (UTF-16LE to IBM737)

P:\>gem install json_pure --debug -V
Exception `NameError' at P:/prg/ruby192/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.9.1/rubygems/command_manager.rb:163 - uninitialized constant Gem::Commands::InstallCommand
Exception `Encoding::ConverterNotFoundError' at P:/prg/ruby192/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.9.1/rubygems/dependency_installer.rb:195 - code converter not found (UTF-16LE to IBM737)
ERROR:  While executing gem ... (Encoding::ConverterNotFoundError)
    code converter not found (UTF-16LE to IBM737)
        P:/prg/ruby192/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.9.1/rubygems/dependency_installer.rb:195:in `[]'
        P:/prg/ruby192/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.9.1/rubygems/dependency_installer.rb:195:in `find_spec_by_name_and_version'
        P:/prg/ruby192/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.9.1/rubygems/dependency_installer.rb:244:in `install'
        P:/prg/ruby192/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.9.1/rubygems/commands/install_command.rb:120:in `block in execute'
        P:/prg/ruby192/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.9.1/rubygems/commands/install_command.rb:115:in `each'
        P:/prg/ruby192/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.9.1/rubygems/commands/install_command.rb:115:in `execute'
        P:/prg/ruby192/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.9.1/rubygems/command.rb:278:in `invoke'
        P:/prg/ruby192/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.9.1/rubygems/command_manager.rb:133:in `process_args'
        P:/prg/ruby192/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.9.1/rubygems/command_manager.rb:103:in `run'
        P:/prg/ruby192/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.9.1/rubygems/gem_runner.rb:63:in `run'
        P:/prg/ruby192/bin/gem:21:in `<main>'




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