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Workbench on Linux and zLinux: Change UTF-8 System to Use a Legacy Encoding

Note: The instances of Linux in this section refer to both the Linux and zLinux operating environments.

You can change your system to use legacy (non-UTF-8) character encoding. This is the easiest and most reliable way to run Workbench on a Linux system. However, this will alter the default encoding for all applications on your Linux system, so it may not be desirable in your environment.

The procedure to make this change varies by system. This example shows how to change a SUSE Linux ES 10 system to use a legacy (non-UTF-8) character encoding.

1. Launch the SUSE YaST Control Center and click the Language icon (in the System category).

   The Primary Language Settings dialog appears.

2. Click Details and clear the Use UTF-8 Encoding option. Click OK.
3. Click Accept to apply the changes in YaST.
4. Log out of your desktop, and then log back in.
5. Check the LANG variable value.

   UTF-8 encoding is no longer specified. All applications will default to a legacy character encoding. On German systems this is typically a locale of de_DE@euro which translates to an encoding of IS0-8859-15.