Lookuperror : unknown encoding : utf-8

Sachin Punjabi sachinpunjabi at gmail.com
Mon Oct 30 04:15:52 EST 2006



On Oct 30, 1:54 pm, "Leo Kislov" <Leo.Kis... at gmail.com> wrote:
> Sachin Punjabi wrote:
> > On Oct 30, 1:29 pm, Fredrik Lundh <fred... at pythonware.com> wrote:
> > > Sachin Punjabi wrote:
> > > > The OS is Windows XPthen your installation is seriously broken.  where did you get the
> > > installation kit?  have you removed stuff from the Lib directory ?
>
> > > </F>
>
> > It was already installed on my PC and I have no clue how it was
> > installed or any changes has been done.Then it's a distribution of your PC manufacturer. They could omit some
> modules like utf-8 codec.
>
> > I am just downloading newer
> > version from python.org and will install and check it. I think there
> > should be problem with installation itself.That's a right idea, I'd also recommend to leave the manufacturer's
> python distribution alone. Do not remove it, do not upgrade it. Some
> programs provided by the manufacturer can stop working. If the
> preinstalled python was installed into c:\python24 directory, choose
> some other directory when you install python from python.org.
>
>   -- Leo

I installed it again but it makes no difference. It still throws me
error for LookUp Error: unknown encoding : utf-8.

Sachin




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