FYI : running the following :
ferrema@pupfish:/$ export LC_ALL="en_US.UTF-8" ferrema@pupfish:/$ sudo dpkg-reconfigure locales Generating locales... en_AG.UTF-8... done en_AU.UTF-8... done en_BW.UTF-8... done en_CA.UTF-8... done en_DK.UTF-8... done en_GB.UTF-8... done en_HK.UTF-8... done en_IE.UTF-8... done en_IN.UTF-8... done en_NG.UTF-8... done en_NZ.UTF-8... done en_PH.UTF-8... done en_SG.UTF-8... done en_US.UTF-8... up-to-date en_ZA.UTF-8... done en_ZW.UTF-8... done it_CH.UTF-8... done it_IT.UTF-8... done Generation complete. ferrema@pupfish:/$ eclipse ferrema@pupfish:/$
fixes the issue .
FYI :
running the following :
ferrema@pupfish:/$ export LC_ALL= "en_US. UTF-8"
ferrema@pupfish:/$ sudo dpkg-reconfigure locales
Generating locales...
en_AG.UTF-8... done
en_AU.UTF-8... done
en_BW.UTF-8... done
en_CA.UTF-8... done
en_DK.UTF-8... done
en_GB.UTF-8... done
en_HK.UTF-8... done
en_IE.UTF-8... done
en_IN.UTF-8... done
en_NG.UTF-8... done
en_NZ.UTF-8... done
en_PH.UTF-8... done
en_SG.UTF-8... done
en_US.UTF-8... up-to-date
en_ZA.UTF-8... done
en_ZW.UTF-8... done
it_CH.UTF-8... done
it_IT.UTF-8... done
Generation complete.
ferrema@pupfish:/$ eclipse
ferrema@pupfish:/$
fixes the issue .