Unicode::MapUTF8 - Conversions to and from arbitrary character sets and UTF8 Provides an adapter layer between core routines for converting to and from UTF8 and other encodings. In essence, a way to give multiple existing Unicode modules a single common interface so you don't have to know the underlaying implementations to do simple UTF8 to-from other character set string conversions. As such, it wraps the Unicode::String, Unicode::Map8, Unicode::Map and Jcode modules in a standardized and simple API. Mainly intended for use with Perl 5.6 and 5.0 since starting with Perl 5.8 the Encode modules are the preferred way of handling character set encodings. To install: perl Makefile.PL make make test make install Alternatively, if you have Module::Build installed, perl Build.PL ./Build ./Build test ./Build install See 'perldoc Unicode::MapUTF8' for the documentation.