[ISSUE] Arm GCC not found, even though it is installed

gmcal213 · November 1, 2022, 9:23pm

Hello,

I am trying to compile a local project using VSCode Particle workbench extension, on Windows 10.

I have been reading a lot of different forum posts about this topic, and I've followed the workflows of getting files out of OneDrive, disabling extensions, installing and reinstalling the device toolchain, checking the Environment Audit, doing an Environment reset, even clean uninstalling and reinstalling VSCode and the Particle Workbench extension, but nothing seems to be working so far. The gcc-arm-10.2.1 installs correctly, but for whatever reason the compiler can't find it. I can't locally compile a blank project for the Argon board using DeviceOS@4.0.0. The error is shown here:

The only other notable thing is this message from Intellisense, which I don't think is an issue:

and environment audit is shown here, notably, the validPath has true, and gcc-arm-10.2.1 has true in the audit as well. Any guidance would be very much appreciated! Thank you!

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m_m · November 2, 2022, 7:35pm

hm. very odd. couple of things worth trying just to maybe learn more:

run the Particle: Launch Compiler Shell command then execute which arm-none-eabi-gcc and share what it prints out. from there, it couldn’t hurt to try running a build with: make -f $PARTICLE_MAKEFILE compile-user (as documented in the usage output)
try creating a new project on your C:\ drive: from within VSCode + Workbench, run the Particle: Create Project command then from the main menu select Terminal > Run Task… > Particle > Particle: Compile application (local). if that builds successfully, try copying the entire project directory to your D:\ drive and re-running the build task against that then share your findings

gmcal213 · November 2, 2022, 10:59pm

Alright so when I run the which arm-none-eabi-gcc command, I get the following result,

Which u think that it is encouraging that the shell can find it.

So now, get this for the compiling part.
When I ran the make -f $PARTICLE_MAKEFILE compile-user, it seemed like it made it pretty far, building files, invoking the ARM-GCC C Compiler, UNTIL it got to here:

Then when I ran it again, it made it even further and then it failed here:

Each time I have ran the make -f $PARTICLE_MAKEFILE compile-user command, it seems to be failing in a different directory, all of a sudden unable to find the ARM gcc compiler. Really strange lol

When created a new project within my C:\ drive, it generated the same error as before.

gusgonnet · November 3, 2022, 1:19pm

Hi, I wonder if you ran the previous command from a terminal inside VS Code. If not, can you?

Could it be that there is a path or environment variable that is set on your windows console or powershell that VS Code does not pick up?

What if you compare the output of the env (or printenv? I forgot) command on powershell, a Windows console (CMD) and a terminal inside VS Code?

m_m · November 3, 2022, 4:43pm

it seems to be failing in a different directory, all of a sudden unable to find the ARM gcc compiler

hm. very strange. fwiw, that error comes from here:

github.com

particle-iot/device-os/blob/v4.0.0/build/arm-tools.mk#L79


      
          # We are using newlib-nano for all the platforms
          CFLAGS += --specs=nano.specs
          
          # Check if the compiler version is the minimum required
          version_to_number=$(shell v=$1; v=($${v//./ }); echo $$((v[0] * 10000 + v[1] * 100 + v[2])))
          get_major_version=$(shell v=$1; v=($${v//./ }); echo $${v[0]})
          arm_gcc_version_str:=$(shell $(CC) -dumpversion)
          arm_gcc_version:=$(call version_to_number,$(arm_gcc_version_str))
          expected_version_str:=10.2.1
          ifeq ($(shell test $(arm_gcc_version) -lt $(call version_to_number,$(expected_version_str)); echo $$?),0)
               $(error "ARM gcc version $(expected_version_str) or later required, but found $(arm_gcc_version_str)")
          endif
          
          ifeq ($(shell test $(arm_gcc_version) -lt $(call version_to_number,4.9.0); echo $$?),0)
               NANO_SUFFIX=_s
          endif
          
          # GCC 8 linker is broken and doesn't support LENGTH(region) when defining another memory region within
          # MEMORY block
          ifeq ($(call get_major_version,$(arm_gcc_version_str)),8)
          	LDFLAGS += -Wl,--defsym=GCC_LD_BROKEN=1

gmcal213 · November 7, 2022, 5:49pm

I think your intuition is right. Looking at the Path variable in the user environment:

Here’s the output of CMD:

Here’s the output of Powershell:

And here’s the output of the VS Code terminal:

At the very end of the output, the VS Code terminal does not have the …gcc_arm\10.2.1\bin

So now just need to get VS Code to pick up on that…

gusgonnet · November 7, 2022, 7:37pm

alright! What if you add it to the global environment variables on Windows itself?

gmcal213 · November 8, 2022, 12:09am

Dangit, now I’m confused again. I added the arm compiler to the system and my user environment variables, and it shows up in the VS Code terminal,

and the Compiler bash terminal,

But it still can’t find the arm-gcc compiler…

gusgonnet · November 8, 2022, 1:08am

VSCode/Windows are offering tremendous resistance. Wow.
How about you do this next?

gmcal213 · November 8, 2022, 5:09am

Well, update. In (admittedly, in a little bit of a rage) I created in a new project in my C:\ drive, I uninstalled and reinstalled the device toolchain 4.0.0 I was working with in my .particle\toolchains\ folder, and lo and behold I have seen my first “compiled successfully” message. I am very confused as to why it just worked all of a sudden. But I’ll keep monitoring it.

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