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Visitor II
Nov 12, 2026 1:46 PM UTC
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STM32CubeIDE installation on Debian Linux without toolchain

Hello out there, I downloaded and installed STM32CubeIDE on a Debian system (amd64, testing, kernel 7.3.0-rc3) . No problems so far. Then I created a simple project for a Bluepill board with autocreated code from STM32CubeMX, which I edited a little bit. So far it’s a small simple program which doesn’t create any errors. But there is nothing to compile it, no buildchain, no compiler and no possibilities to put in my Debian installed cross-compiler and tool chains. All the menu items are empty.

My main screen looks like this:

 

And this is my installation:

 

Also no possibility to connect my ST-LinkV2 to the IDE.

Something missing here?

Thank you

 

BR Christian

 

TDK
TDKBest answer
Nov 12, 2026 10:18 PM UTC

You have created a project for the EWARM toolchain, not STM32CubeIDE.

The setting is under the project manager. Change that to STM32CubeIDE.

That will let you compile.

I don‘t think BluePill has an SWD connection though, so you can’t debug. A nucleo board would be a better path.

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TDK
TDKBest answer
Nov 12, 2026 10:18 PM UTC

You have created a project for the EWARM toolchain, not STM32CubeIDE.

The setting is under the project manager. Change that to STM32CubeIDE.

That will let you compile.

I don‘t think BluePill has an SWD connection though, so you can’t debug. A nucleo board would be a better path.

"If you feel a post has answered your question, please click ""Accept as Solution""."