On ubuntu; debug says "Could not determine GDB version"

[DQuir.1]

Could not determine GDB version using command: /opt/st/stm32cubeide_1.2.0/plugins/com.st.stm32cube.ide.mcu.externaltools.gnu-tools-for-stm32.7-2018-q2-update.linux64_1.0.0.201904181610/tools/bin/arm-none-eabi-gdb --version

/opt/st/stm32cubeide_1.2.0/plugins/com.st.stm32cube.ide.mcu.externaltools.gnu-tools-for-stm32.7-2018-q2-update.linux64_1.0.0.201904181610/tools/bin/arm-none-eabi-gdb: error while loading shared libraries: libncurses.so.5: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

[mattias norlander · Accepted solution]

The error message suggests that your Ubuntu system is lacking libncurses. Try:

sudo apt-get install libncurses5

If that does not help. Let us know which Ubuntu version...

[JBara.1]

I had the same problem and it was very useful, thank you so much @mattias norlander​ 

[Javier_Leyva08]

it has resolved my issue too.!! thank you @mattias norlander​ :D

[UMahm.1]

Thank you, this worked for me as well.

[PPund.1]

Thank you.

It resolved my issue,

STM32CubeIDE Version: 1.7.0 Build: 10852_20210715_0634

STM32CubeProgrammer v2.8.0

ST-LINK GDB server. Version 5.9.1

Board      : STM32L562E-DK

Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS , x64

Compiler toolchain: com.st.stm32cube.ide.mcu.externaltools.gnu-tools-for-stm32.9-2020-q2-update.linux64_2.0.0.202105311346 & com.st.stm32cube.ide.mcu.externaltools.make.linux64_2.0.0.202105311346

[FAres.1]

I'm facing the same problem, and now, in the Linux distro I use, there's only libncurses.so.6.

What can I do?

[mattias norlander]

Hi,

The toolchain was built depending on libncurses5. The 5 --> 6 step implies that they are not binary compatible. Hence you have to rely on libncurses5.

Wich distro are you using?

You should be able to install them side-by-side. But in some distros the package name including libncurses5 may be different...

[FAres.1]

Thanks for your reply. I'm using the Gentoo distro, and it doesn't supply libncurses 5 anymore. Fiddling a bit, I've noticed that, after solving libncurses issue, there will be some more libraries with newer versions to handle. For now, I'll be using an Ubuntu 18 virtual machine, but that's​ quite awful.

[Tran Lam Truong]

So amazing. I've used Linux for my work and encountered this GDB problem. Thank Sir!