Initially I downloaded the Debian version of the IDE. Now I am using the generic Linux version. In both versions I could build the project, but in neither one of them could I run the program. I kept getting the error: Could not determine GDB version.
I tried to see where is the cross-compiler in use: Project -> Properties -> C/C++ Build -> Environment. Here the PATH variable is different from the system's PATH variable, having the following value:
/opt/st/stm32cubeide_1.17.0/plugins/com.st.stm32cube.ide.mcu.externaltools.gnu-tools-for-stm32.12.3.rel1.linux64_1.1.0.202410170702/tools/bin:/opt/st/stm32cubeide_1.17.0/plugins/com.st.stm32cube.ide.mcu.externaltools.make.linux64_2.2.0.202409170845/tools/bin:/home/daniello92/.local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/local/games:/usr/games:/snap/bin:/home/daniello92/.dotnet/tools:/snap/bin
I supposed that the cross-compiler is taken from the PATH, so I went ahead and tested the GDB found in the PATH:
$ /opt/st/stm32cubeide_1.17.0/plugins/com.st.stm32cube.ide.mcu.externaltools.gnu-tools-for-stm32.12.3.rel1.linux64_1.1.0.202410170702/tools/bin/arm-none-eabi-gdb ~/STM32CubeIDE/ProjectX/Debug/wave.elf
/opt/st/stm32cubeide_1.17.0/plugins/com.st.stm32cube.ide.mcu.externaltools.gnu-tools-for-stm32.12.3.rel1.linux64_1.1.0.202410170702/tools/bin/arm-none-eabi-gdb: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libncurses.so.5: version `NCURSES_5.3.20021019' not found (required by /opt/st/stm32cubeide_1.17.0/plugins/com.st.stm32cube.ide.mcu.externaltools.gnu-tools-for-stm32.12.3.rel1.linux64_1.1.0.202410170702/tools/bin/arm-none-eabi-gdb)
/opt/st/stm32cubeide_1.17.0/plugins/com.st.stm32cube.ide.mcu.externaltools.gnu-tools-for-stm32.12.3.rel1.linux64_1.1.0.202410170702/tools/bin/arm-none-eabi-gdb: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libncurses.so.5: version `NCURSES_5.1.20000708' not found (required by /opt/st/stm32cubeide_1.17.0/plugins/com.st.stm32cube.ide.mcu.externaltools.gnu-tools-for-stm32.12.3.rel1.linux64_1.1.0.202410170702/tools/bin/arm-none-eabi-gdb)
/opt/st/stm32cubeide_1.17.0/plugins/com.st.stm32cube.ide.mcu.externaltools.gnu-tools-for-stm32.12.3.rel1.linux64_1.1.0.202410170702/tools/bin/arm-none-eabi-gdb: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libncurses.so.5: version `NCURSES_5.6.20061217' not found (required by /opt/st/stm32cubeide_1.17.0/plugins/com.st.stm32cube.ide.mcu.externaltools.gnu-tools-for-stm32.12.3.rel1.linux64_1.1.0.202410170702/tools/bin/arm-none-eabi-gdb)
/opt/st/stm32cubeide_1.17.0/plugins/com.st.stm32cube.ide.mcu.externaltools.gnu-tools-for-stm32.12.3.rel1.linux64_1.1.0.202410170702/tools/bin/arm-none-eabi-gdb: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libncurses.so.5: version `NCURSES_5.0.19991023' not found (required by /opt/st/stm32cubeide_1.17.0/plugins/com.st.stm32cube.ide.mcu.externaltools.gnu-tools-for-stm32.12.3.rel1.linux64_1.1.0.202410170702/tools/bin/arm-none-eabi-gdb)
/opt/st/stm32cubeide_1.17.0/plugins/com.st.stm32cube.ide.mcu.externaltools.gnu-tools-for-stm32.12.3.rel1.linux64_1.1.0.202410170702/tools/bin/arm-none-eabi-gdb: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libtinfo.so.5: version `NCURSES_TINFO_5.0.19991023' not found (required by /opt/st/stm32cubeide_1.17.0/plugins/com.st.stm32cube.ide.mcu.externaltools.gnu-tools-for-stm32.12.3.rel1.linux64_1.1.0.202410170702/tools/bin/arm-none-eabi-gdb)
From the output I concluded, that I have a problem with libncurses package. On my Linux I have libncurses.so.6.5 and the lower versions point to this one:
$ ls -l /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libncurses*
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 162380 Oct 29 06:36 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libncurses++.a
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 162380 Oct 29 06:36 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libncurses++w.a
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 323124 Oct 29 06:36 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libncurses.a
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 31 Oct 29 06:36 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libncurses.so
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 17 Jan 2 21:29 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libncurses.so.5 -> libncurses.so.6.5
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 17 Oct 29 06:36 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libncurses.so.6 -> libncurses.so.6.5
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 169984 Oct 29 06:36 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libncurses.so.6.5
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 442286 Oct 29 06:36 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libncursesw.a
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 32 Oct 29 06:36 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libncursesw.so
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 18 Oct 29 06:36 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libncursesw.so.6 -> libncursesw.so.6.5
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 235520 Oct 29 06:36 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libncursesw.so.6.5
I did not know how to resolve the issue, so I downloaded a newer version of the Arm GNU Toolchain. This worked in the terminal:
$ arm-none-eabi-gdb ~/STM32CubeIDE/ProjectX/Debug/wave.elf
GNU gdb (GNU Arm Embedded Toolchain 10.3-2021.10) 10.2.90.20210621-git
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Reading symbols from ~/STM32CubeIDE/ProjectX/Debug/wave.elf...
(gdb)
I tried 2 methods to make the IDE use this version.
First:
$ cd /opt/st/stm32cubeide_1.17.0/plugins/com.st.stm32cube.ide.mcu.externaltools.gnu-tools-for-stm32.12.3.rel1.linux64_1.1.0.202410170702/tools/bin/
$ mv arm-none-eabi-gdb arm-none-eabi-gdb_bck
$ mv arm-none-eabi-gcc arm-none-eabi-gcc_bck
$ mv arm-none-eabi-g++ arm-none-eabi-g++_bck
$ ln -s /usr/bin/arm-none-eabi-g++ .
$ ln -s /usr/bin/arm-none-eabi-gcc .
$ ln -s /usr/bin/arm-none-eabi-gdb .
Second:
Changed the order in the IDE PATH variable, making /usr/bin the first.
Neither one of these solutions worked. Do you have any idea why? What could I do to flash my STM board?
