STM32CubeIDE requires libncurses.so.5, which is not provided on Fedora 37 anymore.

[flxzt]

I recently updated my Fedora installation to the 37 beta. Because the package `ncurses-compat-libs` which provided the ncurses5 library was removed, I am unable to install STM32CubeIDE.

A fix would be to update the dependency to version 6, which is provided by Fedora 37 by `ncurses-libs`.

[pinaar]

I had the same problem with Ubuntu 23.10 when I tried installing STM32CubeIDE with en.st-stm32cubeide_1.13.2_18220_20230914_1601_amd64.deb_bundle.sh.zip, but it installed successfully with the Generic Linux version, en.st-stm32cubeide_1.14.0_19471_20231121_1200_amd64.sh.zip. My OS uses ncurses6 and STM32CubeIDE is running fine under Ubuntu.

However, the STM32CubeIDE installation is broken! I.e., while I didn't get any errors installing it, I just got one from the debugger! I was able to Build my project, but when I plugged the board with ST-Link and ran the debugger, I got this error:

Could not determine GDB version using command: arm-none-eabi-gdb --version
arm-none-eabi-gdb: error while loading shared libraries: libncurses.so.5: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

So, GDB was expecting libncurses.so.5 but I only have libncurses.so.6! So, it's back to trying to install ncurses5.

Sorry for jumping the gun on this.

[Oskar_H]

For Fedora, try this library as a replacement : ncurses-compat-libs.

For Ubuntu, have a look at this, it is for Debian but should also work.

[pinaar]

I got my STM32CubeIDE to work under Ubuntu 23.10 by building gcc-arm-none-eabi-10.3-2021.10 and replacing the original STM32CubeIDE/plugins/com.st.stm32cube.ide.mcu.externaltools.gnu-tools-for-stm32.11.3.rel1.linux64_1.1.100.202309141235/tools/bin/arm-none-eabi-gdb with the new one. The build took several hours of machine time on an  i7-5820K with 16 GB RAM. I was too lazy to trim it down to just build the arm-none-eabi-gdb since the configuration was too daunting for me.

[Pavel A.]

Ah so it is gdb. I thought it is the cube programmer CLI. Then removing this dependency isn't trivial - but still not a rocket science.

[AMurz.1]

Hi,

I got the same issue with Debian Sid, libncurses5 does not exists anymore.

Please update gdb build with up to date dependencies. libncurses6 exists in ubuntu since 20.04 (4 years ago).

[CKugl.1]

My STM32CubeIDE installation was running OK on Ubuntu 23 but then it broke; I think it was when I installed the separate STM32Cube Programmer. I found libncurses.so.5 in /snap/core18/2812/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu so I did

sudo vi /etc/ld.so.conf and added the line

/snap/core18/2812/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu

 and then sudo ldconfig. That fixed it for me.

[gtec2]

Thanks! This work for me"

[pkoevesdi]

On Ubuntu 23.04 I encountered the same problem, and `libncurses5` cannot be installed anymore.

New Solution:

`sudo apt install gdb-multiarch`

And then, go to "Window" -> "Preferences" -> "Toolchain Manager" -> "Add Local" and set it up like this:

Then "Set Default" on this new entry.

[moreto]

Thanks!

that worked for me in Ubuntu Studio 24.04 with STM32CubeIDE 1.15 (installed with generic linux installer).

Best regards,

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