Cannot install nRF SDK

[Will_20241202]

I have been trying without success to install either the v2.7.0 or v2.8.0 SDK onto my Windows 10 System.  Every time/method I've used results in an error equivalent to

[west]: PermissionError: [WinError 5] Access is denied: 'c:\\ncs\\v2.8.0\\.west\\manifest-tmp\\.git\\objects\\pack\\pack-3f06aca47015057e02d7a46ac30ae6f60657a822.idx'

I've tried going through the nRF Connect plugin for VS Code and through the nRF Connect for Desktop -> Toolchain Manager, trying each as both a normal user and as an administrator.

Nothing seems to make any difference.

A more complete log from the last attempt through VS Code is below:

[west]: === Initializing in c:\ncs\v2.8.0

[west]: --- Cloning manifest repository from github.com/.../sdk-nrf

[west]: Cloning into 'c:\ncs\v2.8.0\.west\manifest-tmp'...

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[west]: Traceback (most recent call last):

[west]:   File "shutil.py", line 847, in move

[west]: PermissionError: [WinError 5] Access is denied: 'c:\\ncs\\v2.8.0\\.west\\manifest-tmp' -> 'c:\\ncs\\v2.8.0\\nrf'

[west]:

[west]: During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

[west]:

[west]: Traceback (most recent call last):

[west]:   File "<frozen runpy>", line 198, in _run_module_as_main

[west]:   File "<frozen runpy>", line 88, in _run_code

[west]:   File "C:\ncs\toolchains\2d382dcd92\opt\bin\Scripts\west.exe\__main__.py", line 7, in <module>

[west]:   File "C:\ncs\toolchains\2d382dcd92\opt\bin\Lib\site-packages\west\app\main.py", line 1085, in main

[west]:     app.run(argv or sys.argv[1:])

[west]:   File "C:\ncs\toolchains\2d382dcd92\opt\bin\Lib\site-packages\west\app\main.py", line 244, in run

[west]:     self.run_command(argv, early_args)

[west]:   File "C:\ncs\toolchains\2d382dcd92\opt\bin\Lib\site-packages\west\app\main.py", line 503, in run_command

[west]:     self.run_builtin(args, unknown)

[west]:   File "C:\ncs\toolchains\2d382dcd92\opt\bin\Lib\site-packages\west\app\main.py", line 611, in run_builtin

[west]:     self.cmd.run(args, unknown, self.topdir,

[west]:   File "C:\ncs\toolchains\2d382dcd92\opt\bin\Lib\site-packages\west\commands.py", line 194, in run

[west]:     self.do_run(args, unknown)

[west]:   File "C:\ncs\toolchains\2d382dcd92\opt\bin\Lib\site-packages\west\app\project.py", line 224, in do_run

[west]:     topdir = self.bootstrap(args)

[west]:              ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

[west]:   File "C:\ncs\toolchains\2d382dcd92\opt\bin\Lib\site-packages\west\app\project.py", line 339, in bootstrap

[west]:     shutil.move(os.fspath(tempdir), os.fspath(manifest_abspath))

[west]:   File "shutil.py", line 865, in move

[west]:   File "shutil.py", line 781, in rmtree

[west]:   File "shutil.py", line 635, in _rmtree_unsafe

[west]:   File "shutil.py", line 633, in _rmtree_unsafe

[west]: PermissionError: [WinError 5] Access is denied: 'c:\\ncs\\v2.8.0\\.west\\manifest-tmp\\.git\\objects\\pack\\pack-3d85338b272c4987d7ef205929575b53b7216654.idx'

[west]: exited with code 1.

[Will_20241202]

[UPDATE 2024-12-06]

This morning I started digging into what exactly was being tried and failing so I looked at the "project.py, line 339" and changed the debug print above it at line 326 from "level=Verbosity.DBG_EXTREME" to "level=Verbosity.DBG" so I could see what it was moving and where.

Presumably that didn't have any significant impact (since I never see the print in the output) but when I tried again to install SDK v2.7.0 and v2.8.0 they both succeeded without issue!

I wish I had an explanation for why it worked this time but not the twenty other times I tried in the past few days, but at least I can move forward.

[JONATHAN LL]

Nice to see that you found a fix in some way and thanks for updating. I will report infernally, and see if anyone has a expiation here but not sure if I will find a answer.