nrfprog : "--family : command not found" error

RE: nrfprog : "--family : command not found" error

doozMen — Fri, 12 Feb 2021 15:41:47 GMT

You should do https://infocenter.nordicsemi.com/index.jsp?topic=%2Fug_gsg_ses%2FUG%2Fgsg%2Finstall_nrf_command_line_tools.html&anchor=:~:text=%20Complete%20the%20following%20steps%20to%20install%20the,nrfjprog%20--versionIf...%203%20Click%20OK%20twice.%20More

I found the instructions not to well with the toolchain manager. Now when opening the toolchain manager [windows/macOS] and looking at the installed toolchain their is an arrow.

On windows I could open bash, on macOS it did not work. However when in bash you should run export=/C/Program\ Files/Nordic\ Semiconductor/nrf-command-line-tools/bin:$PATH

In the above make sure to add the backslahses correctly! In bash / = \ and \ is exclude space!

RE: nrfprog : "--family : command not found" error

butch — Fri, 09 Dec 2016 11:00:27 GMT

I think the tutorial doesn't actually install nrfjprog in the sense that it copies it to a standard location where the shell expects to find commands (e.g. /usr/local/bin or other.) On my dev system, I downloaded and unpacked to ~/Downloads/nrfjprog (a directory with many files including the executable nrfjprog) and I changed the Makefiles to refer to it. If you need to run nrfjprog from the command line, then as Jorgen says, you can modify the PATH variable in your env, or simply type the full pathname when you use it: ~/Downloads/nrfjprog/nrfjprog.

RE: nrfprog : "--family : command not found" error

Jørgen Holmefjord — Wed, 07 Dec 2016 10:05:13 GMT

Sounds like the tool is not installed correctly. Are you inside the directory where you extracted nrfjprog when running the command? You should be able to run the tool from any directory by adding it to the PATH environment variable: export PATH="/path/to/nrfjprog:$PATH"

RE: nrfprog : "--family : command not found" error

pradeepc — Wed, 07 Dec 2016 09:58:03 GMT

when I run the command - "nrfjprog -v" , I am getting - "nrfjprog: command not found". May be am going wrong in installing it or running the command in a different path. Could you please help me on this.

Thanks & Regards Pradeep.C

RE: nrfprog : "--family : command not found" error

Jørgen Holmefjord — Wed, 07 Dec 2016 09:47:50 GMT

Which version of nrfjprog are you using? You can check this with the command nrfjprog -v.