Unable to build project (nRF5_SDK_14.2.0_17b948a) from windows cmd

[Akhil Bhargav Josyabhatla]

Hello, I have followed the tutorial to run the examples from SDK14.2.0 for my nRF52840 Dev board on eclipse. I have everything set and updated including the components>toolchain>gcc>makefile.windows for my SDK with:

GNU_INSTALL_ROOT := C:\Program Files (x86)\GNU Tools ARM Embedded\7 2017-q4-major
GNU_VERSION := 7 
GNU_PREFIX :=arm-none-eabi

I have tried to run "make" from the cmd (....\nRF5_SDK_14.2.0_17b948a\examples\peripheral\blinky\pca10056\blank\armgcc) and this is what I ended up getting this:

process_begin: CreateProcess(NULL, "C:\Program Files (x86)\GNU Tools ARM Embedded\7 2017-q4-major\arm-none-eabi-gcc" --version, ...) failed.
make: ../../../../../../components/toolchain/gcc/Makefile.common:129: pipe: No error
Cannot find: 'C:\Program Files (x86)\GNU Tools ARM Embedded\7 2017-q4-major\arm-none-eabi-gcc'.
Please set values in: "D:/Akhil/Development/Development_SDK/nRF5_SDK_14.2.0_17b948a/nRF5_SDK_14.2.0_17b948a/components/toolchain/gcc/Makefile.windows"
according to the actual configuration of your system.
../../../../../../components/toolchain/gcc/Makefile.common:129: *** Cannot continue.  Stop.

I have changed and tried a lot of stuff in the makefile.windows, but I wasn't successful. Anyone out there who could help me understand what I am doing wrong here.

Thanks.

[Akhil Bhargav Josyabhatla]

I have tried that too. Unfortunately, that didn't help me, Ozil.

[Akhil Bhargav Josyabhatla]

Tried doing that. No result, Matt.

[Ozil 11]

• Can you show me your make.windows and your GNU tools version ?
• What error does it show after you use ARM GNU 4.9.3 ?

[Var]

Hi,

I think you might have solved the problem already but here is what i did anyway. I too encountered the same problem and I solved it by changing the GNU tools for ARM version to 4.9 as suggested by one member here and in the Makefile.windows I added the path C:/Program Files (x86)/GNU Tools ARM Embedded/4.9 2015q3/bin/ 

You need to give "/" at the end. I think this worked for me.

Thanks!

[seggles]

I too had this exact problem with the current version of the GNU ARM Embedded toolchain (Version 7-2018-q2-update *as of this posting*)

I solved the issue by manually modifying the path of the toolchain to the following: 

"C:\Program Files (x86)\GNU Tools Arm Embedded\7 2018-q2"

It appears that whatever portion of Makefile.common, does not appropriately parse the "-update" portion of the path. 

My current Makefile.windows is the following: 

PROGFILES=C:/Program Files (x86)
GNU_INSTALL_ROOT := $(PROGFILES)/GNU Tools Arm Embedded/7 2018-q2/bin/
GNU_VERSION := 7.3.1
GNU_PREFIX := arm-none-eabi

Verified working output within an nRF52 example: 

C:\Nordic\nRF5_SDK_15.0.0_a53641a\external\micro-ecc\nrf52hf_armgcc\armgcc>make
mkdir _build
cd _build && mkdir micro_ecc_lib
Compiling file: uECC.c
Creating library: ../../nrf52hf_armgcc/armgcc/micro_ecc_lib_nrf52.a
C:/Program Files (x86)/GNU Tools Arm Embedded/7 2018-q2/bin/arm-none-eabi-ar: creating ../../nrf52hf_armgcc/armgcc/micro_ecc_lib_nrf52.a
Done

Hopefully this helps you, I was also struggling with this forever...