NRF91 - VM Image or Docker Container

[emh203]

The toolchain setup of the NRF91 is extremely complicated.   Is the a VM Image or Docker container that has everything pre-configured?   I am trying to setup up a linux VM now but would appreciate a much simpler setup.

[Martin Lesund]

Hi emh203, 
The easiest way to install the toolchain and get the nRF Connect SDK is to use the "Getting started Assistant" app in the "nRF Connect for Desktop".

There is a step by step guide as well as the possibility to verify that each step has been done successfully.

This is also described in the "Introduction to nRF Connect SDK"

We are working on a simpler approach, but for now, that is the recommended way of doing it.

[emh203]

Ok, thanks.      Just as some feedback,  the process can be extremely difficult on the Windows platform as some of the dependency management is hard to work out.  (I spent several hours trying to figure out why simple things like pip3 would not work).  

Doing the process under Linux did go faster and I did eventually get the build environment working in a virtual machine. 

I did use the guides.    The number of dependencies for NRF9160 is quite large and there is a high probability that are conflicts on an existing system.       This is why I suggest supplying a VM or Docker image ready to go.