Nrf Sdk installation error. No boards available/ PermissionError: [WinError 5]

[Bcluzel]

I have installed the sdk v 1.4.0 via the toolchain manager (nrf connect 3.6.0). I am using windows 10. 

Here are my problems : 

First I dont have the launch ide button after the install :

When I open the git bach from the toolchain manager window this is prompted: 

    NCS repositories are not yet cloned here. To do so run the following command:

    ncsmgr init-ncs

And when I run the previous command I got this error:

Moreover I have the following error when I try to run  "west init -m github.com/.../sdk-nrf --mr v1.4.0 "  in the ncs/V1.4.0 folder where I previously removed the nrf and .west folders :

Did someone already encounter this issue ? How to fix it ?

[Didrik Rokhaug]

Hi,

First, are you using VPN? If so, try to disable the VPN while installing NCS.

Could you try to delete the NCS folder, and try again?

Do you have NCS installed already, or is this your first NCS installation?

If you have another NCS installation, make sure that you are not in a child folder of the previous NCS installation.

You caould also try to change the folder used by the Toolchain Manager, to e.g. C:\ncs.

Best regards,

Didrik

[Bcluzel]

Hi,

Unfortunately I already tried everything that you mention.

I am outside my company network without the vpn. I tried to Install the toolchain to C:\ncs, to update git, python, to launch git bash in admin mode, nothing changed.

This was the first time that I installed NCS.

I fell like the problem is coming from the fact that I have an other toolchain installed on my computer (platformio) that can build zephyr applications .

Those have probably messed up some global vars or something like that.

[Didrik Rokhaug]

I tried to set up a Windows VM, to get a clean environment, then install PlatformIO and NCS.

I was not able to reproduce your problem, so the cause is probably not PlatformIO.

When you open the terminal, are you doing that from the Toolchain Manager?

I have also asked the developers of the Toolchain Manager to take a look at this ticket, to see if they have any suggestions.

[Bcluzel]

Yes I did opened the terminal from the toolchain manager. (and also tried with the normal git bash, same error)

And before running the west init command, to be sure to have no conflicts, I deleted:

C:\ncs\nrf

C:\ncs\.west

~\ncs\nrf

~\ncs\.west

[Didrik Rokhaug]

Unfortunately, I have not gotten a reply from our developers yet.

Could you try to install NCS manually?
https://developer.nordicsemi.com/nRF_Connect_SDK/doc/1.4.0/nrf/gs_installing.html

[Bcluzel]

Well, It worked! 
I did something different this time : I used the new windows terminal with git bash inside instead of the mingw git bash console, maybe it helped ?!
Thanks for the help.