usage: west: error: argument : invalid choice: 'build'

[Dtyn]

Hi,

I'm a real novice with this but I'm having this issue and I can't see how to resolve it.

Building HeartRate_sensor
west build --build-dir c:\Users\deirdre.hackett\Nordic\VS_projects\HeartRate_sensor\build c:\Users\anon\Nordic\VS_projects\HeartRate_sensor --pristine --board nrf52840dk_nrf52840 -- -DCMAKE_EXPORT_COMPILE_COMMANDS:BOOL=On -DNCS_TOOLCHAIN_VERSION:STRING="NONE" -DBOARD_ROOT:STRING="c:/Users/anon/Nordic/VS_projects/HeartRate_sensor"

usage: west [-h] [-z ZEPHYR_BASE] [-v] [-V] <command> ...
west: error: argument <command>: invalid choice: 'build' (choose from 'init', 'update', 'list', 'manifest', 'diff', 'status', 'forall', 'help', 'config', 'topdir', 'selfupdate')
The terminal process failed to launch (exit code: 2).

[12:31:43] west build --build-dir c:\Users\anon\Nordic\VS_projects\HeartRate_sensor\build c:\Users\anon\Nordic\VS_projects\HeartRate_sensor
[12:32:15] Success.
[12:32:44] west build --build-dir c:\Users\anon\Nordic\VS_projects\HeartRate_sensor\build c:\Users\anon\Nordic\VS_projects\HeartRate_sensor
[12:32:45] Success.
[12:32:46] west flash -d c:\Users\anon\Nordic\VS_projects\HeartRate_sensor\build --skip-rebuild -r nrfjprog --snr 683130583
[12:33:03] Success.
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[Dtyn]

Hi Øyvind,

I was trying to anonimise myself but it didn't work obviously 

Thanks for your reply.

I resolved this by uninstalling the SDK and reinstalling in another folder.

I have another issue related to the installation.

Should I continue in this question or start a new one?

I/my admin  installed the SDK and visual studio though the nRF connect tool chain manager.

When i open visual studio through the toolchain manager it prompts me

to "Select a kit for..."

with the two option 

Scan for kits (...compilers...)

unspecified

When I try to debug it gives me the message 

Unable to start debugging: Unable to find J-Link directory to find JLinkGDBServerCL executable. Please make sure that J-Link is installed and that the 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\SEGGER\J-Link' registry key is defined correctly.

This is installed on a admin controlled machine where I just have a user profile.

Any insight you can provide into how to resolve this would be appreciated.

I will need to pass on the fix to my administrator as I have no control over the installation.

Is there an issue with installing as an administrator and running as a user?Issues with Debugging using VScode with nRF connect and nrf sdk2.docx

REgards,

Deirdre