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

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

Øyvind — Wed, 25 May 2022 10:18:17 GMT

Yes, that looks correct.

It's strange as you are opening VS Code through the Toolchain Manager, you should have everything installed. There might be some sort of user restriction. I hope that we can help you find the answer in your new ticket

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

Dtyn — Wed, 25 May 2022 08:12:28 GMT

The setup is correct as far as I can see

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

Øyvind — Wed, 25 May 2022 07:58:36 GMT

[quote user="Dtyn"]I've created another ticket to continue this issue.[/quote]

Thank you! I hope that we are able to solve this as soon as possible.

[quote user="Dtyn"]My admin installed everything in his admin profile other than VS code that he installed as a network device.[/quote]

Not sure how installing something on network drive will work. That might be a path to pursue.

Have you verified that your setup is correct in the extension? (under welcome page)

Kind regards,
Øyvind

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

Dtyn — Wed, 25 May 2022 07:27:32 GMT

Thanks for your reply.

I've created another ticket to continue this issue.

To answer your last question:

Yes I am definitely pressing the debug button in the nRF Connect extension.

My admin installed everything in his admin profile other than VS code that he installed as a network device.

Let me know if there other information you need to see.

Is this an issue with an environment variable or registry key?

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

Øyvind — Wed, 25 May 2022 06:21:42 GMT

Hi Deidre,

[quote user="Dtyn"]I was trying to anonimise myself but it didn't work obviously [/quote]

Sorry, your name was visible in the path. 😅

[quote user="Dtyn"]I resolved this by uninstalling the SDK and reinstalling in another folder.[/quote]

I'm happy to hear you solved the initial issue.

[quote user="Dtyn"]Should I continue in this question or start a new one?[/quote]

As it is not related to original topic of the ticket, you should register a new ticket. That said, the "select a kit for..." message is not related to the nRF Connect for VS Code extension but another extension in VS Code I believe. It is unfortunately misleading, and it can be ignored.

In you case, you should check what devices are connected under "Connected devices" in the nRF Connect extension

I will forward your feedback to our VS code extension team, as this is valuable information in regards to user experience.

[quote user="Dtyn"]

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.

[/quote]

What debug button are you clicking? Make sure to use the one in our extension:

Kind regards,
Øyvind

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

Dtyn — Tue, 24 May 2022 14:40:12 GMT

When I select scan for kits nothing happens

When i select unspecified:

[variant] Loaded new set of variants

[kit] Successfully loaded 0 kits from C:\Users\deirdre.hackett\AppData\Local\CMakeTools\cmake-tools-kits.json

[main] Configuring folder: hello_world_test5

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

Dtyn — Tue, 24 May 2022 14:34:31 GMT

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

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?devzone.nordicsemi.com/.../Issues-with-Debugging-using-VScode-with-nRF-connect-and-nrf-sdk2.docx

REgards,

Deirdre

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

Øyvind — Fri, 20 May 2022 08:47:24 GMT

Hello Deirdre,

[quote user=""]I'm a real novice with this but I'm having this issue and I can't see how to resolve it.[/quote]

No worries. Let's see if we can find the solution to this. Thank you for providing the support information! 🙂

The initial part I noticed is the two paths in the build command:

[quote user=""]west build --build-dir c:\Users\deirdre.hackett\Nordic\VS_projects\HeartRate_sensor\build c:\Users\anon\Nordic\VS_projects\HeartRate_sensor[/quote]

C:\Users\deirdre.hackett\....

C:\Users\anon\...

Is this the same folders?

[quote user=""]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).[/quote]

Looks like it does not find West, this is usually due to missing Zephyr base. However, in the provided support information it is defined: "ZEPHYR_BASE": "c:\\Users\\anon\\ncs\\v1.9.1\\zephyr",

Have you installed the nRF Connect SDK using our Toolchain Manager? Did you open VS Code from the Toolchain Manager?

Kind regards,
Øyvind