Trouble installing nrf commandline tools on Debian

[V.Besse]

I'm trying to install nrf-command-line-tools_10.17.0_amd64.deb on an up to date Debian 11, but dpkg always fails with this error:

# dpkg -i nrf-command-line-tools_10.17.0_amd64.deb
Sélection du paquet nrf-command-line-tools précédemment désélectionné.
(Lecture de la base de données... 326042 fichiers et répertoires déjà installés.)
Préparation du dépaquetage de nrf-command-line-tools_10.17.0_amd64.deb ...
Dépaquetage de nrf-command-line-tools (10.17.0) ...
Paramétrage de nrf-command-line-tools (10.17.0) ...
dpkg: erreur: dpkg frontend lock was locked by another process with pid 6161
Note: removing the lock file is always wrong, and can end up damaging the
locked area and the entire system. See <wiki.debian.org/.../FAQ>.
dpkg: erreur de traitement du paquet nrf-command-line-tools (--install) :
 installed nrf-command-line-tools package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 2
Des erreurs ont été rencontrées pendant l'exécution :
 nrf-command-line-tools

I can't see any process 6161. Any help will be greatly appreciated :-)

Vincent

[aejoe]

I just want to voice my opinion about this whole dev environment experience as being absolutely atrocious - one of the worst of its kind.  It has made me look bad at work where I suggested we select the nRF chipset for our next generation product, which looked appealing at first but it's just been fighting problem after problem despite following the instructions to the letter to get a basic blinking LED program to just start with.  From simple errors in the documentation such as support of the latest LTS Ubuntu (22 as of now, and as our team generally don't run Windows or Mac), then installing all the bits and pieces manually, and after spending ages finding out that 22 is in fact not supported by one of the required components, then backtracking, reinstalling Ubuntu 20, finding broken deb packages and components, seeing myself and other users experience initialization problems in VS Code... honestly, Nordic has really dropped us all in it this time - just atrocious.  I've programmed in all sorts of MCUs and ARM boards so I'm not new to dev environments.  Our manager is now pressing to abandon the choice of nRF and I might just have to comply because I've got nothing to show for it but a migraine.

[johnacogan67]

I'm in exactly the same position as you. Just crap at every turn. Just so fustrating to be left have to use a word like that. Where do I go from here?