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]

Hi Vincent et al, just to let you know 10.17.2 has recently been made available for download - I can't test it just yet as I've lost Ubuntu but it's meant to fix this very problem.  Hope it works on your Debian.  On the other hand, we did try the Windows x86 64 version of 10.17.0 in Windows 10 and got VSCode etc working and the blinky example to compile and upload very smooth.  I might go back to Ubuntu to try it later when work time permits.

[V.Besse]

Thank you aetheriumjim for forwarding the info here.

10.17.2 update is installing correctly. And I solved the "VSCode not finding nrfjprog", my fault, I hadn't installed the JLink package from Segger . Next step for me: opening a simple example in VSCode.

This thread can be closed for me.

[Karl Ylvisaker]

I am glad to hear that the issue is resolved, and that it is now working as expected.

Thanks again for the comments about the postinst scripts - they are forwarded to the developers.

Please do not hesitate to open another ticket if you should encounter any other issues or questions.

Good luck with your development!

Best regards,
Karl