Ubuntu 20.04 "Installing automatically" broken - nrfjprog not found

[GRME]

Hi folks,

i followed the "Installing automatically" instructions on a fresh Ubuntu 20.04 installation via the Toolchain Manager to install SDK v2.0.0

https://developer.nordicsemi.com/nRF_Connect_SDK/doc/2.0.0/nrf/gs_assistant.html#gs-assistant

In VS Code i get the following error about a missing nrfjprog but i installed the tools via the nrf-command-line-tools_10.17.2_amd64.deb package:

$ whereis nrfjprog
nrfjprog: /usr/local/bin/nrfjprog /opt/nrf-command-line-tools/bin/nrfjprog

In addition VS Code complains about a "Shell initialization conflicts nRF Connect terminal profile". But its a vanilla Ubuntu 20.04 install and the .bashrc is completely unmodified.

$ code --version
1.70.1
6d9b74a70ca9c7733b29f0456fd8195364076dda
x64

$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID:    Ubuntu
Description:    Ubuntu 20.04.4 LTS
Release:    20.04
Codename:    focal

Toolchain Manager v1.1.3

Cheers

[GRME]

Ah you need to install the SEGGER Jlink cruft according to

https://infocenter.nordicsemi.com/topic/ug_nrf_cltools/UG/cltools/nrf_installation.html

from

https://www.segger.com/downloads/jlink/#J-LinkSoftwareAndDocumentationPack

I think you should install that stuff including the nrf-command-line-tools via the Toolchain Manager. This is really messy as it is now..

Thx

[Priyanka]

Hi,

Yes, you need to install the JLink too. You must add the folder containing JLink.exe to your path. This should help you.

-Priyanka

[GRME]

Thx for the timely response.

And _please_ fix the "Getting started" Guide:

https://developer.nordicsemi.com/nRF_Connect_SDK/doc/latest/nrf/getting_started.html

1. The "Install automatically" section is bollocks: it says that the command line tools are only needed for a cmdline build and not for VS Code which is obviously wrong.
2. It does not mention the JLink dependency at all.

The VS Code error message "nrfjprog is required but not found" should be improved as the application was installed and found but only the JLink stuff was missing.

Cheers