boilerplate.cmake not found because ZEPHYR_BASE isn't set

[builder01]

Hi,

I'm very confused by this error.

I have a project with the following CMakeLists.txt file

cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.20.0)

include($ENV{ZEPHYR_BASE}/cmake/app/boilerplate.cmake NO_POLICY_SCOPE)
find_package(Zephyr REQUIRED HINTS $ENV{ZEPHYR_BASE})
project(bike_finder)

target_sources(app PRIVATE src/main.c)
//... more target sources

# NORDIC SDK APP END
zephyr_library_include_directories(.)

When the project is tried to be built at the startup of VScode, I get the following error message

When I open a terminal, I ran echo $ZEPHYR_BASE, but it came out empty.
Therefore, I go into the nRF Connect SDK folder that I'm using (v2.2.0-rc1), run source zephyr/zephyr-env.sh and then the terminal finally recognizes where ZEPHYR_BASE is.

To rebuild, I just do a dummy modification to the file (use :w since I'm using vim within vscode), and then application tries to rebuild again, but I keep the same error.

If I go to the nRF Connect extension section, I see my folder under applications, but it's followed by "no build configurations", because of this problem.

What should I do?

[Marte Myrvold]

Hi,

ZEPHYR_BASE should be set correctly if you use VS Code with the nRF Connect for VS Code extension and has selected the correct SDK and toolchain. If you go to the welcome page of the extension and Quick Setup, what is nRF Connect SDK and nRF Connect Toolchain set to?

You can also set ZEPHYR_BASE in your environment variables. The path of this should be the zephyr directory of your nRF Connect SDK installation, so for example something like /home/ernesto/ncs/v2.1.0/zephyr.

Best regards,

Marte

[builder01]

Quick setup

Settings in workspace

Should I replace the settings in the workspace by the absolute path?

[builder01]

Interesting, if I do that I do see an output when I call "echo $ZEPHYR_BASE".

However, I still get this error even if I open vscode from the very toolchain manager:


How can I fix that?

[dejans]

Hi,

Which board do you use?

Best regards,
Dejan

[builder01]

I use the nRF52832 DK board

[dejans]

Hi,

We don't have nRF52832-DK board. Please have a look at available development kits for nRF52 series.

There might be something wrong with your board file, or more general with your environment. You could try running Zephyr environment script. Additionally, you could try building from command line using west. When running west, make sure that you specify correct build target. If this does not help, I would recommend you set up clean environment or to use another computer which has properly installed and set working environment as it is shown in automatic and manual installation pages.

Best regards,
Dejan

[builder01]

??
Then what is this?
https://eu.mouser.com/ProductDetail/949-NRF52-DK

It's not called as I said, but it contains the nRF52832 chipset in the board.
The worst thing is that I actually had this working properly, but I cannot reproduce what I did so that it becomes like this. Not even uninstalling vscode and reinstalling it again solved the issue.

[builder01]

dejans and even if the board didn't exist, that shouldn't be a problem, since I'm not even uploading my code to the board yet (though I did it before this problem came with no problems).

The problems come really at startup.

There must be some sort of file I should be able to show you that indicates where I'm going wrong, but I don't know which one.