CCS/TMDSSK3358: CCS install instructions in Lab do not work

Nathan Holder

Intellectual 350 points

Part Number: TMDSSK3358
Other Parts Discussed in Thread: CCSTUDIO

Tool/software: Code Composer Studio

Hi,

Is there a valid tutorial for the TMDSSK3358 AM335x starter kit to get up and running in Lunux?

I've tried working through the lab1A instructions but they are wrong in numerous ways.

I am using Ubuntu 16.04 LTS which is specified to be one of the supported versions.

I am here:

20. Change desktop shortcut to a custom script
Right-click the shortcut and select properties
Change “command:”
From: /home/user/ti/ccsv6/eclipse/ccstudio
To: /home/user/ti/ccsv6/eclipse/my_ccstudio.sh
21. Create “myccstudio.sh” launch script
# gedit /home/user/ti/ccsv6/eclipse/my_ccstudio.sh
Enter the following:
export PATH=/home/user/gcc-linaro-arm-linux-gnueabihf-4.7-2013-03-
20130313_linux/bin:$PATH
/home/user/ti/ccsv6/eclipse/ccstudio

Sorry for the crappy formatting, this interface seems to be crappy.

So the directories are wrong, not sure what they should be...

Also I have no idea what this is or where this is actually located:

export PATH=/home/user/gcc-linaro-arm-linux-gnueabihf-4.7-2013-03-
20130313_linux/bin:$PATH

over 8 years ago

0 Nathan Holder over 8 years ago

Intellectual 350 points

Here is the lab:
processors.wiki.ti.com/.../Introduction_to_Linux_One-Day_Workshop
It says Ubuntu 12.04, but several other places on some of the numerous web pages related to the TMDSSK3358 it says to use Ubuntu 14 or 16 LTS versions.

0 Nathan Holder over 8 years ago in reply to Nathan Holder

Intellectual 350 points

Also, the version of the setup distributed elsewhere is for CCSV6.
I am not sure where I found it now though...

0 Nathan Holder over 8 years ago in reply to Nathan Holder

Intellectual 350 points

I tried installing v.6.0.1.00040 but nothing happens, does not install.

0 Biser Gatchev-XID over 8 years ago in reply to Nathan Holder

TI__Guru**** 393215 points

The software team have been notified. They will respond here.

0 Nathan Holder over 8 years ago in reply to Biser Gatchev-XID

Intellectual 350 points

Hi,

So the issues stem from differences in Ubuntu versions. Somewhere on the wiki pages it says Ubuntu 16 or 14 LTS will work but I have had numerous problems when using 16 LTS. Mainly there are missing dependencies. I was not able to resolve them. So I am now using a 12.04 LTS Ubuntu, the instructions do work. But 12.04 LTS is no longer supported by Ubuntu community, should be OK but it would be nice to use a newer Ubuntu version (and newer CCS version).

0 Nathan Holder over 8 years ago in reply to Nathan Holder

Intellectual 350 points

Getting this error now.

main@ubuntu:~$ wget --no-check-certificate launchpad.net/.../gcc-linaro-arm-linux-gnueabihf-4.7-2013.03-20130313_linux.tar.bz2
--2017-06-29 14:10:45-- launchpad.net/.../gcc-linaro-arm-linux-gnueabihf-4.7-2013.03-20130313_linux.tar.bz2
Resolving launchpad.net (launchpad.net)... 91.189.89.223, 91.189.89.222
Connecting to launchpad.net (launchpad.net)|91.189.89.223|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 404 Not Found
2017-06-29 14:10:46 ERROR 404: Not Found.

3. Install Linaro cross compiler
ubuntu$ cd /home/user
ubuntu$ wget --no-check-certificate \
launchpad.net/.../
trunk/2013.03/+download/gcc-linaro-arm-linux-gnueabihf-
4.7-2013.03-20130313_linux.tar.bz2

0 Nathan Holder over 8 years ago in reply to Nathan Holder

Intellectual 350 points

Also tried this:
main@ubuntu:~$ wget --no-check-certificate \ launchpad.net/.../gcc-linaro-arm-linux-gnueabihf-4.7-2013.03-20130313_linux.tar.bz2
launchpad.net/.../gcc-linaro-arm-linux-gnueabihf-4.7-2013.03-20130313_linux.tar.bz2: Scheme missing.

Got a "Scheme missing." error.

0 Nathan Holder over 8 years ago in reply to Nathan Holder

Intellectual 350 points

Can someone more knowledgeable verify that the following is a correct replacement for gcc-linaro-arm-linux-gnueabihf-4.7-2013.03-20130313_linux.tar.bz2?

releases.linaro.org/.../
gcc-linaro-arm-linux-gnueabihf-4.7-2013.03-20130313_linux.tar.bz2

0 Nathan Holder over 8 years ago in reply to Nathan Holder

Intellectual 350 points

I'm trying to find this now:
downloads.ti.com/.../
TISDK-Downloads/ALL/exports/amsdk-07.01.00.00-
downloads.tar.gz

I can only find this on ti.com though:

downloads.ti.com/.../
amsdk-07.0X.00.00-downloads.tar.gz

Should be OK right?

0 Nathan Holder over 8 years ago in reply to Nathan Holder

Intellectual 350 points

So I had to reinstall Ubuntu because of the massive code bloat of the SDK.

Now I am trying to set up again using the labA1_3day_setup.pdf

I just realized steps 21, 22, 23, 24, do not make any sense because the gcc-linaro-arm-linux-gnueabihf-4.7-2013-03-20130313_linux has not been installed.

21. Create “myccstudio.sh” launch script
# gedit /home/user/ti/ccsv6/eclipse/my_ccstudio.sh
Enter the following:
export PATH=/home/user/gcc-linaro-arm-linux-gnueabihf-4.7-2013-03-
20130313_linux/bin:$PATH
/home/user/ti/ccsv6/eclipse/ccstudio

Who made this guide? Were they stoned? How did this guide ever work?

0 RonB over 8 years ago in reply to Nathan Holder

TI__Mastermind 30746 points

Nathan,

As you are figuring how, that workshop is extremely old. It worked very well on older software. I will mark the page as such. It will likely not work on the latest SDKs.

What are you trying to do?

0 Nathan Holder over 8 years ago in reply to RonB

Intellectual 350 points

I posted a response here:

e2e.ti.com/.../2233965

Copy:

I am trying to create an Ubuntu VM for this. the Disc size I need is unknown (I tried 20GB but it was way too small for the SDK + CCS).

I have walked through the lab setup a couple of times with Ubuntu 12 LTS 32bit but the steps in the setup are wrong here:
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
21. Create “myccstudio.sh” launch script
# gedit /home/user/ti/ccsv6/eclipse/my_ccstudio.sh
Enter the following:
export PATH=/home/user/gcc-linaro-arm-linux-gnueabihf-4.7-2013-03-
20130313_linux/bin:$PATH
/home/user/ti/ccsv6/eclipse/ccstudio
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

But gcc-linaro-arm-linux-gnueabihf-4.7-2013-03-20130313_linux Is not installed yet at that point.

Then the setup says to build the SDK which takes 24 hours or so and also uses waaaay too much disc space.

Also numerous links are not correct anymore.

Is there a newer guide available?

On some of the linux sdk pages it says Ubuntu 14 or 16 can be used, but there were dependencies I was not able to resolve.

0 RonB over 8 years ago in reply to Nathan Holder

TI__Mastermind 30746 points

Nathan,

The other thread has some good pointers. We will try to mark the pages you are finding with more useful information so that people know these are old.

As you saw in the other thread, we don't really recommend building the SDK or it's major components (Kernel, U-Boot, Filesystem, etc) with CCS directly. CCS is a good debug tool for Linux/U-Boot, but it is not really the best way to build.

So, there is not directly another version of this guide. There are other guides that will hopefully help achieve the same goal.

Thanks,
Ron

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