CCSTUDIO: Code Composer Studio 12.8 and Uniflash 8.7 on Ubuntu 24.04

Tiago Lone

Part Number: CCSTUDIO
Other Parts Discussed in Thread: UNIFLASH

Tool/software:

I know that at the moment it is not supported by Texas Instruments, but here is what I did to make Code Composer 12.08 and Uniflash 8.7 work on Ubuntu 24.04:

Dependencies problems and where to find the packages from previous Ubuntu versions:
- libtinfo5:
  - libtinfo5_6.3-2ubuntu0.1_amd64.deb (packages.ubuntu.com/.../libtinfo5)
- gconf2
  - gconf2-common_3.2.6-8ubuntu1_all.deb (mirrors.kernel.org/.../gconf2-common_3.2.6-8ubuntu1_all.deb)
  - libgconf-2-4_3.2.6-8ubuntu1_amd64.deb (mirrors.kernel.org/.../libgconf-2-4_3.2.6-8ubuntu1_amd64.deb)
- libpython2.7
  - sudo apt install libnsl2
  - libpython2.7_2.7.18-13ubuntu1.1_amd64.deb (packages.ubuntu.com/.../libpython2.7)
  - libpython2.7-minimal_2.7.18-13ubuntu1.1_amd64.deb (packages.ubuntu.com/.../libpython2.7-minimal)
  - libpython2.7-stdlib_2.7.18-13ubuntu1.1_amd64.deb (packages.ubuntu.com/.../libpython2.7-stdlib)

After downloading dependencies, install them manually (keep in mind that you won't get security updates for them):
- sudo apt install libtinfo5_6.3-2ubuntu0.1_amd64.deb
- sudo apt install gconf2-common_3.2.6-8ubuntu1_all.deb libgconf-2-4_3.2.6-8ubuntu1_amd64.deb
- sudo dpkg -i libpython2.7-stdlib_2.7.18-13ubuntu1.1_amd64.deb libpython2.7-minimal_2.7.18-13ubuntu1.1_amd64.deb libpython2.7_2.7.18-13ubuntu1.1_amd64.deb

Install Uniflash without dependencies problems:
- During installation, there was a problem running postinstall script automatically. It is necessary to allow normal user to identify and access debug probes. I did it manually by running the script in the folder where Uniflash was installed:
  - sudo ./postinstall.sh

Install Code Composer Studio without dependencies problems:
- Check if Code Composer can detect your debug probe by running:
  - ~/ti/ccs1280/ccs/ccs_base/common/uscif/xds110 -e -v

References:
www.reddit.com/.../
github.com/.../25984
wget -q mirrors.kernel.org/.../libgconf-2-4_3.2.6-8ubuntu1_amd64.deb
wget -q mirrors.kernel.org/.../gconf2-common_3.2.6-8ubuntu1_all.deb
sudo apt update
sudo apt install ./gconf2-common_3.2.6-8ubuntu1_all.deb ./libgconf-2-4_3.2.6-8ubuntu1_amd64.deb

10 months ago

+1 Ki 10 months ago

TI__Guru**** 459931 points

Thank you for sharing this! There is some information in the below article:

https://software-dl.ti.com/ccs/esd/documents/ccsv12_linux_host_support.html

However what you posted here is much more comprehensive. If you don't mind, I may add a link to your post from the above page.

Thanks

0 Ki 10 months ago

TI__Guru**** 459931 points

Tiago Lone said:
~/ti/ccs1280/ccs/ccs_base/common/uscif/xds110 -e -v

I assume you meant

~/ti/ccs1280/ccs/ccs_base/common/uscif/xds110/xdsdfu -e -v

0 Tiago Lone 10 months ago in reply to Ki

Prodigy 35 points

Thank you for the link... I hadn't found this document before, I only read the release note on the download page, but now I see that there is a link to the Code Composer Studio User's Guide ant in this manual there is a reference to your link. May be, the link could be also in the release note, but I admit it was my fault.

And there is no problem linking this information there, as helping others was the intention here...

0 Tiago Lone 10 months ago in reply to Ki

Prodigy 35 points

You are right, I 've used pwd to get the directory but forgot to add the command in the end.

And in your link I saw that probably I could have used the following instead of "sudo ./postinstall.sh":

if CCS was installed as user then run the driver install script
- go to <CCS_INSTALL_DIR>/ccs/install_scripts
- sudo ./install_drivers.sh

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CCSTUDIO: Code Composer Studio 12.8 and Uniflash 8.7 on Ubuntu 24.04