CCS/CCSTUDIO-TM4X: New install of CCSv7.4 - Builds cannot find (installed) TivaWare_C_Series-2.1.3.156

LouEEEE! said:

Next, installed TivaWare_C_Series-2.1.3.156 from TI Resource Explorer. proceeds with no error.

Did you actually download and install it directly from Resource Explorer, and did it install correctly? I ask because the TivaWare package is not available for Mac, and typically users copy the package over from Windows. One quick way to confirm if the TivaWare installation is good is to see if you can import and build example projects from TivaWare successfully.

Also, what is the error you are getting when building the secure_iot project?

Indeed, installed directly from TI Rex... No errors, looked smooth. And, sure enough, the whole thing is there, in the filesystem, among all other TI packages installed.

I was surprised/heartened to see it offered directly there on TiRex, on macOS - thinking this was one of the mods to the new CCS. ( Yes, I had myself copied it from a Windows archive on previous installs of CCS. )

First, clean-only build:

**** Clean-only build of configuration Debug for project secure_iot ****

/Applications/ti/ccsv7/utils/bin/gmake -k clean 
 
cleaning ../src/sysbios ...
../src/makefile.libs:60: recipe for target '.sysbios_clean' failed
gmake[1]: C:/ti/xdctools_3_32_02_25_core/packages/../bin/rm: Command not found
gmake[1]: *** [clean] Error 127
gmake: [.sysbios_clean] Error 2 (ignored)
rm -rf  "secure_iot.bin"  "configPkg/linker.cmd" "configPkg/compiler.opt"  "secure_iot.out" 
rm -rf  "configPkg/" 
rm -rf "EK_TM4C129EXL.obj" "UARTUtils.obj" "board_funcs.obj" "cloud_task.obj" "command_task.obj" "ntp_time.obj" "secure_iot.obj" "tictactoe.obj" 
rm -rf "EK_TM4C129EXL.d" "UARTUtils.d" "board_funcs.d" "cloud_task.d" "command_task.d" "ntp_time.d" "secure_iot.d" "tictactoe.d" 
Finished clean
 

**** Build Finished ****

One thing very interesting there is CCS looking for rm on a Windows path. My xdctools (several versions, by the way) all report their correct install locations in my /Users/<me>/ti directory.

Then, Debug build:

Buildfile generation error occurred..
Product 'tm4c' v2.1.3.156 is not currently installed and no compatible version is available. Please install this product or a compatible version.
Build stopped..

Tks for your thoughts on this...

FWIW, I'd built the secure_iot demo some months ago, as part of my initial learning process on the TI ecosystem. This was intended to be a simple repeat experiment!

Next, I'm gonna drag TivaWare_C_Series-2.1.3.156 out of the filesystem manually, then back in, to see if CCS 'discovers' it. Think I've tried this already, but...

---- OK, Now this is interesting. Having done this, CCS reports 'Importing <Tiva...>' on next start - whereas it did not recognize it as installed after install from Resource Explorer. Hmm...

**** Build of configuration Debug for project secure_iot ****

/Applications/ti/ccsv7/utils/bin/gmake -k all 
 
making ../src/sysbios/sysbios.aem4f ...
gmake[1]: Entering directory '/Users/drlou/DEVELOPMENT/TI/workspace_v7/secure_iot/src/sysbios'
gmake[1]: Leaving directory '/Users/drlou/DEVELOPMENT/TI/workspace_v7/secure_iot/src/sysbios'
../src/makefile.libs:56: recipe for target '../src/sysbios/sysbios.aem4f' failed
gmake[1]: *** No rule to make target 'BIOS.c', needed by 'BIOS.obj'.
gmake[1]: *** No rule to make target 'knl/Clock.c', needed by 'BIOS.obj'.
gmake[1]: *** No rule to make target 'knl/Idle.c', needed by 'BIOS.obj'.
...
gmake[1]: *** No rule to make target 'hal/Cache.c', needed by 'BIOS.obj'.
gmake[1]: *** No rule to make target 'hal/CacheNull.c', needed by 'BIOS.obj'.
...
gmake[1]: *** No rule to make target 'heaps/HeapMem.c', needed by 'BIOS.obj'.
gmake[1]: *** No rule to make target 'gates/GateHwi.c', needed by 'BIOS.obj'.
gmake[1]: *** No rule to make target 'gates/GateMutex.c', needed by 'BIOS.obj'.
gmake[1]: *** No rule to make target 'family/arm/m3/Hwi.c', needed by 'BIOS.obj'.
gmake[1]: *** No rule to make target 'family/arm/m3/TaskSupport.c', needed by 'BIOS.obj'.
...
gmake[1]: Target 'all' not remade because of errors.
gmake: *** [../src/sysbios/sysbios.aem4f] Error 2
Building file: "../secure_iot.cfg"
Invoking: XDCtools
"/Users/drlou/ti/xdctools_3_32_00_06_core/xs" --xdcpath= xdc.tools.configuro -o configPkg -t ti.targets.arm.elf.M4F -p ti.platforms.tiva:TM4C129ENCPDT -r release -c "/Applications/ti/ccsv7/tools/compiler/ti-cgt-arm_16.9.6.LTS" --compileOptions "-mv7M4 --code_state=16 --float_support=FPv4SPD16 -me --include_path=\"/Applications/ti/ccsv7/tools/compiler/ti-cgt-arm_16.9.6.LTS/include\" --include_path=\"/products/TivaWare_C_Series-2.1.1.71b\" --include_path=\"/products/ndk_2_25_00_09/packages/ti/ndk/inc/bsd\" --include_path=\"/Users/drlou/ti/wolfssl-3.10.2\" --define=NET_NDK --define=ccs=\"ccs\" --define=PART_TM4C129ENCPDT --define=ccs --define=TIVAWARE --define=WOLFSSL_TIRTOS -g --c89 --gcc --diag_warning=225 --diag_wrap=off --display_error_number --gen_func_subsections=on --abi=eabi  " "../secure_iot.cfg"
subdir_rules.mk:59: recipe for target 'build-1846500401-inproc' failed
js: "/Users/drlou/ti/xdctools_3_32_00_06_core/packages/xdc/tools/Cmdr.xs", line 51: Error: xdc.tools.configuro: Error: Can't find the platform package 'ti.platforms.tiva'.  TI platforms are no longer shipped as part of XDCtools (/Users/drlou/ti/xdctools_3_32_00_06_core).  Please ensure you are either using a pre-3.30 version of XDCtools or you have added a product that includes your platform support along the path ';/Users/drlou/ti/xdctools_3_32_00_06_core/packages'.  Check that this path names a directory containing the necessary platform support and that the platform name is properly spelled.
gmake[1]: *** [build-1846500401-inproc] Error 1
gmake: *** [build-1846500401] Error 2
subdir_rules.mk:56: recipe for target 'build-1846500401' failed
gmake: Target 'all' not remade because of errors.

**** Build Finished ****

Looks like this may now be down to adding library paths to preferences, and reverting to an older XDCTools. I was helped with these things months ago by 'Stellaris' Sai Reddy. Even that crazy semicolon error looks familiar. I'd better check my notes. Meanwhile....

What is the relationship between TivaWare-(presumably complete)-2.1.3.156 and the SW-EK-TM4C129EXL-2.1.4.178 package - which seems newer(?) and more specialized(?) for the EK-TM4C129EXL? Which should I prefer? How to differentiate the usage?