On ubuntu; debug says "Could not determine GDB version"

[DQuir.1]

Could not determine GDB version using command: /opt/st/stm32cubeide_1.2.0/plugins/com.st.stm32cube.ide.mcu.externaltools.gnu-tools-for-stm32.7-2018-q2-update.linux64_1.0.0.201904181610/tools/bin/arm-none-eabi-gdb --version

/opt/st/stm32cubeide_1.2.0/plugins/com.st.stm32cube.ide.mcu.externaltools.gnu-tools-for-stm32.7-2018-q2-update.linux64_1.0.0.201904181610/tools/bin/arm-none-eabi-gdb: error while loading shared libraries: libncurses.so.5: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

 

[mattias norlander]

The error message suggests that your Ubuntu system is lacking libncurses. Try:

sudo apt-get install libncurses5

If that does not help. Let us know which Ubuntu version...

[JBara.1]

I had the same problem and it was very useful, thank you so much @mattias norlander​ 

[Javier_Leyva08]

it has resolved my issue too.!! thank you @mattias norlander​ :D

[FAres.1]

I'm facing the same problem, and now, in the Linux distro I use, there's only libncurses.so.6.

What can I do?

[mattias norlander]

Hi,

The toolchain was built depending on libncurses5. The 5 --> 6 step implies that they are not binary compatible. Hence you have to rely on libncurses5.

Wich distro are you using?

You should be able to install them side-by-side. But in some distros the package name including libncurses5 may be different...

[FAres.1]

Thanks for your reply. I'm using the Gentoo distro, and it doesn't supply libncurses 5 anymore. Fiddling a bit, I've noticed that, after solving libncurses issue, there will be some more libraries with newer versions to handle. For now, I'll be using an Ubuntu 18 virtual machine, but that's​ quite awful.

[mp035]

For anyone using Manjaro or Arch linux, installing this package from the AUR solves the problem:

http://aur.archlinux.org/packages/tnt-ncurses5-compat-libs

Note that the default ncurses5-compat-libs package is too new, the one above will force its removal.

[Girish1]

E: Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/n/ncurses/libtinfo6_6.2-0ubuntu2.1_amd64.deb Temporary failure resolving 'in.archive.ubuntu.com'
E: Unable to fetch some archives, maybe run apt-get update or try with --fix-missing?

 

 

[Gabriel_Csefalvay]

I have the same problem.

Issue: The libncurses5 library was deprecated in previous Ubuntu versions and was removed from the recent version. ST should have dealt with this issue right when the library version became deprecated and not let it come to this point.

Workaround:

sudo add-apt-repository deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu lunar-security main universe
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install libncurses5

 

 

[JuliusSDev]

Ok. I got an other workaround :D

Just downgrade your Ubuntu... I downgraded to 20.04 and after that it was working just fine.

I will try out your solution when I run in the same problem again. Thanks!

[pkoevesdi]

On Ubuntu 23.10 I encountered the same problem, but `libncurses5` cannot be installed anymore.

New Solution:

`sudo apt install gdb-multiarch`

And then, like shown some posts ago, go to "Window" -> "Preferences" -> "STM32Cube" -> "Toolchain Manager" -> "Add Local" and set it up like this:

Then "Set Default" on this new entry.

 

 

[pkoevesdi]

My solution doesn't survive a program restart. Any idea, why and how to fix? And it doesn't build anymore.

[pkoevesdi]

So, I made a quick, ugly workaround:

 

sudo -i
apt install gdb-multiarch # as mentioned before
cd /opt/st/stm32cubeide_1.15.0/plugins/com.st.stm32cube.ide.mcu.externaltools.gnu-tools-for-stm32.12.3.rel1.linux64_1.0.100.202403111256/tools/bin # or wherever you installation is
mv arm-none-eabi-gdb arm-none-eabi-gdb.bak
ln -s /usr/bin/gdb arm-none-eabi-gdb

 

With this, building AND debugging works again on Ubuntu 23.10.

[Buhanka]

Thank you, still working on Ubuntu 24.04

[DAldr.1]

ST has a real problem here as evidenced by the number of respondents.  What needs to happen ASAP is a rebuild using libncurses.so.6.  Looking across the net, it appears that 6 alleviates some long existing security issues.  Version 5 is not even on option in my Mint/Ubuntu 22 Kernel 6.8 distribution.  I finally resulted begrudgingly, to drop back to windows.

 

Good Luck All.