I Can't Download or install CMSIS package

[SAllr.1]

I can't seem to get CubeMX to install the CMSIS package. I have tried downloading directly from CubeMX, downloading .pack file and installing it from local (from Keil, arm, and even ST's github).

I get an error "Problem during load of selected file... Unzip attempted beyond top-level directory:

I tried both before and after the 5.5.0 update to no avail.

And to make things worse I'm trying to migrage from Keil to IAR and really need the LL drivers to keep me from having to re-write a large portion of my code.

Any help is greatly appreciated

[Khouloud ZEMMELI]

​Hello @SAllr.1​ 

Thanks for your feedback , It will be internally checked.

Best Regards,

Khouloud.

[Adam Hamilton]

Hi @Khouloud ZEMMELI​. There is still an issue

This is the build information I have

STM32CubeIDE

Version: 1.3.0

Build: 5720_20200220_1053 (UTC)

OS: Linux, v.5.4.0-29-generic, x86_64 / gtk 3.24.18, WebKit 2.28.2

Java version: 1.8.0_242

I have attached an image of the error.

When can we expect this to be fixed?

[TDK]

Same thing happens for me on Win10 with CubeMX 5.6.1. *shrug*

However, this is a different error than the one in the original post.

[Adam Hamilton]

Before you close the dialog box, you will find the pack file in the <repo directory>/Packs/ARM/CMSIS/5.7

Unzip the file so you have the following files residing in the same location as the .pack file

• CMSIS folder
• Device folder
• ARM.CMSIS.pdsc
• LICENSE.txt

This should work. I only just tried this myself and it appears to work.

For the ST Employee: Why is this issue still hanging around 6 months later? Why is this considered an error - maybe this should just be a warning, or silently ignored as you don't have any M55 based cores in the STM32 lineup, which is probably why it doesn't exists in your schema.

Does ARM have a schema that you could use for validation?

[MSchl.2105]

This problem is not six (6) months delinquent, but rather about eighteeen (18) months delinquent. The same or similar flaws exist, and today (in 2021) I tried to install the file:

en.STM32CubeExpansion_Crypto_v4.0.1.zip

...downloaded from the page:

https://www.st.com/en/embedded-software/x-cube-cryptolib.html

It failed in a similar way with this printed to the console:

2021-07-30 12:28:46,107 [WARN] PackLoader:238 - Cannot read IP mode file for STMicroelectronics.X-CUBE-GNSS1.5.2.0

2021-07-30 12:28:46,112 [INFO] ThirdParty:915 - Integrity check success = true

2021-07-30 12:28:46,112 [INFO] IntegrityCheckThread:94 - exiting critical section [integrity check]

2021-07-30 12:28:46,112 [INFO] IntegrityCheckThread:97 - End integrity checks thread

2021-07-30 12:28:48,128 [INFO] About:244 - Db Path : /home/user/STM32CubeMX//db/

2021-07-30 12:28:48,128 [INFO] About:251 - Version : DB.6.0.30

2021-07-30 12:29:45,088 [INFO] CheckServerUpdateThread:112 - End of CheckServer Thread

2021-07-30 12:30:31,408 [ERROR] FileExtend:450 - File entry not found

2021-07-30 12:30:31,408 [ERROR] CmsisPacksFileManager:118 - Missing pdsc file within cmsis pack : Invalid pack file

2021-07-30 12:30:31,408 [ERROR] LoadLocalFilesThread:310 - Cmsis pack invalid or pdsc file is missing.

So it seems that ST engineers are waiting a few years to solve the problem I guess?

Or is there a secret way to installing packages like the X-CUBE-CRYPTOLIB and if so, what is the value of withholding this information from the users?

[gundog]

Okay, this is a BUG with StmCubeMX.. and it has NOT been solved in over 18 months since the release of 6.2.0. I use linux, and here is how to solve it:

1. Download the CMSIS (for ARM) pack: https://www.keil.arm.com/packs/?q=&pack-search=&vendor=arm&sort_by=. For me it was "ARM.CMSIS.6.1.0.pack".

2. Extract (unzip) this pack and open the "ARM.CMSIS.pdsc" file in text editor, an XML file. Make sure you can see the line numbers.

2. In your Stm32CubeMX, Embedded Software Packages Manager: You would see the ARM tab missing. Click "From Local.." button. And load the "ARM.CMSIS.6.1.0.pack". It will throw errors.

3. Now, for each of the 4-5 errors, do the following:
- Comment out the Cortex M-52 line <~-- content -->

- Remove the <licenseSets> group in the first few lines

- Remote the link from description, so it looks like below,
<description>CMSIS (Common Microcontroller Software Interface Standard)</description>

4. Now, after editing save the file.

5. Compress the 4 files (that were originally inside the .pack with the modified .pdsc) as zip. Name it something, e.g. "ARM.CMSIS.6.1.0_custom.pack" (rename .zip to .pack).

6. Load this pack, it will WORK! and will show the ARM tab.

This is the problem with closed source. We cannot see what fixes they made, and they cannot see our pain!

Good luck!