RobLewis 7 Posted December 22, 2014 Share Posted December 22, 2014 As a relative novice Linux user, my beef with Energia is the same as with a lot of other software packages: the installation instructions basically end at "download it". OK, I downloaded it. Now what? Where do I put it? How do I launch it? And so forth. Using Ubuntu 14.04 (32-bit). Java is installed and working (at least it works for Eclipse). Any kind souls willing to help? (I guess this would be moot if somebody created an installer package for the Ubuntu Software Center, but I have no idea how much work that involves.) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Oppa 1 Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 http://energia.nu/guide/guide_linux/ There's a lot more than just "download it". Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RobLewis 7 Posted December 24, 2014 Author Share Posted December 24, 2014 http://energia.nu/guide/guide_linux/ There's a lot more than just "download it". Yes, I saw that page and read it carefully. Have I missed the part where it says what to do after downloading the software? Where to put it? How to launch it? Do I have to change permissions? etc.? I'm a spoiled Mac user accustomed to things that just work. But I really would like to get this going on my Ubuntu box. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Oppa 1 Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 Argh, sorry. I read something about 'drag onto Applications folder'. But that's for MAC, I don't know MACs and Ubuntu. Then it's up to you to decide where to put it. I use $HOME/bin for stuff that doesn't come in via the package management. Open a Terminal: cd mkdir bin cd bin tar -xvzf ../Downloads/energia-0101E0014-linux64.tgz . # <- the dots in front and the dot at the end are important ln -sf energia-0101E0014 energia # <- optional - creates a 'symlink' called energia pointing to the actual directory cd (YOUR_FAVOURITE_EDITOR) .bash_profile # and add or modify the PATH to energia PATH=$PATH:$HOME/.local/bin:$HOME/bin:$HOME/bin/energia # without symlink this has to be energia-0101E0014 close editor and don't forget to save. source .bash_profile energia & I don't know how to create starters for the GUI so you're on your own with this. Happy holidays & hacking Stephan Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DexterIsMyHero 2 Posted June 13, 2015 Share Posted June 13, 2015 I have been using Energia and TI MSP-EXP430G2 Board with M430G2553 microcontroller under Windows for some time. Now I am trying to get it to run on a Debian 7 machine, and it is failing to function properly. . I have the udev rules file installed Energia will eventually open the IDE window, however: Mousing over the menu bar has unpredictable results. Some menus drop down, others don't. Or if they do drop down, upon closing the program hangs. More importantly, I can't upload any sketches to the board. I get an error /opt/energia-0101E0015/hardware/tools/msp430/bin/mspdebug: /lib/i386-linux-gnu/i686/cmov/libc.so.6: version 'GLIBC_2.15' mpt found/ (required by/opt/energia-0101E0015/hardware/tools/msp430/bin/mspdebug) Debian 7 installs version 2.13 of this library. I've gone round and round on the net, following rumors of upgrading only this library file. I added the Jessie repository to my /etc/apt/sources.list and was able to finally request this upgrade. Alas, synaptic informs me this it "breaks dependencies". I know that's a bad thing, so I don't proceed. I wanted to stick with debian 7 for purely sentimental reasons. If I must upgrade to debian 8 (which I understand has a libc6 version of 2.19) to get Energia to work, I certainly will. Will it work? Will a version HIGHER than what Energia expects be rejected also? Does anyone here know what to do to fix this? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jack5pack 0 Posted August 4, 2015 Share Posted August 4, 2015 I am having the same issue as Rob Lewis. Running Ubuntu 14.04 and a new Linux user as well. Saw the advice from Stephan which I will try, but I am having a hard time connecting all the dots between Oppa's help and Energia's install guide. When I follow the directions from Energia's install guide, http://energia.nu/guide/guide_linux/ I am told I do not have permission to save the file. What step am I missing. I looked at Ubuntu's help forum but did not see anything specific to Energia or the Launchpad Any help is much appreciated Quote Link to post Share on other sites
vk71 1 Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 The installation info for Linux on Energia's guide is incorrect, http://energia.nu/guide/guide_linux/ The direction is identical to Mac OS X install. It's referring to some energia-0101EXXXX-macosx.dmg file. Please fix. Thanks. bluehash 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
energia 485 Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 @@vk71 thanks for the report. The documentation has been fixed. bluehash 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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