[Microbit-Python] Halp! Reinstalled OS and can't build firmware anymore.

[Damien George]

See here for a fix:
https://github.com/bbcmicrobit/micropython/issues/109#issuecomment-159331459

On Tue, Nov 24, 2015 at 4:25 PM, Michael <sparks.m at gmail.com> wrote:
> In this context, this:
>
>     #include <cstddef>
>
> Doesn't refer to libstdc++, it refers to this:
>
>    /usr/arm-none-eabi/include/c++/4.9.3/cstddef
>
> (rather than libstd++ etc)
>
>
> Looking at the PPA info:
>
>     https://launchpad.net/~terry.guo/+archive/ubuntu/gcc-arm-embedded
>
> That does list packages for 15.10 -- ie  "wily"
>
> The build status looks fine too from here:
>
>
> https://launchpad.net/~terry.guo/+archive/ubuntu/gcc-arm-embedded/+packages
>
> So that looks like the package exists.
>
> Couple of possibilities:
>
> - When you upgrade from one version of ubuntu to the next, some sources are
> disabled, and need to be manually re-enabled. That might be the case here.
> - Secondly, it might be that it's installed, but yotta can't find it. If the
> above file exists on your system, that might be the cause.
>
> My guess therefore is it might be the former PPA. (easiest option to
> overlook and would just need re-enabling) The less nice option is that it's
> installed and yotta can't find it. The file above is the one you're looking
> for though.
>
> Looking at the other PPA (which seems less relevant, but that could be
> wrong)
>
>     https://launchpad.net/~pmiller-opensource/+archive/ubuntu/ppa
>
> And also in:
>
>     https://launchpad.net/~pmiller-opensource/+archive/ubuntu/ppa/+packages
>
> I note that none of the packages there mention "wily" -- suggesting that
> pmiller hasn't updated his PPA for wily/15.10 as yet. As to how much of a
> problem that would be I'm not sure, but I think it's separate from not being
> able to find cstddef, and one you'd hit after fixing the cstddef one.
>
> All that said, it might also be worth checking that the output of this:
>
> apt-cache showpkg gcc-arm-none-eabi
>
> Shows useful stuff, rather than something like:
>
> N: Unable to locate package gcc-arm-none-eabi
>
> Hopefully some of that might be of use...
>
>
> Michael.
>
>
> On 24 November 2015 at 15:38, Damien George <damien.p.george at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> Larry, did you find a solution to this?  We have another report of the
>> same problem: https://github.com/bbcmicrobit/micropython/issues/109
>>
>> On Thu, Nov 12, 2015 at 9:24 AM, Larry Hastings <larry at hastings.org>
>> wrote:
>> > I wrote the instructions on adding the PPAs ;-)
>> >
>> > Yes, I ran the stuff in the README.  I actually open the README and
>> > copy-and-paste it into my shell.  And I added the PPAs in the list.  But
>> > it
>> > appears there's some other thing missing--either that, or, the PPAs
>> > aren't
>> > entirely ready for the recently-shipped Ubuntu 15.10.
>> >
>> >
>> > On Thu, Nov 12, 2015 at 12:27 AM, Nicholas H.Tollervey <ntoll at ntoll.org>
>> > wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Larry,
>> >>
>> >> Apologies if this sounds funny, but can you confirm that you've
>> >> followed
>> >> all the instructions in the README file? I notice there are a couple of
>> >> PPAs that need adding and you also need to tell yotta to target
>> >> bbc-microbit-classic-gcc-nosd.
>> >>
>> >> I'm only asking because, on far too many occasions, I have missed
>> >> something in the README. Consider this a pre-flight check to ensure
>> >> that
>> >> we're all on the same page that, "yes, I did follow all the bloody
>> >> instructions in the README Nicholas, thankyouverymuch" and thus
>> >> something more fundamental has broken. ;-)
>> >>
>> >> I'll spin up a virtualized Ubuntu and have a go myself over lunch (I've
>> >> just arrived at "real work" [tm] to an inbox full of "ugh").
>> >>
>> >> All the best,
>> >>
>> >> Nicholas.
>> >>
>> >> On 12/11/15 03:57, Larry Hastings wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> > I /should/ be current with microbit / micropython / yotta modules.
>> >> > But
>> >> > I installed Ubuntu 15.10, and it turns out my "prebuild.sh" is
>> >> > insufficient to get all the dependencies.  When I start a build I get
>> >> > this error right away:
>> >> >
>> >> >     In file included from
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > /home/larry/src/microbit/microbit-micropython/yotta_modules/mbed-classic/api/Timer.h:19:0,
>> >> >                      from
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > /home/larry/src/microbit/microbit-micropython/yotta_modules/mbed-classic/common/Timer.cpp:16:
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > /home/larry/src/microbit/microbit-micropython/yotta_modules/mbed-classic/api/platform.h:25:19:
>> >> >     fatal error: cstddef: No such file or directory
>> >> >      #include <cstddef>
>> >> >                        ^
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > This sure looks like libstdc++ to me.  I installed every
>> >> > likely-looking
>> >> > libstdc++ library I could find in the package manager.  No joy.
>> >> >
>> >> > Anybody go from 0 to compiling on Ubuntu recently?
>> >> >
>> >> > Anxiously yours,
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > //arry/
>> >> >
>> >> >
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