I installed v0.4.10, and tried to update mbed-cli to latest by running pip install -U mbed-cli.

I had a bad feeling when installing v0.4.10 because it installer Python 2.7, and as a result pip install -U mbed-cli couldn't finish successfully.

Successfully installed PrettyTable-0.7.2 appdirs-1.4.4 backports.functools-lru-cache-1.6.1 beautifulsoup4-4.9.1 certifi-2020.6.20 chardet-3.0.4 colorama-0.4.3 fasteners-0.15 future-0.18.2 idna-2.10 intelhex-2.2.1 junit-xml-1.9 lockfile-0.12.2 mbed-cli-1.10.4 mbed-os-tools-0.0.14 monotonic-1.5 pyserial-3.4 requests-2.24.0 six-1.15.0 soupsieve-1.9.6 urllib3-1.25.9
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "c:\python27\lib\runpy.py", line 174, in _run_module_as_main
    "__main__", fname, loader, pkg_name)
  File "c:\python27\lib\runpy.py", line 72, in _run_code
    exec code in run_globals
  File "C:\Python27\Scripts\pip.exe\__main__.py", line 9, in <module>
  File "c:\python27\lib\site-packages\pip\__init__.py", line 233, in main
    return command.main(cmd_args)
  File "c:\python27\lib\site-packages\pip\basecommand.py", line 252, in main
    pip_version_check(session)
  File "c:\python27\lib\site-packages\pip\utils\outdated.py", line 102, in pip_version_check
    installed_version = get_installed_version("pip")
  File "c:\python27\lib\site-packages\pip\utils\__init__.py", line 838, in get_installed_version
    working_set = pkg_resources.WorkingSet()
  File "c:\python27\lib\site-packages\pip\_vendor\pkg_resources\__init__.py", line 644, in __init__
    self.add_entry(entry)
  File "c:\python27\lib\site-packages\pip\_vendor\pkg_resources\__init__.py", line 700, in add_entry
    for dist in find_distributions(entry, True):
  File "c:\python27\lib\site-packages\pip\_vendor\pkg_resources\__init__.py", line 1949, in find_eggs_in_zip
    if metadata.has_metadata('PKG-INFO'):
  File "c:\python27\lib\site-packages\pip\_vendor\pkg_resources\__init__.py", line 1463, in has_metadata
    return self.egg_info and self._has(self._fn(self.egg_info, name))
  File "c:\python27\lib\site-packages\pip\_vendor\pkg_resources\__init__.py", line 1823, in _has
    return zip_path in self.zipinfo or zip_path in self._index()
  File "c:\python27\lib\site-packages\pip\_vendor\pkg_resources\__init__.py", line 1703, in zipinfo
    return self._zip_manifests.load(self.loader.archive)
  File "c:\python27\lib\site-packages\pip\_vendor\pkg_resources\__init__.py", line 1643, in load
    mtime = os.stat(path).st_mtime
WindowsError: [Error 2] 指定されたファイルが見つかりません。: 'c:\\python27\\lib\\site-packages\\mbed_cli-1.8.3-py2.7.egg'

Install mbed-cli with all default extras via installer v4.0, there is no shortcut created on desktop.
Could not find python in mbed-cli folder.

When we install the mbed-cli using the installer, ARM file is not created within the folder. Should we install it separately?

problem

If using an ST board then the installer doesnt recognize it during the 'windows serial driver' install process.

Solution

Either install the ST driver and then the windows serial driver, or have a fallback on failure for windows serial driver install that says 'no board connected, cannot install serial driver, please install serial driver when you have a board' or give the ability to skip the install of the serial driver phase

Problem

When I run the installer it instals mbed-cli v1.2.2, current is 1.7.x . The installer should not be installing old versions.

Solution

install latest mbed-cli when running the installer

At the moment internet connection is required for installing mbed CLI with this installer. Other dependencies are embedded in installer and internet connection is not required for them.

This is confusing. We should either have:

1. Everything is downloaded online during install and no dependencies are embedded in the installer. E.g. SkypeDownloader, AdobeFlashDownloader and call it that; OR
2. Everything is embedded in the installer and have support for non-internet install. E.g. installer contains everything. This also means that we can embed python and run python setup.py install in the local copy of mbed CLI; OR
3. Have everything embedded and offer the user an option to download the latest version of things (CLI and python/gcc/git patch version) and install these instead. This could be a checkbox during install "[x] Update mbed CLI and dependencies to the latest version. NOTE: Internet connection is required"

@arekzaluski @sg- @theotherjimmy @BlackstoneEngineering

On the Mbed website, all new users get directed towards this page to install Mbed CLI.
https://os.mbed.com/docs/mbed-os/v5.14/quick-start/offline-with-mbed-cli.html
For Windows users, this links to the release page on this repo. At the time of this ticket, the latest release is based on Mbed CLI and GCC that were in use in December of 2018 (a full year ago).

If cloning the latest Mbed OS version, this results in the following concerning warning.

[Warning] @,: Compiler version mismatch: Have 6.3.1; expected version >= 9.0.0 and < 10.0.0

Please create a new installer release with latest updates to the version of Mbed CLI and GCC associated with the latest Mbed OS release. Currently 5.14. Soon to be 5.15.

Note this is the same issue that was highlighted in #28, which was closed without explanation.

Temporary workaround for users that find this issue -

1. Update mbed cli with the following command

pip install -U mbed-cli --user

2. Update GCC
   Download and install latest v9 at
   https://developer.arm.com/tools-and-software/open-source-software/developer-tools/gnu-toolchain/gnu-rm/downloads

mbed Windows installer: mbed CLI v0.3.6-alpha

It is installing this ARM GCC version:
arm-none-eabi-gcc (GNU Tools for ARM Embedded Processors) 5.4.1 20160919 (release)

It should be 4.9.3.

Also, from mbed OS 5.5, we are going to upgrade to GCC 6, so we should start testing this asap.

@arekzaluski

Now you need to do this manually, it's a pain in the ass.

cc @MattAtkinson

The latest release (Dec 2018) contains the issue describe in
ARMmbed/mbed-cli#875

leading to error on windows:
"Could not find executable for ARMC6."

I think a new delivery of the windows installer should fix the issue since it was merge on mbed-cli repo.

Add checkbox on initial page to install the latest mbed-cli using pip.

mbed Windows installer: mbed CLI v0.3.6-alpha

First I installed mbed CLI without any of the required apps (python, git, hg, gcc)

Later I uninstalled mbed CLI. It only removes mbed-cli and gcc.

Other apps continue to exist (and work) with the corresponding environmental variables: python, git, hg

We could add an option to the uninstaller to remove the apps: python, git, hg, gcc

@arekzaluski

pyinstaller can create exe file.

Current process is too error prone.

mbed CLI requires internet connection to be installed correctly. User should be notified that internet connection is missing and mbed CLI has not been installed correctly.

I've installed mbed CLI using mbed-cli-windows installer.

I got an email that mbed CLI version 1.1.1 was available so I ran pip install -U mbed-cli and I got:

C:\dev\mbed-os>pip install -U mbed-cli
Collecting mbed-cli
  Downloading mbed-cli-1.1.1.zip (50kB)
    100% |################################| 51kB 18kB/s
Installing collected packages: mbed-cli
  Found existing installation: mbed-cli 1.0.0
    Uninstalling mbed-cli-1.0.0:
      Successfully uninstalled mbed-cli-1.0.0
  Running setup.py install for mbed-cli ... done
Exception:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "c:\python27\lib\site-packages\pip\basecommand.py", line 215, in main
    status = self.run(options, args)
  File "c:\python27\lib\site-packages\pip\commands\install.py", line 350, in run
    isolated=options.isolated_mode,
  File "c:\python27\lib\site-packages\pip\commands\install.py", line 436, in get_lib_location_guesses
    scheme = distutils_scheme('', *args, **kwargs)
  File "c:\python27\lib\site-packages\pip\locations.py", line 140, in distutils_scheme
    d = Distribution(dist_args)
  File "c:\python27\lib\site-packages\setuptools\dist.py", line 316, in __init__
    for ep in pkg_resources.iter_entry_points('distutils.setup_keywords'):
  File "c:\python27\lib\site-packages\pkg_resources\__init__.py", line 730, in iter_entry_points
    entries = dist.get_entry_map(group)
  File "c:\python27\lib\site-packages\pkg_resources\__init__.py", line 2639, in get_entry_map
    self._get_metadata('entry_points.txt'), self
  File "c:\python27\lib\site-packages\pkg_resources\__init__.py", line 2369, in parse_map
    for group, lines in data:
  File "c:\python27\lib\site-packages\pkg_resources\__init__.py", line 2967, in split_sections
    for line in yield_lines(s):
  File "c:\python27\lib\site-packages\pkg_resources\__init__.py", line 2235, in yield_lines
    for ss in strs:
 File "c:\python27\lib\site-packages\pkg_resources\__init__.py", line 2564, in _get_metadata
    if self.has_metadata(name):
  File "c:\python27\lib\site-packages\pkg_resources\__init__.py", line 1462, in has_metadata
    return self.egg_info and self._has(self._fn(self.egg_info, name))
  File "c:\python27\lib\site-packages\pkg_resources\__init__.py", line 1822, in _has
    return zip_path in self.zipinfo or zip_path in self._index()
  File "c:\python27\lib\site-packages\pkg_resources\__init__.py", line 1702, in zipinfo
    return self._zip_manifests.load(self.loader.archive)
  File "c:\python27\lib\site-packages\pkg_resources\__init__.py", line 1642, in load
    mtime = os.stat(path).st_mtime
WindowsError: [Error 2] The system cannot find the file specified: 'c:\\python27\\lib\\site-packages\\mbed_cli-1.0.0-py2.7.egg
'

This seems to be caused by the installer using https://github.com/ARMmbed/mbed-cli-windows-installer/blob/master/source/cliInstall.nsi#L150 which is not the same as the site-package in my installed python directory where pip expects the package to have previously been downloaded to.

1. Installed mbed-cli manually via pip
2. Run installer
3. Run uninstaller
   The mbed-cli in installed in python folder will not work, not sure if it is a issue.

All the binary files in the history make it very painful to clone this repo. Takes very long.

@arekzaluski

Problem

distributing the environment as a python VE is highly variable and subject to periodically going spastic.

Solution

Distribute the mbed-cli environment as a .exe, use a tool like Py2Exe or similar to take the minimal scrips and wrap them up into a .exe and distribute that instead to allow for tighter version control.

The public documentation at https://os.mbed.com/docs/latest/tutorials/quick-start-offline.html ...

has a link to https://github.com/ARMmbed/mbed-cli-windows-installer/releases, which is private.

Thus, 99% of customers cannot access it!

Windows

1. Install Mbed CLI
   Download and run the Mbed CLI Windows .exe installer

cc @BlackstoneEngineering @AnotherButler

Notify user that mbed-cli has not been installed correctly