FPGAwars
bug: Toolchain installation fails under Windows
Steps To Reproduce
Install Icestudio (stable version as well as 0.13.4w202502260302) Run Icestudio -> Toolchain not installed. Click to install -> Apio install driveres fails after 80%
Expected behavior
Actual behavior
Icestudio is not usable - unfortunately - it looks very promissing
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Thanks for your feedback, i'll try to reproduce your problem appears a conflict with something in your installation, i'm telling you soon.
Hi! could you tell me if this path exists on your computer and if exists if is exactly with lower an uppercase? C:\SPB_DATA.icestudio\venv\Scripts\
Hi,
That is the exact path:
C:\SPB_Data.icestudio\venv\Scripts
.icstudio is a subdirectory. There is a leading ""
Regards, Manfred
Von: Carlos Venegas Arrabé Gesendet: Donnerstag, 27. März 2025 22:36 Bis: FPGAwars/icestudio Cc: Manfred Schmitz; Author Betreff: Re: [FPGAwars/icestudio] bug: Toolchain installation fails under Windows (Issue #886)
[cavearr]cavearr left a comment (FPGAwars/icestudio#886)https://github.com/FPGAwars/icestudio/issues/886#issuecomment-2759528430
Hi! could you tell me if this path exists on your computer and if exists if is exactly with lower an uppercase? C:\SPB_DATA.icestudio\venv\Scripts\
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Hi , could be possible that this path in your PATH "C:\Users\ManfredSchmitz\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\bin" breaks apio (that is other FPGAwars software that runs under Icestudio and this not support spaces in the path for a Yosys limitation. Could you uninstall Microsoft VS Code and reinstall it without spaces in the directory, check reboot your computer for PATH refresh and try it again?
take care that OrCAD installation redefine the HOME env var also if it is already defined in your OS, overriding it to C:\SPB_Data or the OrCAD config home. This is a bug in OrCAD that garbage PATH of other installed applications.
To avoid this I use a script to change the HOME to OrCAD config home just before OrCAD launch and then set back to my user HOME (default is C:\Users\<user>) for all other apps
