Linux

Here are the installation commands for a few Linux distributions.

REQUIRED packages

Ubuntu 18.04 or newer / Debian stretch or newer

NOTE gdb-multiarch is the GDB command you’ll use to debug your ARMCortex-M programs

1. $ sudo apt-get install \
2. gdb-multiarch \
3. minicom \
4. openocd

Ubuntu 14.04 and 16.04

NOTE arm-none-eabi-gdb is the GDB command you’ll use to debug your ARMCortex-M programs

1. $ sudo apt-get install \
2. gdb-arm-none-eabi \
3. minicom \
4. openocd

Fedora 23 or newer

NOTE arm-none-eabi-gdb is the GDB command you’ll use to debug your ARMCortex-M programs

1. $ sudo dnf install \
2. arm-none-eabi-gdb \
3. minicom \
4. openocd

Arch Linux

NOTE arm-none-eabi-gdb is the GDB command you’ll use to debug your ARMCortex-M programs

1. $ sudo pacman -S \
2. arm-none-eabi-gdb \
3. minicom \
4. openocd

Other distros

NOTE arm-none-eabi-gdb is the GDB command you’ll use to debug your ARMCortex-M programs

For distros that don’t have packages for ARM’s pre-builttoolchain,download the “Linux 64-bit” file and put its bin directory on your path.Here’s one way to do it:

1. $ mkdir -p ~/local && cd ~/local
2. $ tar xjf /path/to/downloaded/file/gcc-arm-none-eabi-7-2017-q4-major-linux.tar.bz2.tbz

Then, use your editor of choice to append to your PATH in the appropriateshell init file (e.g. ~/.zshrc or ~/.bashrc):

1. PATH=$PATH:$HOME/local/gcc-arm-none-eabi-7-2017-q4-major/bin

Optional packages

Ubuntu / Debian

1. $ sudo apt-get install \
2. bluez \
3. rfkill

Fedora

1. $ sudo dnf install \
2. bluez \
3. rfkill

Arch Linux

1. $ sudo pacman -S \
2. bluez \
3. bluez-utils \
4. rfkill

udev rules

These rules let you use USB devices like the F3 and the Serial module without root privilege, i.e.sudo.

Create these two files in /etc/udev/rules.d with the contents shown below.

1. $ cat /etc/udev/rules.d/99-ftdi.rules

1. # FT232 - USB <-> Serial Converter
2. ATTRS{idVendor}=="0403", ATTRS{idProduct}=="6001", MODE:="0666"

1. $ cat /etc/udev/rules.d/99-openocd.rules

1. # STM32F3DISCOVERY rev A/B - ST-LINK/V2
2. ATTRS{idVendor}=="0483", ATTRS{idProduct}=="3748", MODE:="0666"

4. # STM32F3DISCOVERY rev C+ - ST-LINK/V2-1
5. ATTRS{idVendor}=="0483", ATTRS{idProduct}=="374b", MODE:="0666"

Then reload the udev rules with:

1. $ sudo udevadm control --reload-rules

If you had any board plugged to your laptop, unplug them and then plug them in again.

Now, go to the next section.