Kinetis Design Studio Install on Ubuntu 12.04

[intractablesubt]

I'm trying to install the kinetis-design-studio_1.0.1-1_i386.deb.bin I downloaded on Ubuntu 12.04. Trying to run it as bin didn't work at all. I renamed it kinetis-design-studio_1.0.1-1_i386.deb and tried the dpkg install and it complains "The package doesn't provide a valid Installed-Size control field. See Debian Policy 5.6.20." Anyone else having this problem?

[intractablesubt · Accepted solution]

OK I got it to work by ignoring the error when I simply double clicked on the package. I did have to rename it to remove the .bin suffix and then simply ran

dpkg -i kinetis-design-studio_1.0.1-1_i386.deb

in a shell.

[intractablesubt]

To create a desktop shortcut you can do the following:

gedit .local/share/applications/opt_kinetis.desktop

Paste the following in to the edit window and save it:

[Desktop Entry]

Type=Application

Name=Kinetis-Design-Studio

Comment=Kinetis Design Studio

Icon=/opt/eclipse/icon.xpm

Exec=/opt/Freescale/KDS_1.0.1/bin/kinetis-design-studio

Terminal=false

Categories=Development;IDE;Java;

StartupWMClass=Eclipse

Open it with nautilus:

nautilus ~/.local/share/applications

right click on it, select properties, select the permissions tab, click "Allow executing file as program"

alternatively just do "chmod +x ~/.local/share/applications/opt_kinetis.desktop"

right click again and select "Make Link"

Drag the link to the desktop.