Install KDS on Ubuntu 18.04

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Hi,

I'm attempting to install KDS "kinetis-design-studio_3.2.0-1_amd64.deb" on a box running Ubuntu 18.04. It complained:

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* Warning: This package includes the GCC ARM Embedded toolchain,     *
*          which is built for 32-bit hosts. If you are using a       *
*          64-bit system, you may need to install additional         *
*          packages before building software with these tools.       *
*                                                                    *
*          For more details see:                                     *
*          - KDS_Users_Guide.pdf:"Installing Kinetis Design Studio". *
*          - The Kinetis Design Studio release notes.                *
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Upon which I found:

"For Ubuntu 1404 these packages are required to be installed: libc6:i386, libncurses5:i386, & libstdc++6:i386", I then installed these packages with:

$ sudo apt install libc6:i386 libncurses5:i386 libstdc++6:i386

but am still getting the same error when attempting to install KDS. Why is this and how can I get it fixed?

[Sebastian_Del_Rio · Accepted solution]

Hi Ron, I hope you're doing well!

As Kinetis Design Studio is currently no longer being developed but is being maintained to provide support for legacy Kinetis devices, we recommend the use of the newer MCUXpresso IDE instead.

Most Kinetis devices are supported by the new MCUXpresso Software and Tools and are regularly updated for Windows, macOS, and Ubuntu. It can be downloaded from here.

If Kinetis Design Studio is required, could you please take a look at this post here discussing a similar situation, but with Ubuntu 16.04 instead?

Please let me know if you need any more information.

Best regards,
Sebastián