problem setting up on Windows

[granel2]

(Text moved here from #574)

installing Moddable SDK on win11 64 - using webpage manual -- C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Community>xsbug
'xsbug' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
it received in my x86 native tools comm.promt vs2022
further setup - installation fails when using step-by-step instructions
need help

[phoddie]

Welcome.

A great alternative to the manual set-up is to use xs-dev. It is a tool that takes automates the installation and set-up on the Moddable SDK. If you have npm installed, here's all you have to do:

npm install -g xs-dev
xs-dev setup

Good luck!

[NW-Lab]

Does the xsbug.exe file exist in the %MODDABLE%\build\bin\win\release folder?
If so, is the environment variable (path) set? (Launch the Windows terminal after setting it. Do not use a new tab.)

[granel2]

but I read in the manual xs-dev -- this installation option does not work with Windows, but I started with it, the macbook is waiting) - if I do the installation with the xs-dev option, I need to clean the computer from what I tried with manual installation == from a clean leaf?

[granel2]

about : Does the xsbug.exe file exist in the %MODDABLE%\build\bin\win\release folder?
in build folder have only folders:
device; makefile; simulators
(((

[granel2]

I did the installation on Windows 11-64 strictly according to the instructions for manual installation - I never managed to create a folders bin\release - have only C:\Users\admin\Projects\moddable\build\ inside 3 other folders: device + makefile + simulators

[granel2]

installation attempts with xs-dev end up with this message when trying to run a test project:

C:\Users\admin\Projects\moddable>xs-dev run --example helloworld
Moddable tooling required. Run 'xs-dev setup --device win' before trying again.

I install this:

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Community>xs-dev setup --device win
Setting up Windows tools at C:\Users\admin\Projects\moddable
......................
.....................
The Moddable Command Prompt will now open for you in a new Window. Please close this Command Prompt and use the Moddable Command Prompt instead.
As a next step, try running the "helloworld example" in the Moddable Command Prompt: xs-dev run --example helloworld'
Opening the Moddable Command Prompt in a new Window

bud all bad((

[granel2]

my attempts for 3 days to install and start working with moddable sdk + esp and start learning java script - are not successful, probably I need to return to my favorite C language and development tools - too much time wasted just to install the environment on Win11 and MacOS . The tips found for installation on the Internet are in the nature of a secret society of gurus)))

[phoddie]

Sorry that you weren't able to get things working and the frustration it caused. I think both @NextWorldLab and I have been guessing about how to help you, because there haven't been many details in the reports here beyond "does not work."

@HipsterBrown has been very successful helping developers through any problems using xs-dev. If you do decide to try again, I expect he would be able to suggest some ideas for tracking down what is going wrong on your setup.

[granel2]

@HipsterBrown xs-dev + my frend - (working with js - writing servers software) help me instal node.js on my macbook (gave me commands that were not on the Internet) -- but what to do next? install moddableSDK? how to do examples code on my pc? how dounload to esp-esp32-pico-...? I really need step-by-step instructions for the first test project - if it succeeds, then everything will be clear

[granel2]

need or no install xcode? when install esp sdk?

[granel2]

for a start, you need minimal help - in simple words it will explain what and in what sequence to install (maybe - where to find it)
have macos 11.7.9 -- for xcode 14 need >ios13 (((

[granel2]

ones more try install moddable win11:

C:\Users\admin\Projects\examples\ch1-gettingstarted\host>mcconfig -d -m -p esp
'mcconfig' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

where is and how install -- mcconfig
??

[granel2]

can see:

C:\Users\admin\Projects\moddable\tools\mcconfig

[HipsterBrown]

@granel2 have you read through the starting guide on the xs-dev docs? https://xs-dev.js.org/guide/00-prepare/

This walks through the initial system requirements, how to install the CLI, and how to start using it.

[granel2]

I made a new attempt at a standard installation on Windows 11 - I went as far as creating an example and failed again. Now I'll try a fresh installation of Win11 from your link.

[granel2]

√ Moddable SDK successfully set up!
it's with xs-dev win11

[granel2]

C:\Users\admin\Projects\moddable>xs-dev run --example helloworld
Moddable tooling required. Run 'xs-dev setup --device win' before trying again.
//installing win

C:\Users\admin\Projects\moddable>xs-dev setup --device win
Setting up Windows tools at C:\Users\admin\Projects\moddable
i Moddable repo already installed
√ Creating Moddable SDK Environment Batch File
√ Creating Moddable Command Prompt Shortcut
√ Installing xsbug-log dependencies
√ Moddable SDK successfully set up!
A shortcut to the Moddable Command Prompt has been created at C:\Users\admin\xs-dev\Moddable Command Prompt.lnk.
You should always use the Moddable Command Prompt when working with the Moddable SDK.
The Moddable Command Prompt will now open for you in a new Window. Please close this Command Prompt and use the Moddable Command Prompt instead.
As a next step, try running the "helloworld example" in the Moddable Command Prompt: xs-dev run --example helloworld'
Opening the Moddable Command Prompt in a new Window

but in new window same :

C:\Users\admin\Projects\moddable>xs-dev run --example helloworld
Moddable tooling required. Run 'xs-dev setup --device win' before trying again.

[granel2]

I stopped at this and on the previous installation attempt

[granel2]

one step left before my victory

[phoddie]

Thank you for trying again and posting the details from the run of xs-dev. It looks like, for some reason, xs-dev doesn't see the installed files in the new window. Let's see if @HipsterBrown has any suggestions for how to investigate what is going on.

[granel2]

ok, try now

[granel2]

I can't solve the problem myself((((

C:\Users\admin\Projects\moddable>xs-dev run --example helloworld
Moddable tooling required. Run 'xs-dev setup --device win' before trying again.

[phoddie]

Yes, I understand. Please wait a little to see if we can get you a suggestion to try. Thank you.

[granel2]

ok))))))))))))

[andycarle]

Could you please post a screenshot of the Command Prompt window where you're running mcconfig? My guess is that you are not using the Moddable Command Prompt that is installed by xs-dev.

[granel2]

[granel2]

I tried to run in different terminals, even Power Shell)

[andycarle]

Interesting. I haven't tried running xs-dev in an Administrator Command Prompt before, but I don't see any obvious reason that should be a problem.

Could you share the output of the env command? I'm just wondering if the Moddable Command prompt batch file is successfully setting up the environment.

[NW-Lab]

moddale path not set?

[granel2]

no ((
but can see 'helloword' in debug

[granel2]

can not find xsbug.exe

[NW-Lab]

Did you get any errors during build?

[granel2]

no, all was ok

[granel2]

assembly of the working environment is absolutely manual and requires attention, there are many obscure dependencies, returning the state of the computer at the time of the start of the experiment to install the environment is also not an easy task. Do you really have an environment deployed on Win10 - 11 and you create projects in Java Script?

[granel2]

C:\Users\admin\xs-dev\moddable
ones more check -- not found xsbug.exe

[NW-Lab]

[granel2]

after installing the XS-DEV components in automatic mode, the PC simulator immediately began to work for me, but then I installed all the components for microcontrollers manually, using the manual:
https://www.moddable.com/documentation/Moddable%20SDK%20-%20Getting%20Started#win-instructions
Moddable SDK – Getting Started

[granel2]

I saw this program before)))) now she ran away from me)))))

[granel2]

need clean all an reinstall (((
but need step by step for 4-th attempt

[granel2]

main and first -- clean all in env.variables in PC -- yes?

[NW-Lab]

Just in case, can you try resetting the environment variables?

[granel2]

yes, now

[granel2]

[granel2]

after that:

[NW-Lab]

why path is debug? Is it a release mistake?

[granel2]

it's my -- need release?

[granel2]

[granel2]

installed a virtual machine + Windows 10 -64.
question: what to install first, in what order?
xs-dev --> moddable --> python2.7 --> esp sdk ??

[granel2]

in vmWare win10-64 -- I think all ok
but can not download program to my esp8266:

C:\Users\admin\xs-dev\moddable>xs-dev run --example helloworld --device esp\nodemcu
The current environment does not appear to be set up for the ESP8266 build target. Please run xs-dev setup --device esp8266 before trying again.

C:\Users\admin\xs-dev\moddable>xs-dev setup --device esp8266
i Ensuring esp8266 directory
√ Downloading xtensa toolchain
√ Downloading arduino core tooling
√ Cloning esp8266 RTOS SDK repo
√ Downloading ESP Tool
√ Downloading Cygwin toolchain support package
√ Setting environment variables
Python is required.
You can download and install Python from python.org/downloads
Or xs-dev can manage installing Python and other dependencies using the Windows Package Manager Client (winget).
You can install winget via the App Installer package in the Microsoft Store.
Please install either Python or winget, then launch a new Command Prompt and re-run this setup.

C:\Users\admin\xs-dev\moddable>xs-dev run --example helloworld --device esp\esp8266
The current environment does not appear to be set up for the ESP8266 build target. Please run xs-dev setup --device esp8266 before trying again.

C:\Users\admin\xs-dev\moddable>xs-dev run --example helloworld --device esp\nodemcu
The current environment does not appear to be set up for the ESP8266 build target. Please run xs-dev setup --device esp8266 before trying again.

C:\Users\admin\xs-dev\moddable>

[granel2]

[granel2]

need Python? which version? full or tool?

[granel2]

install 'winget' + python
long time wait 'installing python from winget'
dont understand(( maybe restart pc?

[granel2]

[granel2]

C:\Users\admin\xs-dev\moddable>xs-dev run --example helloworld --device esp8266
The current environment does not appear to be set up for the ESP8266 build target. Please run xs-dev setup --device esp8266 before trying again.

C:\Users\admin\xs-dev\moddable>xs-dev run --example helloworld --device esp8266 --port COM3
The current environment does not appear to be set up for the ESP8266 build target. Please run xs-dev setup --device esp8266 before trying again.

===========================
all install good, but can not download to esp8266((
can you help me?))

[granel2]

I try add esp32, reseive next errors:

** Visual Studio 2022 Developer Command Prompt v17.7.2
** Copyright (c) 2022 Microsoft Corporation

---

[vcvarsall.bat] Environment initialized for: 'x86'
Setting PYTHONNOUSERSITE, was not set
Using Python in C:\Users\admin\xs-dev\esp32\esp-idf
'null' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
Using Git in C:\Espressif\tools\idf-git\2.34.2\cmd
git version 2.34.1.windows.1
Setting IDF_PATH: C:\Users\admin\xs-dev\esp32\esp-idf

Adding ESP-IDF tools to PATH...
ERROR: tool xtensa-esp32-elf has no installed versions. Please run 'C:\Users\admin\xs-dev\esp32\esp-idf\install.bat' to install it.
ERROR: tool xtensa-esp32s2-elf has no installed versions. Please run 'C:\Users\admin\xs-dev\esp32\esp-idf\install.bat' to install it.
ERROR: tool xtensa-esp32s3-elf has no installed versions. Please run 'C:\Users\admin\xs-dev\esp32\esp-idf\install.bat' to install it.
ERROR: tool riscv32-esp-elf has no installed versions. Please run 'C:\Users\admin\xs-dev\esp32\esp-idf\install.bat' to install it.
ERROR: tool cmake has no installed versions. Please run 'C:\Users\admin\xs-dev\esp32\esp-idf\install.bat' to install it.An unsupported version of tool cmake was found in PATH: 3.26.4.
ERROR: tool openocd-esp32 has no installed versions. Please run 'C:\Users\admin\xs-dev\esp32\esp-idf\install.bat' to install it.
Not using an unsupported version of tool ninja found in PATH: 1.11.0.
ERROR: tool ccache has no installed versions. Please run 'C:\Users\admin\xs-dev\esp32\esp-idf\install.bat' to install it.
ERROR: tool dfu-util has no installed versions. Please run 'C:\Users\admin\xs-dev\esp32\esp-idf\install.bat' to install it.

C:\Users\admin\xs-dev\moddable>

[granel2]

after :

xs-dev run --example helloworld --device=esp32 --port COM3

received:

---

** Visual Studio 2022 Developer Command Prompt v17.7.2
** Copyright (c) 2022 Microsoft Corporation

---

[vcvarsall.bat] Environment initialized for: 'x86'
Setting PYTHONNOUSERSITE, was not set
Using Python in C:\Users\admin\xs-dev\esp32\esp-idf
'null' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
Using Git in C:\Espressif\tools\idf-git\2.34.2\cmd
git version 2.34.1.windows.1
Setting IDF_PATH: C:\Users\admin\xs-dev\esp32\esp-idf

Adding ESP-IDF tools to PATH...
Not using an unsupported version of tool cmake found in PATH: 3.26.4.
Not using an unsupported version of tool ninja found in PATH: 1.11.0.
C:\Espressif\tools\xtensa-esp32-elf\esp-2021r2-patch5-8.4.0\xtensa-esp32-elf\bin
C:\Espressif\tools\xtensa-esp32s2-elf\esp-2021r2-patch5-8.4.0\xtensa-esp32s2-elf\bin
C:\Espressif\tools\xtensa-esp32s3-elf\esp-2021r2-patch5-8.4.0\xtensa-esp32s3-elf\bin
C:\Espressif\tools\riscv32-esp-elf\esp-2021r2-patch5-8.4.0\riscv32-esp-elf\bin
C:\Espressif\tools\esp32ulp-elf\2.35_20220830\esp32ulp-elf\bin
C:\Espressif\tools\cmake\3.23.1\bin
C:\Espressif\tools\openocd-esp32\v0.11.0-esp32-20220706\openocd-esp32\bin
C:\Espressif\tools\ninja\1.10.2
C:\Espressif\tools\idf-exe\1.0.3
C:\Espressif\tools\ccache\4.3\ccache-4.3-windows-64
C:\Espressif\tools\dfu-util\0.9\dfu-util-0.9-win64
C:\Espressif\python_env\idf4.4_py3.11_env\Scripts
C:\Users\admin\xs-dev\esp32\esp-idf\tools

Checking if Python packages are up to date...
C:\Users\admin\xs-dev\esp32\esp-idf\tools\check_python_dependencies.py:12: DeprecationWarning: pkg_resources is deprecated as an API. See https://setuptools.pypa.io/en/latest/pkg_resources.html
import pkg_resources
The following Python requirements are not satisfied:
click>=7.0
pyserial>=3.3
future>=0.15.2
cryptography>=2.1.4
pyparsing>=2.0.3,<2.4.0
pyelftools>=0.22
idf-component-manager~=1.0
gdbgui==0.13.2.0
pygdbmi<=0.9.0.2
python-socketio<5
jinja2<3.1 # See espressif/esp-idf#8760
itsdangerous<2.1
kconfiglib==13.7.1
reedsolo>=1.5.3,<=1.5.4
bitstring>=3.1.6
ecdsa>=0.16.0
construct==2.10.54
esp-windows-curses; sys_platform == 'win32'
To install the missing packages, please run "C:\Users\admin\xs-dev\esp32\esp-idf\install.bat"
Diagnostic information:
IDF_PYTHON_ENV_PATH: C:\Espressif\python_env\idf4.4_py3.11_env
Python interpreter used: C:\Espressif\python_env\idf4.4_py3.11_env\Scripts\python.exe

| Building and deploying project C:\Users\admin\xs-dev\moddable\examples\helloworld on esp32
Using recommended ESP-IDF v4.4.3
/ Building and deploying project C:\Users\admin\xs-dev\moddable\examples\helloworld on esp32
1 file(s) copied.
1 file(s) copied.

• Building and deploying project C:\Users\admin\xs-dev\moddable\examples\helloworld on esp32
  Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\admin\xs-dev\esp32\esp-idf\tools\idf.py", line 36, in
  from idf_py_actions.tools import executable_exists, idf_version, merge_action_lists, realpath # noqa: E402
  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "C:\Users\admin\xs-dev\esp32\esp-idf\tools\idf_py_actions\tools.py", line 7, in
  import click
  ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'click'
  NMAKE : fatal error U1077: 'python %IDF_PATH%\tools\idf.py -n reconfigure -D SDKCONFIG_DEFAULTS=C:/Users/admin/xs-dev/moddable/build/tmp/esp32//debug/helloworld/xsProj-esp32/sdkconfig.mc -D SDKCONFIG_HEADER="C:\Users\admin\xs-dev\moddable\build\tmp\esp32\debug\helloworld\xsProj-esp32\build\config\sdkconfig.h" -D CMAKE_MESSAGE_LOG_LEVEL=ERROR -D DEBUGGER_SPEED=460800 -D IDF_TARGET=esp32 -D ESP32_SUBCLASS=esp32 -D SDKCONFIG_DEFAULTS=C:\Users\admin\xs-dev\moddable\build\tmp\esp32\debug\helloworld\xsProj-esp32\sdkconfig.mc' : return code '0x1'

C:\Users\admin\xs-dev\moddable>

[andycarle]

C:\Users\admin\xs-dev\moddable>xs-dev run --example helloworld --device esp8266 The current environment does not appear to be set up for the ESP8266 build target. Please run xs-dev setup --device esp8266 before trying again.

C:\Users\admin\xs-dev\moddable>xs-dev run --example helloworld --device esp8266 --port COM3 The current environment does not appear to be set up for the ESP8266 build target. Please run xs-dev setup --device esp8266 before trying again.

=========================== all install good, but can not download to esp8266(( can you help me?))

It's not clear to me if you restarted the Moddable Command Prompt between installing the ESP8266 pieces and trying to use them. In the screenshot above this post, it appears not. Make sure you do so to get the new environment variables loaded.

[granel2]

I restarted the terminal and the computer and in the process of finding a solution.
Moreover, I installed the necessary software package for the ESP32 - I did not manage to avoid problems.
For now, it only works on a Macbook.
it remains to install Linux on a virtual machine, to test my theory about the Beta version for Windows