bug: Toolchain installation fails under Windows

[ManfredSchmitz]

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

Icestudio fails.pdf

icestudio.log

Actual behavior

Icestudio is not usable - unfortunately - it looks very promissing

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Web console trace

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[cavearr]

Thanks for your feedback, i'll try to reproduce your problem appears a conflict with something in your installation, i'm telling you soon.

[cavearr]

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\

[ManfredSchmitz]

Hi, That is the exact path: C:\SPB_Data\.icestudio\venv\Scripts .icstudio is a subdirectory. There is a leading "\" Regards, Manfred

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________________________________ 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)<#886 (comment)> 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\ — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub<#886 (comment)>, or unsubscribe<https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AQ5YQPSQE6VTD2BYAZGY7ID2WROOLAVCNFSM6AAAAABZ5NRVJKVHI2DSMVQWIX3LMV43OSLTON2WKQ3PNVWWK3TUHMZDONJZGUZDQNBTGA>. You are receiving this because you authored the thread.

[cavearr]

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?

[efa]

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