Required tools

The following table shows the tools that are required for working with nRF Connect SDK v1.4.99-dev1. It lists the minimum version that is required and the version that is installed when using the Toolchain manager as described in Installing the nRF Connect SDK through nRF Connect for Desktop.

Tool

Minimum version

Toolchain manager version

CMake

3.13.1

3.13.4

dtc

1.4.6

1.4.7-1

git

2.26.2.windows.1

GNU Arm Embedded Toolchain

9-2019-q4-major

9-2019-q4-major

gperf

3.1

3.1

ninja

1.8.2

1.8.2

Python

3.6

3.8.2

SEGGER Embedded Studio (Nordic Edition)

5.30a

5.30a

west

0.7.0

0.8.0

Tool

Minimum version

Tested version

ccache

3.4.1-1

CMake

3.13.1

3.17.3-0kitware1

dfu_util

0.9-1

dtc

1.4.6

1.4.7-3ubuntu2

git

1:2.17.1-1ubuntu0.7

GNU Arm Embedded Toolchain

9-2019-q4-major

9-2019-q4-major

gperf

3.1

3.1-1

ninja

1.8.2

1.8.2-1

Python

3.6

3.8.0-3~18.04

SEGGER Embedded Studio (Nordic Edition)

5.30a

5.30a

west

0.7.0

0.8.0

Tool

Minimum version

Toolchain manager version

CMake

3.13.1

3.13.4

dtc

1.4.6

1.4.7

git

2.26.2

GNU Arm Embedded Toolchain

9-2019-q4-major

9-2019-q4-major

gperf

3.1

3.1

ninja

1.8.2

1.8.2

Python

3.6

3.8.2

SEGGER Embedded Studio (Nordic Edition)

5.30a

5.30a

west

0.7.0

0.8.0

Required Python dependencies

The following table shows the Python packages that are required for working with nRF Connect SDK v1.4.99-dev1. If no version is specified, the default version provided with pip is recommended. If a version is specified, it is important that the installed version matches the required version. See Installing additional Python dependencies for instructions on how to install the Python dependencies.

Building and running applications, samples, and tests

Package

Version

anytree

canopen

cbor

>=1.0.0

click

cryptography

>=2.6

ecdsa

imagesize

>=1.2.0

intelhex

packaging

progress

pyelftools

>=0.26

pylint

PyYAML

>=5.1

west

>=0.7.2

windows-curses (only Windows)

Building documentation

Package

Version

recommonmark

==0.6.0

sphinxcontrib-mscgen

breathe

>=4.23.0

docutils

>=0.16

sphinx

>=3.3.0,<4.0

sphinx_rtd_theme

sphinx-tabs

sphinxcontrib-svg2pdfconverter