new windows machine clean install of vscode and platformIO
my goal is to use atmel avr 2.2.0 for the platform so
platform: atmel 2.2.0 is installed and atmel 5.0 removed.
using the new project’ button on the home page in vscode
project is for arduino 2650
i get this error
Could not initialize project
PIO Core Call Error: “The following files/directories have been created in C:\Users\Raventalking\Documents\PlatformIO\Projects\test\r\ninclude - Put project header files here\r\nlib - Put project specific (private) libraries here\r\nsrc - Put project source files here\r\nplatformio.ini - Project Configuration File\r\nResolving megaatmega2560 dependencies…\r\nTool Manager: Installing framework-arduino-avr @ ~5.0.0\r\n\n\nUnknownPackageError: Could not find the package with ‘framework-arduino-avr @ ~5.0.0’ requirements for your system ‘windows_amd64’”
i get the resolving error also when trying to compile exiting projects that compile fine on my windows machines (which all require avr 2.2.0)
if i remove atmel avr 2.2.0 and instal atmel avr 5.0 i dont get an error when creating the new project (but my existing ten year old code projects wont compile)
also:
processor is 12th Gen Intel(R) Core™ i7-12700F 2.10 GHz
so why does the resolution error claim my system is windows _amd64?
The fault is on the PlatformIO server side. Package version 5.0.0 of framework-atmelavr is no longer provided, only 5.1.0 and 5.2.0 as the latest versions. (Old, less used versions often get pruned from servers)
https://registry.platformio.org/tools/platformio/framework-arduino-avr/versions
So 5.0.0 is older than 5.1.0 which is already 4 years old. Do you really want to write your code against that old of a framework? Why is the latest atmelavr platform / Arduino 5.2.0 framework not usable for you?
Ah, I see. What is the +exact* error message when using
platform = atmelavr@4.2.0
? This still uses the existing 5.1.0 framework.
so with existing project with platform atmel avr 2.2.0 installed
specifying
platform = atmelavr@4.2.0 in the platformio.ini file
yielded
Resolving megaatmega2560 dependencies…
Platform Manager: Installing atmelavr @ 4.2.2
UnknownPackageError: Could not find the package with ‘atmelavr @ 4.2.2’ requirements for your system ‘windows_amd64’
i am not writing any code, really, i fix the occasional problem in the code.
same old legacy code issue:
the code works and owner of code is loath to spend funds to get it to compile on newer frameworks
ok
i copied a version 5.0 dir .platformio\packages\ framework-arduino-avr from one of my other windows machines and put it in the new machines .platformio/packages and the resolution issue is now gone.
the linked output came out the same size and same bytes as on the other working windows machines, so i have a solution so long as i hang onto that version 5.0 framework.
and THANKS: your answer cleared up the issue for me