Local Library import error "Could not find the package with 'lib/Display' requirements for your system 'windows_amd64'"

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1

Hey all, new to PlatformIO and ESP32 development.

I’m setting up my projects in the following way:

PlatformIO (dir)
----lib (dir)
----Project1 (dir)

In Project1’s platformio.ini file I define ‘lib_extra_dirs = …/lib’. After rebuilding IntelliSense, the libraries appear in the c_cpp_properties.json file, cool!

Now, I’m trying to add the local library “Display” to my project but getting the error:

Warning! Could not find the package with 'lib/Display' requirements for your system 'windows_amd64'

I’m guessing this has something to do with my library.json file, but cant figure it out.

Library.json:

{

    "name": "Display",

    "version": "1.0.0",

    "description": "Simple wrapper for display",

    "keywords": "display, easy, simple, ez",

    "authors":

    [

      {

        "name": "blah",

        "email": "blah@gmail.com",

        "maintainer": true

      }

    ],

    "license": "MIT",

   "dependencies": [
     {
   "name": "olikraus/U8g2",
   "version": "^2.28.8"
     }
   ],
   "frameworks": "*",
   "platforms": "*",
   "architectures": "*"

  }

Thanks!!

2

If there is a library Display in the lib/ folder, refer to it just by name, not by path. lib_deps = Display suffices. It may also suffice to declare it not at all because PlatformIO’s library dependency manager should find it automatically in this case.

Otherwise, show the whole platformio.ini.

3

I dont want it in the local projects lib directory. I’d like it to be outside of the local project. For example, I would like Project1 to be able to access the libraries in “Local Libraries” below.

– Local Libraries
---- Display
– Project1

4

Then use lib_extra_dirs = ../Local Libraries and reference the lib via lib_deps = Display (which should be optional since it will probably be picked up by the LDF automatically).

5

My original post says exactly what you are requesting but it doesn’t work.

6

And as said above, refering to the lib via lib_deps = lib/Display is wrong because this is the owner/libraryname syntax used for pulling libraries from the PlatformIO library registry.

Full platformio.ini?

7

Give me a bit to create something on github :slight_smile: Is there a “codepen project” like “disposable” project thinger for platformio?

8

Uploading everything in the current folder structure to Github will do it.