ModusToolbox™ software consists of many packages and packs that can be downloaded and installed individually. In some cases, you may not want to use the Setup program to install the ModusToolbox™ software. We refer to this as "offline installation." You need to download and install the packages you want, or install them with the Infineon Developer Center (IDC) locally or on the web. Just be aware that some ModusToolbox™ packages have dependencies on others. So, you’ll have to install dependencies as well.

Tools package​

To properly install ModusToolbox™ software, start by downloading and installing the tools package. This contains the build support, tools, configurators, etc.

The ModusToolbox™ tools package default installation location for each OS is as follows:

  • Windows:

    C:\Users<user-home>\ModusToolbox\

  • macOS:

    /Applications/ModusToolbox/

  • Linux:

    /opt/tools/ModusToolbox/

If your default installation directory contains spaces or illegal characters, or if you want to install the ModusToolbox™ tools package in a non-default location, see the

Custom installation

section later in this document.

Windows​

Run the

ModusToolbox_3.4.0.<build>-windows-install.exe

installer program and follow the prompts to install for the current user only and then accept the license agreement.



The installer for Windows provides options to install for the current user or for all users of the same computer. Depending on if you have administration privileges or not, you may be asked to enter a password.

Note:

If you select "Install for all users" and then later select install for the current user, the Windows "Apps & features" setting will list only one instance of the ModusToolbox™ installation. Use the uninstaller to point to the type of installation (All Users or Current User), depending on the order they were installed. To see all installations, navigate to

Control Panel > Programs and Features

.

On the next screen select

Quick Installation

and click

Install

.

Note:

If you have not installed the ModusToolbox™ tools package previously, you may be prompted to restart your computer due to installation of Microsoft Visual C++ redistributable files.

Linux​

Navigate to the location of the *.

deb

file and type the following command:

$ sudo apt install ./ModusToolbox_3.4.0.&lt;build&gt;-linux-install.deb

Note:

Use the apt tool instead of dpkg to resolve dependencies and avoid installation errors of installing the IDC Launcher Service as a nested package.

Then, run the following to initialize the

CY_TOOLS_PATHS

environment variable defined in the

/etc/profile.d/modustoolbox_3.4.sh

file:

$ bash –-login

Finally, log out and then log back in to ensure the variable is acknowledged by the system.

Note:

To install ModusToolbox software to run on WSL, refer to Application Note

AN238846: Running ModusToolbox™ using Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL).

macOS​

Double-click the downloaded

ModusToolbox_3.4.0.<build>-osx-install.pkg

file and follow the wizard. The installer only allows installation for all users.

The ModusToolbox™ tools package will be installed under the

Applications

folder in the volume you select in the wizard.

Note:

The ModusToolbox™ tools package installer also installs a custom USB driver for use with ModusToolbox™ software on macOS versions prior to Catalina. It may pop up a "System Extension Blocked" dialog. In this case, go to

Security Preference

and click

Allow

for the driver to be installed.

Xcode for macOS​

In order for ModusToolbox™ software to work correctly on macOS, you must also install an additional Xcode package if you don’t already have it installed. We recommend you install Xcode using the following command in a terminal window:

xcode-select --install

Note:

You may install Xcode from the App Store, but it will likely consume much more disk space than using the above command.

Dependencies​

After installation of the tools package is complete, you need to install dependencies. The first is the ModusToolbox™ Programming tools package to get various tools like firmware loader, openOCD, etc.

The next dependency package to install is the ModusToolbox™ Edge Protect Security Suite to get security and provisioning tools.