zephyr/doc/guides/west/troubleshooting.rst

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.. _west-troubleshooting:
Troubleshooting West
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This page covers common issues with west and how to solve them.
"invalid choice: 'post-init'"
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If you see this error when running ``west init``:
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west: error: argument <command>: invalid choice: 'post-init'
(choose from 'init', 'update', 'list', 'manifest', 'diff',
'status', 'forall', 'config', 'selfupdate', 'help')
Then you have an old version of west installed, and are trying to use it in a
workspace that requires a more recent version.
The easiest way to resolve this issue is to upgrade west and retry as follows:
#. Install the latest west with the ``-U`` option for ``pip3 install`` as shown
in :ref:`west-install`.
#. Back up any contents of :file:`zephyrproject/.west/config` that you want to
save. (If you don't have any configuration options set, it's safe to skip
this step.)
#. Completely remove the :file:`zephyrproject/.west` directory (if you don't,
you will get the "already in a workspace" error message discussed next).
#. Run ``west init`` again.
"already in an installation"
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You may see this error when running ``west init`` with west 0.6:
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FATAL ERROR: already in an installation (<some directory>), aborting
If this is unexpected and you're really trying to create a new west workspace,
then it's likely that west is using the :envvar:`ZEPHYR_BASE` :ref:`environment
variable <env_vars>` to locate a workspace elsewhere on your system.
This is intentional; it allows you to put your Zephyr applications in
any directory and still use west to build, flash, and debug them, for example.
To resolve this issue, unset :envvar:`ZEPHYR_BASE` and try again.