docker-mplabx

MPLABX: the MPLAB X Integrated Development Environment docker container.

Modified by Max Bainrot.

Changes:

Made it for XC8
Using newer versions of XC8 & MPLAB IDE
Separated file download from commands so wouldn't have to redownload the files lots
Added CA Certs as Microchip now dumps a https redirect in which breaks the build
Added pcops (ps) as MPLAB IDE now seems to require it (went from 3.2 to 5.2)
Using newer reference of Debian (latest)

NB: This tweaks have not been tested against X11 as this container was built to compile code outside of MPLAB in a CI/CD environment. Though have preserved OP's documentation should you wish to give it ago. Your Milage May Vary

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WARNING Note that this generates a very big container image (as of 28th Nov 2019, around 8.05 GB) which may cause grief for some folks.

To create the image mbainrot/mplabx, execute the following command in the docker-mplabx folder:

docker build -t mbainrot/mplabx ./

You can now push the new image to the public registry:

docker push mbainrot/mplabx

Run

Then, when starting your mplabx container, you will want to share the X11 socket file as a volume so that the MPLAB X windows can be displayed on you Xorg server. You may also need to run command xhost + on the host.

$ docker pull mbainrot/mplabx

$ docker run -it --name mplabx \
    -v /tmp/.X11-unix:/tmp/.X11-unix \
    -v /path/to/mplab/projects:/path/to/mplab/projects \
    -e DISPLAY=unix$DISPLAY \
    mbainrot/mplabx

In order to program PIC microcontrollers, the mplabx container needs to connect to the USB PIC programmer, so you may want to give it access to your USB devices with:

$ docker run -it --name mplabx \
    --privileged \
    -v /dev/bus/usb:/dev/bus/usb \
    -v /tmp/.X11-unix:/tmp/.X11-unix \
    -v /path/to/mplab/projects:/path/to/mplab/projects \
    -e DISPLAY=unix$DISPLAY \
    mbainrot/mplabx

mbainrot/docker-mplabx

docker-mplabx

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