cl65: No such target system: 'cx16'

[TheGeekOnSkates]

Hey there, I've been having some trouble getting cc65 to work (the title of this post is the error message I'm getting). When I run "cl65 --version" I get "cl65 V2.18 - Ubuntu 2.18-1". I'm on Linux Mint x64. Anyway, I've done some research and it sounds like (according to an issue about this on cl65's GitHub) that I have the latest version... not sure what to make of this. Do I need to uninstall/build-from-source or something crazy like that?

[grml]

Looking at the commit history, it looks like version 2.19 was the first version that supported the target.

[StephenHorn]

I'll admit I'm struggling to understand the subtleties of the --version info. But cl65 definitely supports the x16 in my WSL Debian install, and I didn't build it from source.

If you're having trouble getting cl65 to work with the cx16 target, you might have to go and build from source.

[Daedalus]

I use Linux Mint "Cinnamon" version 21.1
The versions I get for cc65 and ca65 (I Of the two, I only use ca65) are:

cc65 V2.18 - Ubuntu 2.19-1
ca65 V2.18 - Ubuntu 2.19-1

cl65 is the same.

What version of Linux Mint are you using?

Forgot to add: I just got it from the repo. I didn't compile it from source. Personally, I have no interest in compiling from source unless I'm actually going to try to modify something. I just wanna compile MY stuff, not ALL the stuff.

[TheGeekOnSkates]

I use Linux Mint "Cinnamon" version 21.1
The versions I get for cc65 and ca65 (I Of the two, I only use ca65) are:

cc65 V2.18 - Ubuntu 2.19-1
ca65 V2.18 - Ubuntu 2.19-1

cl65 is the same.

What version of Linux Mint are you using?

Forgot to add: I just got it from the repo. I didn't compile it from source. Personally, I have no interest in compiling from source unless I'm actually going to try to modify something. I just wanna compile MY stuff, not ALL the stuff.

I agree. Anyway I'm on Linux Mint "Cinnamon" 20.2 64-bit. So when you say you got it from "the repo"... Which repo? Apt? The cc65 GitHub? I forget how I got mine (has been awhile since I've updated) but I think it was from a package manager.

**EDIT:** I had used Synaptic to download it - guess they haven't updated there yet. Anyway I just looked up "cc65 2.19" on DuckDuckGo and found the official repo [here](https://debian.pkgs.org/11/debian-main- ... 4.deb.html). Bingo! I got an x16 build!

[Daedalus]

Sweet!
You might want to upgrade to the latest full build, if for no other reason than to have the latest repositories for apt to pull from (What I meant by repos.)

There are, of course, perfectly valid reasons to NOT upgrade a system past a certain version (Example: some crucial software you must run requires the older one.) but in my experience, unless you're actively dealing with a long term project that has custom software you don't want to (Or can't.) update, you're just better off staying up to date.