Installing CCS from the CDROM asks what components you'd like ton install: Everything or "You pick the right things".

Since I didn't know what the right things were, I chose  the "Everything" box.

Big mistake.

Everything installed (after a Looooong time), and I could import Lab #1 "Hello World!" Blinking light.

It compiled and ran on the hardware and I was off to the races.

Loading Lab #2 told me that I didn't have a recent enough compiler for the project. :-( 

OK, no problem. Eclipse-based IDEs have a "Check for updates" feature which, sure enough, told me I had updates. So do it.

After about 15 minutes, it told me it couldn't find some dependency or other.

I messed around for a few hours selecting partial updates, uninstalling things like the MSP430 development pod support bits and had no luck.

So I uninstalled the whole mess (which took another 90 minutes or so) and I reinstalledfrom the CDROM checking just the things I thought I needed. The C2000 compiler and things with C2000 in their name.

Then I had a working setup that, complained about lab #2!

But now the Eclipse update feature got me a new compiler and lab #2 compiled and ran.

What a mess for such a good product.