A have made an instructables about using Launchpad Spy-Bi-Wire to upload program to a MSP430F2012 from Energia. It works in the same way using mspdebug on Linux.
http://www.instructables.com/id/Programming-MSP430-F2012-uC-with-Launchpad-SBW/
It's a tutorial for beginners how to solder wires for headers and a first step with F2012
