[Swlug] Arduino and Linux

[Jonathan Marsden]

Rhys,

Flathub is your friend when you want more current Linux application software than your distro repository provides.  For the Arduino IDE specifically, see

  https://www.linuxcapable.com/how-to-install-arduino-ide-on-linux-mint/

Hoping this helps,

Jonathan
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On Sun, 15 Oct 2023, at 19:25, Rhys Sage via Swlug wrote:
> I'm getting endless issues trying to code for any flavour of Arduino 
> using Linux. The Arduino IDE in the Mint appstore is exceedingly 
> limited in which Arduino boards it uses. The IDE on the Arduino website 
> does not seem to have an installer built in for Linux and I can't find 
> any file in the folder that wants to execute.
>
> I did download Arduino CLI but I'm not 100% sure how to run it and to 
> be honest I prefer GUI to command line.
>
> My latest board is recognised by LSUSB which is a bonus. It has a 
> built-in screen and I did find the driver. That's where the Arduino GUI 
> refused to cooperate. There seems no way of including external 
> drivers/libraries.
>
> All rather frustrating and I could rant about how we've had modern 
> computers of increasing complexity for at least the last 40 years yet 
> documentation always seems to be a casual afterthought. When it is 
> written, it's usually badly written.
>
> Atmel Studio is recommended for the ATTiny88 processors and that's only 
> available for Windows. I wonder whether I might get better luck with 
> the Arduino with Windows?
>
> At the moment I have two laptops - my 11.6" Asus that I use daily for 
> just about everything. That runs Linux, is pretty slow and somebody 
> looked at one of the logfiles and declared it looked like the SSD was 
> about to fail. Don't know about that but I'll keep using this one til 
> it dies. The battery is already down from 10 hours to 2.
>
> I have a 14.1 inch Asus that I use strictly for video and Raspbery Pi 
> stuff. That runs Linux too.
>
> I have no objection to buying another laptop purely for Windows work. 
> There's a nice little Asus L210 advertised at $189. That might work for 
> Arduino/Atmel Studio. I don't need something stunningly powerful or 
> blisteringly fast. For me, portability and compactness win over power 
> and speed.
>
> Rhys Sage
>
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