arduino-cli fqbn for Adafruit metro mini

Really wanting to make the arduino-cli work but I can't get it to recognize my Adafruit metro mini. I have downloaded and installed the arduino:avr core.

I tried forcing the compile with:
arduino-cli compile --fqbn arduino:avr:mini ~/test

which generated the error:
Error during build: fork/exec /home/walt/.arduino15/packages/builtin/tools/ctags/5.8-arduino11/ctags: no such file or directory

After two days of struggling, it seems to me that the arduino-cli is not quite ready for prime time.

Any suggestions?

This could happen if something went wrong during the installation of ctags, where /home/walt/.arduino15/packages/builtin/tools/ctags/5.8-arduino11 exists, but does not contain the ctags executable.

Try deleting /home/walt/.arduino15/packages/builtin/tools/ctags

rm -rf /home/walt/.arduino15/packages/builtin/tools/ctags

Then run your compilation command again. It should automatically install ctags.

That is absolutely fantastic!!! Works perfectly. Thanks for your help.

You're welcome. I'm glad to hear it's working now. Enjoy!
Per