Hi! I've installed the Arduino IDE 1.8.19 on my Linux Loc-Os system. I'm working on a old netbook (specs: 1 gb Ram, Intel Atom N455, 1.66 Hz). The problem is that when I try to open the setup launcher, nothing happen. When I click on execute (with and without the terminal) it appears to download the software because I can see the icon app but then nothing happen. I tried to restart the netbook and execute all the executables with no success. I would really like to someone help me to fix this.
Did you download the IDE from https://www.arduino.cc/en/software? Or something else?
What is the setup launcher? As far as I remember there is no setup launcher. The file that you download from https://www.arduino.cc/en/software is an archive that you need to extract; I'm not familiar with your OS (I'm using antix Linux on a similar system) but double clicking the archive in the file manager should extract it.
Next you can navigate to the extracted archive in your file explorer and find the file arduino which is the IDE; I need to use the context menu (right-click), open -> execute to start the IDE.
If that last step fails, you can use the terminal / shell to see what is happening. Navigate to the directory where you extracted the archive to. Next run ./arduino.
Yeah, I downloaded from the original web.
With "setup launcher" I meant the icon that I'm sharing to you
Just in case I share all the files that come out to you:
I will try to execute it with the terminal, btw thank you for your response!!
I use Linux mint cinnamon and I have to be part of the dial out group or it will not connect. Not sure with your system. This is what I did:
Type 'groups', is 'dialout' there ?
sudo usermod -a -G tty yourUserName - sudo usermod -a -G tty gil
sudo usermod -a -G dialout yourUserName
Log off and log on again for the changes to take effect.
The last step is most important!
Hope this helps.
Thanks, I will try this too!
If I recall correctly, I did not run anything special. Extracted the file, run the arduino script and that was it.
I did try to reproduce on a fresh Fedora 64-bit system; downloaded the 64-bit zip, extracted it and the 64-bit arduino script worked out of the box. Downloaded the 32-bit version ad well and the IDE did not start due to some java stuff.
LOC-os is based on antiX if I'm not mistaken. I'm using the 32-bit version. Are you using 32-bit OS or 64-bit OS?
Mmm due to my net specs its a 32-bit version, I also thought about that it could be the version but I don't know
I'm running the 32-bit IDE on a 32-bit antiX. Just run the arduino script and let us know how that works out.
That's the problem as I said, when I run/execute the "arduino-linux-setup.sh" nothing happens
Do you think that I have to run the others executables? Or only the setup?
Run arduino, nothing else.
I deleted the folder, extracted it again and ran only "arduino", nothing happen.
This is what should happen initially if you run it from the command line
Pay attention to what the command line says.
I tried what you said and I got this (first I located, with cd command, the prompt into the folder of the image I shared to you if you are asking)
You can search the web for linux exec format error and see what that gives you. My computer is asleep now and my bed is calling as well.
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The usual cause of an Exec format error is trying to run an executable on the wrong architecture.
There are 4 Linux options on the download page:
- Linux 32 bits
- Linux 64 bits
- Linux ARM 32 bits
- Linux ARM 64 bits
#1 is (almost certainly) the correct choice for an old netbook. As a test, I downloaded the Linux 32 bits .xz file onto an old eMachine 355 netbook that I normally use Geany and the arduino-cli on, extracted the directory tree and ran the arduino executable at its root. As I expected, it took a while to start up, but it did run.
The name of the file you should have downloaded is arduino-1.8.19-linux32.tar.xz. Is that the file you started with, or did you accidentally grab one of the other architectures?
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Well as I'm seeing I downloaded the linuxarm.tar.xz. When I downloaded from the website it only showed me Linux 32 bit, I will try to download the version that you are telling me, thanks!
Yep, you got the ARM version - the one for the Raspberry Pi. There's the problem.
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Ohhh ok, I'm trying to open the only 32 bit version, I hope it was that
