Arduino IDE 1.8.3 and Java Errors on First Upload

Hello,

I've installed version 1.8.3 of the Arduino IDE after uninstalling previous versions on my Mac OSX 10.12.2 system. On uploading my first sketch (the blink sketch from the examples), I'm getting the following errors:

Arduino: 1.8.3 (Mac OS X), Board: "Adafruit Feather 32u4"

Sketch uses 4436 bytes (15%) of program storage space. Maximum is 28672 bytes.
Global variables use 148 bytes of dynamic memory.
java.io.IOException: Cannot run program "___REMOVE___/bin/avrdude": error=2, No such file or directory
	at java.lang.ProcessBuilder.start(ProcessBuilder.java:1048)
	at java.lang.Runtime.exec(Runtime.java:620)
	at java.lang.Runtime.exec(Runtime.java:485)
	at processing.app.helpers.ProcessUtils.exec(ProcessUtils.java:11)
	at cc.arduino.packages.Uploader.executeUploadCommand(Uploader.java:129)
	at cc.arduino.packages.uploaders.SerialUploader.uploadUsingPreferences(SerialUploader.java:207)
	at cc.arduino.UploaderUtils.upload(UploaderUtils.java:78)
	at processing.app.SketchController.upload(SketchController.java:713)
	at processing.app.SketchController.exportApplet(SketchController.java:686)
	at processing.app.Editor$DefaultExportHandler.run(Editor.java:2149)
	at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745)
Caused by: java.io.IOException: error=2, No such file or directory
	at java.lang.UNIXProcess.forkAndExec(Native Method)
	at java.lang.UNIXProcess.<init>(UNIXProcess.java:247)
	at java.lang.ProcessImpl.start(ProcessImpl.java:134)
	at java.lang.ProcessBuilder.start(ProcessBuilder.java:1029)
	... 10 more
An error occurred while uploading the sketch

I hope someone can point me in the right direction to resolve this. I have looked in many places and see no other folks with these errors, so I must assume I'm doing something very wrong.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
73, N4TVC, Randy

Try this:

  • Tools > Board > Boards Manager
  • Wait for downloads to finish
  • Click on "Arduino AVR Boards"
  • Click "Update"
  • Wait for update to finish
  • Click "Close"

Had the same problem. Now resolved.
Thank you so much Pert!