Arduino IDE running in Mint LINUX Mint 18.2 (Sonya) not uploading to Uno r3

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I have my Arduino IDE 2:1.0 installed in Mint LINUX 18.2. In the tools menu, it shows my Arduino Uno r3 connected to /dev/ttyACM0. When I run dmesg, it also shows there is an Arduino board connected and shows it connected to /dev/ttyACM0. When I attempt to upload the "Blink" code to test everything out, I get the following error:

System wide configuration file is "/usr/share/arduino/hardware/tools/avrdude.conf"
         User configuration file is "/home/karl/.avrduderc"
         User configuration file does not exist or is not a regular file, skipping

         Using Port                    : usb
         Using Programmer              : stk500v2
avrdude: usbdev_open(): did not find any USB device "usb" (0x03eb:0x2104)

avrdude done.  Thank you.

I have found no info on how to set this up. I have read the troubleshooting info on Arduino Playground, to no avail. Please help. Thank you in advance for your help.

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Are you selecting Upload Using Programmer? If so, try just hitting the Upload Arrow after making sure you have the correct port selected.

I get the same error on IDE 1.8.5 Linux Mint 18.3 when using Upload Using Programmer with Tools/Programmer: "AVRISP mkII" selected

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Probably unrelated to your problem, but note that the Arduino IDE you get from the package manager (e.g. apt-get install arduino) is modified and outdated. You should always use the official Arduino IDE downloaded from http://www.arduino.cc/en/Main/Software.