AVR Board 1.8.6 update breaks Burn Bootloader for ATTiny85 on RPi

[Les-A]

I am using Arduino IDE 1.8.19 on a Rpi 4 with Linux Bookworm 64-bit.

I am using an Arduino Nano burned to look like an Arduino UNO ( as per NIck Gammon's instructions) as an ISP - "Arduino as ISP".

I have added this board so that I can program an ATTiny85:
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/damellis/attiny/ide-1.6.x-boards-manager/package_damellis_attiny_index.json

This process has worked OK in the past though with earlier levels of software but I wanted to change the ATTiny85 clock speed from 16MHz to 8Mhz.

The compile process has worked fine as far as I can tell - error free.

However, when I come to use the "Burn Bootloader" function it fails with these messages:

REMOVE/bin/avrdude -C/etc/avrdude.conf -v -v -v -v -pattiny85 -cstk500v1 -P/dev/ttyUSB0 -b19200 -e -Uefuse:w:0xff:m -Uhfuse:w:0xdf:m -Ulfuse:w:0xe2:m
java.io.IOException: Cannot run program "REMOVE/bin/avrdude": error=2, No such file or directory
at java.base/java.lang.ProcessBuilder.start(ProcessBuilder.java:1143)
at java.base/java.lang.ProcessBuilder.start(ProcessBuilder.java:1073)
at java.base/java.lang.Runtime.exec(Runtime.java:594)
at java.base/java.lang.Runtime.exec(Runtime.java:453)
at processing.app.helpers.ProcessUtils.exec(ProcessUtils.java:11)
at cc.arduino.packages.Uploader.executeUploadCommand(Uploader.java:129)
at cc.arduino.packages.uploaders.SerialUploader.runCommand(SerialUploader.java:383)
at cc.arduino.packages.uploaders.SerialUploader.burnBootloader(SerialUploader.java:372)
at processing.app.Editor.lambda$handleBurnBootloader$61(Editor.java:2385)
at java.base/java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:840)
Caused by: java.io.IOException: error=2, No such file or directory
at java.base/java.lang.ProcessImpl.forkAndExec(Native Method)
at java.base/java.lang.ProcessImpl.(ProcessImpl.java:314)
at java.base/java.lang.ProcessImpl.start(ProcessImpl.java:244)
at java.base/java.lang.ProcessBuilder.start(ProcessBuilder.java:1110)
... 9 more

I have tried the same process on a desktop PC with an AMD chip running Linux Mint 20 64-bit with the same versions of Arduino IDE and board levels and the "Burn Bootloader" process runs successfully.

I then reverted the AVR board on the Rpi to 1.8.5 from 1.8.6 and both processes completed successfully.

I conclude that something has changed in the 1.8.6 version of the AVR board but I have insufficient knowledge of how it works to determine the actual problem. From Google searches I understand the "REMOVE" means the IDE is unable to find AVRDUDE in the "Burn Bootloader" phase yet it uses "/usr/bin/avrdude" for the compile phase.

Can anyone advise on next step?

[ptillisch]

@Les-A

yet it uses "/usr/bin/avrdude"

This indicates that you installed Arduino IDE via a package manager. The 3rd party maintainers of these packages make unknown modifications to Arduino IDE that can result in strange problems like the one you encountered. I recommend installing the official Arduino IDE. You can download it from the links on the "Software" page of arduino.cc here:

https://www.arduino.cc/en/software#legacy-ide-18x

Make sure to use the "Linux ARM 64 bits" download link.

After that, try the "Burn Bootloader" operation again. Hopefully this time it will be successful.

[Les-A]

Hi. Thank you for that. You are correct. It looks like this is the first time I have used the Linux package manager to install the IDE - probably seemed convenient at the time. Anyway, all is now well so thanks again.

[ptillisch]

You are welcome. I'm glad it is working now.

Regards, Per