Back then (Dec 2022), there was a github project where the user would build the IDE 2 for the RPI, with releases. Also he provided instructions on how one might be able to build your own.
However, since then that github project has been archived and the last release was 2.2.0
So I am wondering if there is a location where someone is still building AARCH64 builds and/or if there are instructions on how one might be able to build it.
I have the 1.8.18 installed which runs. I also have the teensy boards installed.
This morning, I installed: arduino-cli on the RPI5
Searched for and found instructions on how to add 3rd party boards. First
instructions I found did not work ( Arduino CLI Tutorial | DevDungeon Or I missed a key point.
Needed to call:
arduino-cli config init
And edit the generated file: ~/.arduino15/arduino-cli.yaml
and add the teensy URL.
Then ran the install
arduino-cli core install teensy:avr
And that is now installed.
Now to try building using it.
Then as hopefully a quick and dirty alternative, will try generating some build stuff, that can run withing SublimeText4 which is supported on the RPI5...
For what it is worth, I was able to build the current sources for the IDE for the RPI5
on the RPI5 and it is running. Or more specifically currently the debug version running from vscode app...
@ptillisch - not sure if you are interested, but this is sort of the precursor thread to the how to maybe install arduino-cli as a build system under sublimetext...
As the IDE 2 is still not available for ARM64, let's try to make it ourselves...
I would like to join the conversation to see if it would be easy to do so.
I am trying to build on my Raspberry Pi 400, following the above guide. I have reached a point in which some localisation files cannot be found, after running yarn build:dev:
arduino-ide-extension: src/node/i18n/arduino-localization-contribution.ts(6,20): error TS2307: Cannot find module '../resources/i18n/bg.json' or its corresponding type declarations.
To make a comparison, I tried to follow the instructions on my (elderly) Intel-based Mac and I have got the very same error message! So it is not a platform-related issue.
So, what am I missing, because of which building with the latest version of yarn should not work?
My setup is as follows:
Node 20 (20.18.0)
Yarn 4.5.1
Of course, I am not interested in debugging, but just in getting to some kind of executable... I was trying the dev build just because it should be simpler!
So, did someone get the same error message and get to solve the problem?
Thanks in advance.
Yep - I wish Arduino would build for ARM63 for each release. They do have the arduino-cli,
and as @ptillisch mentioned on another thread, you can install VS Code with the Arduino which runs...
I wish I remembered all of the steps I took, to get it to build.
For sure you need to go through and look at the prerequisites for some of the other
systems, like the Theia IDE, and VSCode.
Also I see, the development Guide was updated 14 hours ago, and added,
The build system might also need to build the Arduino CLI, the Arduino Language Server, and other tools from the sources. In this case it is also necessary to have the build prerequisites for those projects installed. For more details, refer to the Arduino CLI's prerequisites section.
I sort of figured that I needed some of them from the Additional Components
I also at the time took a few wrong turns, like for one component, I installed the latest
release, but the system only worked with the current long term release...
Things I know I had to install:
Node.js
Yarn
go
...
Sorry, I agree, it would be nice if there was a simple set of prerequisites listed in
one place for everything you need to install ...
Better yet, a place where you could download the IDE from.
That is interesting. I even did not notice there was a prerequisites section! So I have added go and taskfile to the list. I already have the Theia IDE prerequisites in Raspbian. However, I have got always the same error.
Maybe I am overly ambitious to want to compile the IDE with a minimal background. In the meanwhile, I will wait for someone who tells me why I am missing those localisation files, in order to go ahead to the next error…!
It would be nice if I could gather enough information about how to compile into some kind of report, as the development guide is not sufficient for a beginner… But the beginner is actually myself! And by now I am stuck.
By the way, it is two years without an official ARM64 build, so it would be better to find a solution. One can be to use the IDE on another computer. But Arduino is nice for learning, and this is one occasion!
That was an easy one, as localisation files were located in the root folder, copying them in the right folder (which is "i18n" under "resources") was just sufficient.
Now, I have got another error:
electron-app: ERROR in unable to locate '/home/emanuele/arduino-ide/arduino-ide-extension/src/node/resources/**/*' glob
It seems like something else is still missing, in that folder...
UPDATE I tried also to make a production build. But it seems like I ran out of memory on my 4 GB Pi 400.
Error: webpack exited with an unexpected signal: SIGKILL.
at ChildProcess.<anonymous> (/home/emanuele/arduino-ide/node_modules/@theia/application-manager/lib/application-process.js:59:28)
at ChildProcess.emit (node:events:519:28)
at maybeClose (node:internal/child_process:1105:16)
at ChildProcess._handle.onexit (node:internal/child_process:305:5)
Aborting!
I was wondering, if I had an 8 GB Pi 5, would I have been successful?
You need yarn 1.x. All my versions for building Arduino IDE
node --version && npm --version && yarn --version && go version && task --version && python --version
v20.15.1
10.7.0
1.21.1
go version go1.21.7 darwin/amd64
Task version: v3.14.1 (h1:myTmEIbMbQx2D+g5lJvnbSqX531HmxiaQuefAqz8ISA=)
Python 3.9.12
For Ubuntu, here is a script to install all dependencies.
Please keep in mind that if Arduino IDE wants to run on AMD64 for Windows, for example, there must be an Arduino CLI (and its internal tools), Arduino Language Server, Firmware Uploader, etc. executables available for Windows AMD64. See the assets section at Release v1.0.4 · arduino/arduino-cli · GitHub.
Ping me if you're still willing to build and run Arduino IDE from sources; I am here from time to time and happy to assist you
Thank you for the answers, and for the availability as well!
Yes, please!
In my last attempt, I managed to get some errors related to Theia, after running the build script. So I was thinking about installing the Theia IDE.
But, as of what you said, it is not necessary.
So, the next time, I will try to downgrade both Node and Yarn (I did not notice the pipeline) and run again…
In fact, I did not know I needed those versions of Node and Yarn to run those commands, so I am willing to install them and try again…
I will do it in my spare time, so it could take a while…!
If I did not understand something, please let me know…
Thanks again.
As I mentioned above, I ran their script on a RPI4 and it worked on the RaspberryPI 64 bit setup. Other than the first time through it did not have go installed. I downloaded and installed it using the instructions in the link in post 13. Then reran it and it
went through.
I thought about uploading a zip file of the appimage, but the forum does not allow me to upload files that big...
And I don't like to Share out my OneDisk or the like...
Lucky you...
I would rather learn how to build it, in a way such that I could upgrade, eventually...
But I still have not succeded in doing it.
With Yarn 4.5.1, I have the following error message with the build command:
Error: spawn /home/emanuele/dev/git/arduino-ide/node_modules/@theia/application-manager/node_modules/.bin/webpack ENOENT
at ChildProcess._handle.onexit (node:internal/child_process:286:19)
at onErrorNT (node:internal/child_process:484:16)
at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:82:21) {
errno: -2,
code: 'ENOENT',
syscall: 'spawn /home/emanuele/dev/git/arduino-ide/node_modules/@theia/application-manager/node_modules/.bin/webpack',
path: '/home/emanuele/dev/git/arduino-ide/node_modules/@theia/application-manager/node_modules/.bin/webpack',
spawnargs: [ '--mode', 'production' ]
}
I tried with a dev build, but I obtain the same error.
Should not I have upgraded to Yarn 4.5.1, with Yarn 1.22.22 I had another error:
[webpack-cli] Failed to load '/home/emanuele/dev/git/arduino-ide/electron-app/webpack.config.js' config
[webpack-cli] Error: Cannot find module 'arduino-ide-extension/lib/node/theia/filesystem/nsfw-watcher'
Require stack:
- /home/emanuele/dev/git/arduino-ide/electron-app/webpack.config.js
- /home/emanuele/dev/git/arduino-ide/node_modules/webpack-cli/lib/webpack-cli.js
- /home/emanuele/dev/git/arduino-ide/node_modules/webpack-cli/lib/bootstrap.js
- /home/emanuele/dev/git/arduino-ide/node_modules/webpack-cli/bin/cli.js
- /home/emanuele/dev/git/arduino-ide/node_modules/webpack/bin/webpack.js
at Module._resolveFilename (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1225:15)
at Function.resolve (/home/emanuele/dev/git/arduino-ide/node_modules/webpack-cli/node_modules/v8-compile-cache/v8-compile-cache.js:164:23)
at Object.<anonymous> (/home/emanuele/dev/git/arduino-ide/electron-app/webpack.config.js:34:19)
at Module._compile (/home/emanuele/dev/git/arduino-ide/node_modules/webpack-cli/node_modules/v8-compile-cache/v8-compile-cache.js:192:30)
at Module._extensions..js (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1548:10)
at Module.load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1288:32)
at Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1104:12)
at Module.require (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1311:19)
at require (/home/emanuele/dev/git/arduino-ide/node_modules/webpack-cli/node_modules/v8-compile-cache/v8-compile-cache.js:159:20)
at loadConfig (/home/emanuele/dev/git/arduino-ide/node_modules/webpack-cli/lib/webpack-cli.js:1327:31) {
code: 'MODULE_NOT_FOUND',
requireStack: [
'/home/emanuele/dev/git/arduino-ide/electron-app/webpack.config.js',
'/home/emanuele/dev/git/arduino-ide/node_modules/webpack-cli/lib/webpack-cli.js',
'/home/emanuele/dev/git/arduino-ide/node_modules/webpack-cli/lib/bootstrap.js',
'/home/emanuele/dev/git/arduino-ide/node_modules/webpack-cli/bin/cli.js',
'/home/emanuele/dev/git/arduino-ide/node_modules/webpack/bin/webpack.js'
]
}
Error: webpack exited with an unexpected code: 2.
at ChildProcess.<anonymous> (/home/emanuele/dev/git/arduino-ide/node_modules/@theia/application-manager/lib/application-process.js:66:28)
at ChildProcess.emit (node:events:519:28)
at maybeClose (node:internal/child_process:1105:16)
at ChildProcess._handle.onexit (node:internal/child_process:305:5)
error Command failed with exit code 1.
In the former case, the .bin folder is missing. In the latter, actually I have got that "nsfw-watcher" folder...
Thus, the error message with Yarn classic seems less severe. Is that the correct version? However, now I cannot proceed...
Again, I can try to install the Theia IDE, but it does not seem necessary...
So you must use a version of Yarn that is greater than or equal to 1.7.0, and less than 2.0.0. So your Yarn 1.22.22 is perfect, but you must not use Yarn 4.5.1.
Thanks for pointing out. I tried upgrading Yarn because KurtE said it did not work in the first place, but the link referred to Yarn classic indeed…
I will give it another try… It is strange that Node cannot see that folder, which exists.
I could make an attempt on Ubuntu too; even if I would prefer obtaining the executable on Raspbian…
Yep - I believe the version that I installed on my machine was like the 4.5.1 which
did not work at all, which is why I then installed the 1.22.22 and things started doing things.
But as I mentioned earlier on a RPI4, I tried the script mentioned by @dankeboy36
in post 11,
