Can no longer install the ESP8266 board package

Development Tools IDE 1.x
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Hello,

Since version 1.8.1 was released, I can no longer find the 'esp8266' board package by 'ESP8266 Community' in the Board Manager. I did have it installed on my desktop before, but I cannot install it on any other computer now. Does anyone know a reason why it has been removed, or a workaround to connect to an 'Adafruit HUZZAH ESP8266' board?

Thanks!

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Did you add the line to the extra boards list in preferences ?

FILE
PREFERENCES
ADDITIONAL BOARDS MANAGER URLs

" http://arduino.esp8266.com/stable/package_esp8266com_index.json "

Works here win 7 x64, IDE 1.8.1

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You're the best! This solved my problem, thanks!

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Has anybody had success installing the ESP8266 board in Arduino 1.8.1 on a Linux system? I installed it from a zip file.

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It appears there is no longer an "arduino.esp8266.com" server. Does anyone know what happened to it?

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All of a sudden the server appeared online and I could get the esp8266 community files .... I don't know what is happening!

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LOL spelling error maybe...I did that a few times.

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To answer my own question, I rebooted the PC and opened Arduino again and went to Boards Manager. The ESP8266 option was there.

I had just installed Arduino 1.8.1 today, found out I had to add the board to the dialout option (see the Linux instructions for installation) and logout and login again. I wonder if the logout and login process would have also worked in giving the Arduino IDE access to the ESP8266 boards in Boards Manager?

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That site was down all day but now it's back up again. The same thing happened to everyone, not just you.

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Hi
I have arduino IDE 2.1.

there is not additional board manager any more....or I am to dull to find it.

also in preferences I can not add

ADDITIONAL BOARDS MANAGER URLs

" http://arduino.esp8266.com/stable/package_esp8266com_index.json "

any hints

thanks thomas

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I've never heard of Arduino IDE 2.1. Please post a link to where you downloaded it from.

The latest official version is 1.8.4, which does indeed have that preference. You can download it for free here:

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I think it was the 1.0 from the ubuntu packed, just looked like 2.1
strange

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The version of the Arduino IDE you get from the package managers is extremely outdated and sometimes modified in strange ways. Don't ever use apt-get or whatever to install the Arduino IDE, it will always cause you problems. Instead, just download and install the official version of the Arduino IDE from:

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I have had the same type of issue with the board manager but for different reasons. I discovered that logging on to the same machine on the same network, but as a different user, I could install the IDE with a working board manager. The problem was therefore in my Windows 10 Profile. Rather than rebuild my profile (arduous at the best of times) I discovered that the "uninstall" tool left a number of old files in the Windows Registry, and re-installing the Arduino IDE did not remove them. So I manually deleted all Adruino files in the registry (be careful - take out an essential file accidentally and you are dead meat). Then I did a fresh install - problem solved.