I recently installed arduino 1.6.10 on my laptop that runs Linux Ubuntu 17.04.
As a test i tried to upload a pre-built program to my arduino uno but got an error.
Arduino: 1.6.10 (Linux), Board: "Arduino/Genuino Uno"
/home/jesus/snap/arduino-mhall119/3/.arduino15/packages/arduino/tools/avr-gcc/4.9.2-atmel3.5.4-arduino2/bin/../lib/gcc/avr/4.9.2/../../../../avr/bin/ar terminated with signal 31 [Bad system call]
exit status 1
Error compiling for board Arduino/Genuino Uno.
This report would have more information with
"Show verbose output during compilation"
option enabled in File -> Preferences.
The program that i tried to upload was:
/*
Blink
Turns on an LED on for one second, then off for one second, repeatedly.
Most Arduinos have an on-board LED you can control. On the Uno and
Leonardo, it is attached to digital pin 13. If you're unsure what
pin the on-board LED is connected to on your Arduino model, check
the documentation at http://www.arduino.cc
This example code is in the public domain.
modified 8 May 2014
by Scott Fitzgerald
*/
// the setup function runs once when you press reset or power the board
void setup() {
// initialize digital pin 13 as an output.
pinMode(13, OUTPUT);
}
// the loop function runs over and over again forever
void loop() {
digitalWrite(13, HIGH); // turn the LED on (HIGH is the voltage level)
delay(1000); // wait for a second
digitalWrite(13, LOW); // turn the LED off by making the voltage LOW
delay(1000); // wait for a second
}
1.6.10 was a bad release - I wouldn't be surprised if it was related to that.
I'd try it in 1.8.2 (1.6.12 and 1.6.9 were also good releases)
I tried installing 1.8.2 but had no luck 
jesus@jesus-HP-2000-Notebook-PC:~/Downloads$ cd /arduiono-1.8.2
bash: cd: /arduiono-1.8.2: No such file or directory
jesus@jesus-HP-2000-Notebook-PC:~/Downloads$ arduino-1.8.2
arduino-1.8.2: command not found
jesus@jesus-HP-2000-Notebook-PC:~/Downloads$ cd ls
bash: cd: ls: No such file or directory
jesus@jesus-HP-2000-Notebook-PC:~/Downloads$ ls
, arduino-1.8.2 arduino-1.8.2-linux64.tar.xz
jesus@jesus-HP-2000-Notebook-PC:~/Downloads$ cd ./arduino-1.8.2
jesus@jesus-HP-2000-Notebook-PC:~/Downloads/arduino-1.8.2$ ./install.sh
Adding desktop shortcut, menu item and file associations for Arduino IDE...xdg-mime: file '/home/jesus/Downloads/arduino-1.8.2/lib/cc.arduino.arduinoide.xml' does not exist
xdg-icon-resource: icon name 'cc.arduino.arduinoide' does not have a proper vendor prefix
A vendor prefix consists of alpha characters ([a-zA-Z]) and is terminated
with a dash ("-"). An example icon name is 'example-cc.arduino.arduinoide'
Use --novendor to override or 'xdg-icon-resource --manual' for additional info.
xdg-icon-resource: icon name 'cc.arduino.arduinoide' does not have a proper vendor prefix
A vendor prefix consists of alpha characters ([a-zA-Z]) and is terminated
with a dash ("-"). An example icon name is 'example-cc.arduino.arduinoide'
Use --novendor to override or 'xdg-icon-resource --manual' for additional info.
xdg-icon-resource: icon name 'cc.arduino.arduinoide' does not have a proper vendor prefix
A vendor prefix consists of alpha characters ([a-zA-Z]) and is terminated
with a dash ("-"). An example icon name is 'example-cc.arduino.arduinoide'
Use --novendor to override or 'xdg-icon-resource --manual' for additional info.
xdg-icon-resource: icon name 'cc.arduino.arduinoide' does not have a proper vendor prefix
A vendor prefix consists of alpha characters ([a-zA-Z]) and is terminated
with a dash ("-"). An example icon name is 'example-cc.arduino.arduinoide'
Use --novendor to override or 'xdg-icon-resource --manual' for additional info.
xdg-icon-resource: icon name 'cc.arduino.arduinoide' does not have a proper vendor prefix
A vendor prefix consists of alpha characters ([a-zA-Z]) and is terminated
with a dash ("-"). An example icon name is 'example-cc.arduino.arduinoide'
Use --novendor to override or 'xdg-icon-resource --manual' for additional info.
xdg-icon-resource: icon name 'cc.arduino.arduinoide' does not have a proper vendor prefix
A vendor prefix consists of alpha characters ([a-zA-Z]) and is terminated
with a dash ("-"). An example icon name is 'example-cc.arduino.arduinoide'
Use --novendor to override or 'xdg-icon-resource --manual' for additional info.
xdg-icon-resource: icon name 'cc.arduino.arduinoide' does not have a proper vendor prefix
A vendor prefix consists of alpha characters ([a-zA-Z]) and is terminated
with a dash ("-"). An example icon name is 'example-cc.arduino.arduinoide'
Use --novendor to override or 'xdg-icon-resource --manual' for additional info.
xdg-icon-resource: icon name 'cc.arduino.arduinoide' does not have a proper vendor prefix
A vendor prefix consists of alpha characters ([a-zA-Z]) and is terminated
with a dash ("-"). An example icon name is 'example-cc.arduino.arduinoide'
Use --novendor to override or 'xdg-icon-resource --manual' for additional info.
xdg-icon-resource: icon name 'cc.arduino.arduinoide' does not have a proper vendor prefix
A vendor prefix consists of alpha characters ([a-zA-Z]) and is terminated
with a dash ("-"). An example icon name is 'example-cc.arduino.arduinoide'
Use --novendor to override or 'xdg-icon-resource --manual' for additional info.
xdg-desktop-menu: filename 'cc.arduino.arduinoide.desktop' does not have a proper vendor prefix
A vendor prefix consists of alpha characters ([a-zA-Z]) and is terminated
with a dash ("-"). An example filename is 'example-cc.arduino.arduinoide.desktop'
Use --novendor to override or 'xdg-desktop-menu --manual' for additional info.
xdg-desktop-icon: filename 'cc.arduino.arduinoide.desktop' does not have a proper vendor prefix
A vendor prefix consists of alpha characters ([a-zA-Z]) and is terminated
with a dash ("-"). An example filename is 'example-cc.arduino.arduinoide.desktop'
Use --novendor to override or 'xdg-desktop-icon --manual' for additional info.
xdg-mime: file '/home/jesus/Downloads/arduino-1.8.2/lib/cc.arduino.arduinoide.xml' does not exist
mv: replace '/home/jesus/.local/share/applications/mimeapps.list', overriding mode 0644 (rw-r--r--)?