helping a user install a collection of libraries

Hi Everyone,

I publish many Arduino code examples on http://ArduinoInfo.Info In more complex examples the user must download and successfully install several libraries. For new users this is often the most difficult part, although the new Library Management features help a lot.

IsThere any way for a user to install a collection of several libraries (more or less) at once?

Any suggestions on how to make this easier for users?

THANKS for the 1.345 million things I've learned here :slight_smile:

Terry King

How do you package a library? As a zip file?

You can package 10 libraries in one zip file. They will all be installed together when the zip file is unzipped.

I'm using Windows. I just get hold of the zip file from wherever (maybe github), open it and drag out the directory which has the library name (which sometimes has the postfix '-master') and put it into the arduino 'libraries' directory.
In the case that the folder name has the postfix '-master', I rename it to drop the '-master'.
The libraries directory (at least for me) is called 'libraries' and is found in the same directory all the sketches which, if you look under file-->preferences in the ide is referred to as 'sketchbook location'
That's all.
There is no reason (that I can see at least) why you should not prepare a zip containing multiple libraries and tell your users to open it up and drag the contents into the 'libraries' directory.