How to stop IDE startup prompt to install Tian board?

Development Tools IDE 1.x
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When I start the IDE (1.8.19) I get a prompt "Install this package to use your Arduino Tian board."

How do I remove it?

I do not want to install the package as will never use it & try to keep bloat to minimum on my system.

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Hi @cday-nz. Unfortunately it seems the poor decision was made to associate the VID/PID pair of the Silicon Labs CP2105 USB to serial adapter chip with the Arduino Tian board definition. I guess you must have a device with a CP2105 on it attached to your computer.

The only possible solution I can think of is to find a way to configure your firewall or other network settings to block the Arduino IDE from "phoning home". The Arduino IDE sends an API request for each of the VID/PID pairs of the USB devices that are connected to your computer. Then if the response indicates this VID/PID is of an official Arduino board, the IDE knows to offer you the installation of the appropriate boards platform.

In this case, the request is this URL:

https://builder.arduino.cc/v3/boards/byVidPid/0x10C4/0xEA70

and the response:

{"architecture":"samd","fqbn":"arduino:samd:tian_cons","href":"/v3/boards/arduino:samd:tian_cons","id":"tian_cons","name":"Arduino Tian (MIPS Console port)","package":"arduino","plan":"create-free"}
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OK that makes sense. I am an amateur radio operator & all the latest Yaesu transceivers use CP2105 for CAT control - FTdx10, FTdx101, FT991a. In my case the FTdx10 is always connected to my PC. I'm sure there are a heck of allot of other devices out there using this chip also.

Thanks for the suggestion to block URL via firewall. I'll look into it.

Cheers

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..just confirming blocking
builder.arduino.cc
..worked

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Excellent work on getting the solution working!

Most Arduino boards have a unique VID/PID pair owned by Arduino and dedicated specifically to that product. For those, you would not ever get an incorrect platform installation offer.

The Tian board is different in that a general purpose USB to serial adapter chip was chosen, using the VID/PID pair provided by Silicon Labs. I submitted a request that the association be removed for this specific board: