missing basic library function

Development Tools IDE 1.x
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Have downloaded IDE several times. do not have EEPROM.h. Are libraries messed up?

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What operating system? We could tell you where to look. That would ensure the file is there.

What version of the IDE did you download?

Did you look in Library Manager, in the off chance it has the "install" button available?

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Did you select an AVR/ATmega-based Arduino under Tools->Boards? Some other processors don't have EEPROM.

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me too

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killkam:
me too

Great. Same questions i already asked.

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cvPacifier:
Have downloaded IDE several times. do not have EEPROM.h. Are libraries messed up?

You may need to clean up the previous installations if you have tried to install more than once.

http://forum.arduino.cc/index.php?topic=364463.new#new

That will tell you how I cleaned up the old installations.

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New arduino IDE has squirreled away several libraries to this folder:

arduino-1.6.5-r5\hardware\arduino\avr\libraries

This includes EEPROM and SoftwareSerial etc.