Yo, Grumpy_Mike, OP's on a Windows box. You're not.
Grumpy_Mike:
Put "libraries" at same level as "TimeRTC" sketch folder.
No it is one up from that, the same level as the My Software folder.
The libraries folder is at the same level as your sketch folders.
It is not inside a particular sketch folder.
Inside libraries folder each library is in its own folder:
After making changes like that close and re-open the IDE. It only scans for libraries when it opens.
You put a user downloaded library in the Arduino core library folder. That is not where it goes.
PaulS, OK I removed the "libraries" folder from the Arduino core library folder, restarted Arduino, and still same error as posted above. Nick, above, says the "libraries" folder should be at the same level as the sketch folders, which is what I thought I did - see my screen shot. Still no idea what I'm doing wrong, very unclear to me how to solve this puzzle.
I am just repeating what everyone else has already said, but lets try again:
a) Setting a folder as your sketchbook:
- Open your Arduino software
- Go to files/preferences
- Assign a location for your sketchbook. (I personally have a folder in my arduino folder called sketchbook, but put it wherever you want and remember it.)
- Save & quit arduino
b) Putting the library in the correct place:
- Go to the folder you just specified
- Create a folder in it called libraries
- copy the library into that folder
- you should now have this structure: (whatever you called your sketchbook)/libraries/(whatever your library is called)/library, src, examples etc.
c) Checking if it all worked:
1)Open your Arduino software
2)Go to sketch/import library
3) check if its their.
no guessing.
p.
glidewell:
Screen shot and notes as requested. . .
Don't use the downloaded package. What happens when you upgrade it? You lose all your downloaded or self-created libraries. Put your library inside "libraries" inside your folder where your sketches are saved.
Don't make a folder within a folder. Your library folder TimeRTC should contain the library .cpp and .h files. Not another folder.
SUCCESS! Thank all of you for your input. Seemed like I had the library file in every folder in this computer's hard drive, so I wiped the Arduino (everything) clean, re-download, and set the folder structure up like fkeel (and others) suggested. THEN download and distributed the TimeRTC libraries. Fired it all up and it all plays together very nicely. I must have been gone the day they handed out the ability to understand instructions on library setup.