I am brand new to Arduino, having just purchased the Osepp 201 Learn Arduino Basics Kit and am having difficulty getting it to work with my MacBook Pro - OS X 10.7.5. I have installed Arduino v.1.6.10, the latest driver for my OS from the FTDI website, and am getting the following error when I try to upload or verify the Blink sketch:
collect 2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
exit status 1
Error compiling for board Arduino/Genuino Uno
Under Tools>Ports> I have three options (no tty options at all):
/dev/cu.Bluetooth-PDA-sync
/dev/cu.Bluetooth-Modem
/dev/cu.usbserial-AL61EJTU
For "Ports", I have selected /dev/cu.usbserial-AL61EJTU and for "Boards" I have selected Arduino/Genuino Uno.
I have searched online for a fix and tried uninstalling and reinstalling the driver, as well as the IDE, but to no avail. Could it possibly be the board itself? Could it be the USB cable? (It came in the kit so I'm assuming it is data-enabled.) I'm just learning a little too late that I should have probably bought an Arduino branded kit. Any help is appreciated. Thanks.
Update: Returned to the store where I purchased the kit, where they helped me troubleshoot. It was an issue with the compiler, so we installed v. 1.6.9 and that fixed it.