[SOLVED]Arduino IDE 1.6.8 doesn't start under Raspbian

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Hi
I just got my raspberry 3 and tried to setup the system so I can use it with my arduino uno.

I downloaded the arduino-1.6.8-linux32.tar.xz file, unzip it and ran the install.sh, just like the instructions in the website says.
After that, an icon appeared in the desktop. I tried to execute it, but nothing happens. The mouse turns into the "executing" icon but after a couple of seconds it goes back to normal and the IDE doesn't start.

I tried to install it through the apt-get but the version I get is the Arduino IDE 2:1.0.5, which seems pretty old.

How can I install the latest version?

My OS is the Raspbian 8.0

pi@raspberrypi:~/Downloads/arduino-1.6.8 $ lsb_release -sri
Raspbian
8.0

Thanks in advance.

UPDATE

I found a repository in Github.
GitHub - NicoHood/Arduino-IDE-for-Raspberry: Raspbian compatible Arduino IDE package (moved to-->)
GitHub - NicoHood/Arduino: open-source electronics prototyping platform

I downloaded the last release

Extract and run the install.sh to add a link.

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Is there reason you insist doing development work on a Raspberry Pi versus a computer running Linux?
All I can say is that it works with Linux Mint and Ubuntu. So it's your hardware which you insist on using for which it wasn't intended.

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ieee488:
Is there reason you insist doing development work on a Raspberry Pi versus a computer running Linux?
All I can say is that it works with Linux Mint and Ubuntu. So it's your hardware which you insist on using for which it wasn't intended.

Because I have no computer running linux, I don't want to create a dual system in my working laptop and having a raspberry pi, which theorically should have enough power to move a small IDE like this one seemed to be a good approach.
Insist is a strange word you use, when I just asked if there is a way to install the last version on raspbian.
So maybe it is not about the hardware but the OS.
The raspberry 3 is a "fully" functional mini-computer in terms of specs.

Btw, thanks for the answer.

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I forgot talking about the ARM ok... But I am checking some threads people managed to compile... Lets see