Trouble installing GRBL

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Not exactly a programing question, but I don't know where else to put it.

Following the instructions on the "Arduino Board Project" page, I have downloaded and unzipped grbl-master, went from grbl to examples to grblUpload clicked on Upload.... and I get the error message "specified folder/zip does not contain a valid library. "examples" does contain #include<grbl.h>. Searching through the files in grbl, I can find no grbl.h

I'm also confused by instruction Sketch>#include Library>add library from zip folder, when the file "examples" is an Arduino .ino file.

Any suggestions as to where I am going wrong are greatly appreciated.

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Please post a link to the instructions you're following.

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Here is how I installed GRBL1.1 last weekend

Downloaded the ZIP file from GitHub
Extracted it to a folder named "grbl-1.1h.20190825"
Inside that folder is another of the same name. And inside that is the grbl files

I renamed the first 2 containing folders from "grbl-1.1h.20190825" to "grbl" as the IDE likes to complain about file names.

So I had grbl\grbl\files for grbl

I then copied the containing folder to the directory
*C:\Users\Username\arduino-1.8.3-windows\arduino-1.8.3\libraries*
(yeah. I'm not upgrading until they figure out the bugs)

Next I opened the IDE and selected Sketch>Include Library>Add .ZIP Library...

Then I browsed to and chose (I believe) the first grbl folder.

When it was done, I restarted the IDE and uploaded it to my board without issue.

Hope it helps!

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It uploads for me.

So you downloaded GitHub - gnea/grbl: An open source, embedded, high performance g-code-parser and CNC milling controller written in optimized C that will run on a straight Arduino as a .zip file using the "Clone or Download" button and selecting "Download as .ZIP"?

And you unpacked the "grbl-master.zip" file?

And you copied the 'grbl' folder (from the expanded grbl-master folder) into the 'libraries' folder of your sketch folder?

And you re-started the Arduino IDE to install the library?

And you selected File->Examples->grbl->grblUpload?

And you selected Tools->Board: "Arduino/Genuino Uno"?

And you connected your Arduino Uno?

And you selected the right serial port under Tools->Port: ?

And you clicked on the Upload button (a circular button with an arrow pointing to the right) at the top of the sketch window?

Then what happened?

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Thanks to all who responded. I followed Mr. Wasser's instructions and it worked without a hitch.

R