Arduino_IDE-1.6.7/github on the Raspberry Pi

[ShorTie]

Living in the land of ARM I found a need to write this

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wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ShorTie8/Arduino_IDE/master/Arduino_IDE_builder.bash

Although you just need the file, it most likely is best to pull the whole github

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git clone https://github.com/ShorTie8/Arduino_IDE

Although it was written for ARM primarily, I do believe it will work on any Linux box.
And with a little help Mac && Windows too...

What it does is use github to get all the various programs.
Compiles them and builds the IDE in 1 simple script .. ~

You gotta run it as root !!

I've tested it on a Raspberry Pi2 and Odroid C1 and all seems well after dependency are meet.

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apt-get install -y mercurial subversion build-essential gperf bison ant texinfo zip automake flex libusb-dev libusb-1.0-0-dev libtinfo-dev pkg-config libwxbase3.0-dev libtool

The latest Raspbian has Java 8 already so no problems.
If it is not already installed, like on the Odroid and Debian i686, I did it as follows

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sudo sh -c 'echo "deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/webupd8team/java/ubuntu trusty main" >> /etc/apt/sources.list'
sudo sh -c 'echo "deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/webupd8team/java/ubuntu trusty main" >> /etc/apt/sources.list'
sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys EEA14886
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install oracle-java8-installer

The script seems to run fine on Debian i686, but with no access to x11, I could not run the final product.

Not all options are fully implemented yet, But Silence_is_Golden is enabled as it sed's through toolchain-avr on the initial git clone to silence it and make things easier to follow. So to do/un-do it, just 'rm -rf Arduino/build/toolchain-avr' and re-run the script. You can save some download time by coping all the files toolchain-avr downloads over as git clone is working if you have them.

Have A Great Day
ShorTie

Note: Older stuff is still @ my github

[bullwinkle]

thanks - it works.
I had some trouble, but I found out that my .quiltrc was not set up properly so the debian/arduino patches were not applied.
cheers

[NicoHood]

Hye,
I got two errors when I try to follow the instrctions.

First:
On every boot the x-server is loaded. Even if i deactivate it via raspi-config. Any idea to set it to command line again?

When I try to compile the Arduino stuff I installed all the new packages. But now I get:
build:

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      [jar] Building jar: /home/pi/Desktop/Arduino/Arduino-master/arduino-core/arduino-core.jar

BUILD SUCCESSFUL
Total time: 1 minute 37 seconds
cd build && ant
Buildfile: /home/pi/Desktop/Arduino/Arduino-master/build/build.xml

build:

BUILD FAILED
/home/pi/Desktop/Arduino/Arduino-master/build/build.xml:58: The following error occurred while executing this line:
Target "${platform}-build" does not exist in the project "Arduino".

Total time: 11 seconds
debian/rules:28: recipe for target 'override_jh_build' failed
make[1]: *** [override_jh_build] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/pi/Desktop/Arduino/Arduino-master'
debian/rules:19: recipe for target 'binary' failed
make: *** [binary] Error 2
dpkg-buildpackage: error: debian/rules binary gave error exit status 2

I used the master from github since it got merged yesterday.

[bullwinkle]

Hello,

i had the same errors/issues and i found the problem related to quilt and patching. Details are here....

http://dumb-looks-free.blogspot.fr/2015 ... ebone.html

it was for a BBB, but it works on the Pi also (tested).

good luck

[NicoHood]

Thanks!
I had to delete all folders and redo the steps. But it compiled and worked so far. Now I have 1.6 rc2 installed. Before I had 1.0 (updated to 1.0.5 with jessie) and the 1.6 update made no problem it seems.

For the Avrdude fix: Is it possible to create a simple link to the file in /etc ? Because I developed a special HID-Core which uses the same settings and this might not work with this fix. Or in other words: users would have to manually fix the core for this as well. Isnt there someting in linux where you create a fake file which redirects to the correct path? Wouldnt that be a better fix? Do you know how to do so?

Just the thing with the X-Server I cannot solve. If I try to quit it via logout or control alt backspace it just restarts always. And it opens at boot. How can I stop this behaviour? Do you have the same problem after the jessie upgrade?

Edit:
now my web browser crashes everytime I try to start it.

[bullwinkle]

Hi
yes I confirm epiphany browser is crashing.
my desktop shuts-down fine.
When I get some time, I will look at the link for the file avrdude.conf ... but I can't make any promises.

[NicoHood]

I manged to get 1.6 working under wheezy.

I added jessie as 2nd repository like in this instruction:
http://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com/qu ... n-raspbian

Then I used my precompiled deb files (the one from the link above should work the same) and tried to install.
Then i got some errors. I had to use apt-get -f install several times and install the listed packages. Finally it installed.

And I also got a better fix for the avrdude problem:

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dpkg -i arduino-core_1.6.0_all.deb arduino_1.6.0_all.deb

# load all missing repositories, you might need to use:
apt-get -f install
apt-get -t jessie install [package]

#try to install again

# create fake directory and  symbolic link to the new config
mkdir /usr/share/arduino/hardware/tools/avr/etc/
ln -s /etc/avrdude.conf /usr/share/arduino/hardware/tools/avr/etc/avrdude.conf

All you need is someone to compile the .deb files first. This also gets the newest avr-gcc 4.8.1 whih i very nice for me, since I also compile usb firmwares with lufa.

I ill probably do a blog post about that the next days. Not sure when jessie comes out officially for raspi, maybe its not needed if it comes out soon. Any idea?

[bullwinkle]

good the hear you got things working....

... be sure to come back and post a link to you blog to share your notes !

I think Jessie main line is still a few months away but I haven't seen a date mentioned recently

cheers

[NicoHood]

Here it is:
https://nicohood.wordpress.com/2015/01/ ... pberry-pi/

I tried with a fresh install and it should work. No problems with autologin etc anymore.

[fruit-uk]

Thanks for this. I tried the first way some time back but it failed for some reason and I didn't bother to find out why.

I am running jessie on this pi so some bits you included I already have.

One problem I found is that the symlink /usr/share/arduino/hardware/tools/@avrdude.conf to /etc/avrdude.conf errored though all looked correct. Recreating it has cured it and now running as expected.

Edit:... then it broke again

Seems that the IDE is looking in /usr/share/arduino/hardware/tools/avr/etc/ so creating a symlink there appears to have sorted it.

For reference the error was

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avrdude: can't open config file "/usr/share/arduino/hardware/tools/avr/etc/avrdude.conf": No such file or directory
avrdude: error reading system wide configuration file "/usr/share/arduino/hardware/tools/avr/etc/avrdude.conf"

[ShorTie]

Thankz guys for trying this out.

Been wondering if anybody had, lol.

I upgraded the patches to fix the fuzz that dpkg doesn't like.
And added in a symlink for /usr/share/arduino/hardware/tools/avr/etc/avrdude.conf.
So hopefully all is well again.

Sorry, I was unaware of the symlink because of only testing it with the due.

Did not think this would work with wheezy because of the compile requirements of it.

I had thought of passing out precompiled binaries, but I know I do not like to use them
from 3rd parties, because you never know what is in them. So that is why I went the patch route.

I guess binaries can be found here, if that is what you want http://dumb-looks-free.blogspot.fr/2015 ... black.html , but not tested be me !!

Have A Great Day
ShorTie

PS: I was more worried how Debian had broke the upgrade of wheezy to jessie ..
But that appears to be fixed since I've tested it out twice, and everything else like, in the last day.

[fruit-uk]

I upgraded the patches to fix the fuzz that dpkg doesn't like.
And added in a symlink for /usr/share/arduino/hardware/tools/avr/etc/avrdude.conf.
So hopefully all is well again.

Sorry, I was unaware of the symlink because of only testing it with the due.

I believe that it was a broken bit in platforms.txt, probably now fixed, but anyway, as long it works

PS: I was more worried how Debian had broke the upgrade of wheezy to jessie ..
But that appears to be fixed since I've tested it out twice, and everything else like, in the last day.

My jessie seems to be working fine - but I do have an OT query ...

This weekend I was at the start of installing all the prerequisites for panStamp when I noticed I was running very short of space, I had only a few MB free on an 8GB USB stick (now copied to 16GB). I cannot see anything that could cause this other than the jessie install itself.

Is your jessie install similarly much larger than wheezy?

[DougieLawson]

/var/log and /var/cache/apt/archive are the SDCard hogs on Jessie

[fruit-uk]

Thanks, I'll take a look there next time I fire it up.

[fruit-uk]

After trying for a couple of days I have given up trying to run jessie on my new RPi 2.

Thanks to Nico's posts above I am now running a self built 1.6 IDE on a standard raspbian wheezy install - and it's also patched to build for panStamp NRGs - hopefully
Verify works, the real test still to be done.

[ShorTie]

patched to build for panStamp NRGs - hopefully

If you give a little more info, I might be able to include it for others

Did the new patch not work right, or where you still trying the old 1 ??

wget https://www.dropbox.com/s/2bj145rkq9mfg ... .0.1.patch

I don't get my rPi2 till tomorrow, hopefully, but will give it a go around.
As of the date of the edit, new patch, my instructions where working fine once again.

Have A Great Day
ShorTie

[NicoHood]

i will get my pi2 in 1-4 days. Now the Arduino IDE actually starts making sense since the desktop is hopefully faster than before. This could be a very cool use for the Raspi. Portable coding everywhere, like the idea!

Let us know about any further updates

[fruit-uk]

If you give a little more info, I might be able to include it for others

Did the new patch not work right, or where you still trying the old 1 ??

Sorry, I wasn't very clear.

Your patch is fine and the result works with the original AVR panStamps, but a more recent version uses a MCP430 core.
This requires a patch to the built libraries, hardware, tools etc.

I guess you could add that to your patch but as it took over 8 hours to build...

@Nico
Yes, the RPi 2 is a much faster desktop, seems faster all round in fact - unless you run it from a slow 16GB USB stick as I did for a while. Back to HD now.

[ilovemipi]

Here it is:
https://nicohood.wordpress.com/2015/01/ ... pberry-pi/

I tried with a fresh install and it should work. No problems with autologin etc anymore.

I worked through your guide and I have IDE 1.6.0 on the Pi. Generally seems to work ok but I have a sketch from 1.0.6 on Windows that doesn't perform on the Pi how it should.
It compiles and uploads to the Arduino and the code runs but it gives different results to those otained on Windows. If I attach an Arduino to the Pi that has the same sketch loaded but from Windows 1.0.6 IDE then the Arduino performs as expected.

So question is what is different between 1.6.0 and 1.0.6?

[NicoHood]

The compiler changed. But this has nothing to do with this thread. Please ask in arduino forums or meet me on freenode irc #arduino

It seems to still work fine on my raspi 2, compiles faster, but it only uses a single mcu, which is not optimal...
But hey it works! I have to do further testing if it really makes sense to code on this computer now.

[fruit-uk]

It's certainly generally much more responsive on a Pi2 - I can type in the IDE and it keeps up with me now.
I have had no problems up to now with code differences.

I wondered if this thread had come alive again because someone had built the official 1.6 release IDE on a Pi

[NicoHood]

I tried to recompile with my p2 the new final release but it seems to not work for me. I tried with this quilt and the new patch but then i get this:

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BUILD FAILED
/home/pi/Desktop/a/Arduino-master/build/build.xml:68: The following error occurred while executing this line:
Target "${platform}-build" does not exist in the project "Arduino".

Total time: 2 seconds
debian/rules:28: recipe for target 'override_jh_build' failed
make[1]: *** [override_jh_build] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/pi/Desktop/a/Arduino-master'
debian/rules:19: recipe for target 'binary' failed
make: *** [binary] Error 2
dpkg-buildpackage: error: debian/rules binary gave error exit status 2

[fruit-uk]

Shame, though I guess not unexpected.

I'd have a play but a bit fell off my Pi2 yesterday and I don't fancy the wait on a B+

[NicoHood]

Dont missunderstand me: the curren RC is working. I just cannot recompile the current stable. Seems something is wrong with the patch or so.

Also the links to the github page can now be changed to master.

[fruit-uk]

I assumed that was what you meant, the RC is a good compromise in the meantime