Arduino is an open-source physical computing platform based on a simple I/O board and a development environment that implements the Processing/Wiring language. Arduino can be used to develop stand-alone interactive objects or can be connected to software on your computer (e.g. Flash, Processing and MaxMSP). The boards can be assembled by hand or purchased preassembled at https://arduino.cc
Setup
In order to upload code an arduino board over USB, you need to add your user to the dialout group. Open a terminal window, run the following command and reboot your computer.
> sudo usermod -a -G dialout $USER
Now restart your computer and you're good to go!
If you have one of the following boards, you need to grant specific permissions to your user for accessing directly the USB. This issue is more detailed [here](https://github.com/snapcrafters/arduino/issues/10#issuecomment-716683018)
For granting this direct access:
``` echo "SUBSYSTEM=="usb", MODE="0660", GROUP="$(id -gn)"" | sudo tee /etc/udev/rules.d/00-usb-permissions.rules udevadm control --reload-rules ```
Python 3 support
This version of Arduino IDE runs in a sandbox for improved security and stability. As a result, it does not have access to the Python libraries on your device.
Python 3 and the serial library are installed inside of the sandbox so they can be used by plugins. If a plugin needs additional Python 3 libraries, you can install them using the arduino.pip command. For example, the following command installs the requests library inside of the sandbox so the Arduino IDE can use it.
> arduino.pip install requests
Python 2 is currently not supported in this package because it reached end of life on January 1st 2020. If you have hardware that requires Python 2 support, please let us know.
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Snaps are applications packaged with all their dependencies to run on all popular Linux distributions from a single build. They update automatically and roll back gracefully.
Snaps are discoverable and installable from the Snap Store, an app store with an audience of millions.
On Arch Linux, snap can be installed from the Arch User Repository (AUR). The manual build process is the Arch-supported install method for AUR packages, and you’ll need the prerequisites installed before you can install any AUR package. You can then install snap with the following:
git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/snapd.git
cd snapd
makepkg -si
Once installed, the systemd unit that manages the main snap communication socket needs to be enabled:
sudo systemctl enable --now snapd.socket
If AppArmor is enabled in your system, enable the service which loads AppArmor profiles for snaps:
sudo systemctl enable --now snapd.apparmor.service
To enable classic snap support, enter the following to create a symbolic link between /var/lib/snapd/snap and /snap:
sudo ln -s /var/lib/snapd/snap /snap
Either log out and back in again, or restart your system, to ensure snap’s paths are updated correctly.
To install Arduino IDE, simply use the following command:
sudo snap install arduino
Browse and find snaps from the convenience of your desktop using the snap store snap.
Interested to find out more about snaps? Want to publish your own application? Visit snapcraft.io now.