Install Arduino IDE on Linux

Step 1: Download the Arduino IDE

Step 2: Extract

Extract

Go to your Downloads directory and right-click on the downloaded arduino-1.8.2-linux64.tar.xz file or whatever your file is called.
Then click extract here and wait until you see two Arduino folders.

Step 3: Open Terminal

Open Terminal

Go to your Downloads directory with

cd Downloads 

and delete the compressed file with

sudo rm -r arduino-1.8.2-linux64.tar.gz 

Then move your extracted Arduino file into the opt directory with

sudo mv arduino-1.8.2 /opt 

Change into /opt directory and into the Arduino folder

cd /opt/arduino-1.8.2 

Edit the install.sh script with

sudo nano install.sh 

Search in the script for the line “RESOURCE_NAME=cc.arduino.arduinoide” and change it to “RESOURCE_NAME=arduino-arduinoide”.

Step 4: Installation

Installation

Now make the script executable with the command

sudo chmod +x install.sh

and execute it with

./install.sh

Now you will not see any errors or bugs for the installation and you have the Arduino IDE flawlessly installed!

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