ArduinoIDE

What is Arduino IDE (Integrated Development Environment) ?

"The open-source Arduino environment makes it easy to write code and upload it to the i/o board. It runs on Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux. The environment is written in Java and based on Processing, avr-gcc, and other open source software."

How to Get Arduino IDE for Linux

• Go to this webpage:

http://arduino.cc/hu/Main/Software

• Download the Linux 32-bit version of Arduino IDE to a directory of your choosing

How to Get Arduino IDE Working on Ubuntu 10.04 and 10.10

• The following steps are a summary of the information in this webpage:

http://www.pluggy.me.uk/arduino-ubuntu/

• Open System>Administration>Synaptic Package Manager, then type your password

• In Synaptic Package Manager, search for jre, then mark for installation the item with the following name:

Openjdk-6-jre

• Note: marking these items will bring up other packages also to be marked. Click "mark" during these times.

• In Synaptic Package Manager, search for gcc-avr, then mark for installation the item with the following name:

gcc-avr

• In Synaptic Package Manager, search for avr-libc, then mark for installation the item with the following name:

avr-libc

• In Synaptic Package Manager, click "Apply"

• Restart your computer

Get Arduino IDE on Windows

• Download Arduino IDE from the Arduino Software Webpage

• Extract the zip files to a folder of your choosing.

• To run Arduino IDE, navigate into the Arduino folders then double-click Arduino