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Arduino IDE from Ubuntu's repo are usually outdated. There are two main ways to install latest Arduino IDE: with umake and from arduino.cc tar.gz. In both cases you may need to add your user to dialout group (if it doesn't work add it also to tty group):

sudo adduser $USER dialout

Install latest version from Ubuntu Make (on GitHub)

Ubuntu Make is a command line tool which allows you to download the latest version of popular developer tools on your installation

1. 
   

   Install Ubuntu Make

   
   
   

   sudo apt-get install ubuntu-make
   
   

   
   
   

   If not using Ubuntu 18.04+ or want latest versions:

   
   
   

   sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-desktop/ubuntu-make
   
   sudo apt-get update
   
   

   
   

2. 
   

   Install Arduino IDE with umake

   
   
   

   umake electronics arduino
   
   

   
   

_{Warning: umake ide arduino is deprecated.}

This will install it on ~/.local/share/umake/electronics/arduino. If you don't get the shortcut available you'll need to run install.sh found there.

Some other software options (like Eagle or Sublime) are not free software. I recommend instead Fritzing and Atom.io.

Install latest version from arduino.cc

Just follow official guide:

1. Download the Arduino Software (IDE). lscpu will tell you if 32 or 64 bits. If unsure use 32 bits.


2. Extract the package (from terminal tar -xvf arduino-1.8.2-linux64.tar.xz).


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   Run the install script (./install.sh).

   
   
   

   

   
   

Notes

• Before installing you might move the folder with binaries to /opt/ or /usr/local/.


• For ESP8266 see this installation instructions.


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  Installer don't create Launcher icon for me: Just drag it (arduino-arduinoide.desktop) from Desktop:

  
  
  

  

  
  

• You also have
  
  
  
  
  • Arduino Web Editor
  
  
  • 
    PlatformIO IDE, an extension for Atom.io or VSCode.
  
  
  
  


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  With latest versions come newer features like the "Additional Boards Manager URLs" on Preferences (to add ESP8266 board):

  
  
  

  

  
  

This is from notes I took when installing an Arduino. It was very helpful when I had to go through the same thing with other computers.

Install Sketch which is used to program Arduinos.

Use one of the following methods.

sudo apt-get install arduino  

or

sudo apt-get install arduino-core  

or

Open "Ubuntu Software Center"
Search "arduino"

Set up the vendor ID.

Without Arduino plugged in

lsusb  

This is what I got

Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub  

Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub   

Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub  

Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub  

Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub

Again with Arduino plugged in.

lsusb   

This is what I got

Bus 004 Device 003: ID 2341:0043 Arduino SA Uno R3 (CDC ACM)  

Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub  

Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub   

Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub  

Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub  

Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub  

Look at the addition line.

It will look something like this

Bus 004 Device 003: ID 2341:0043  

Insert the numbers that you have in the command below.

sudo modprobe usbserial vendor=0x2341 product=0x0043 

Let's get the serial port to work

cd /dev  

Without Arduino plugged in

ls

Again with Arduino plugged in.

ls  

Look for the additional tty* NAME. Mine was ttyAMC0, yours may be ttyUSB* or ttyS*.

Now we know which port it is trying to use.

The following is used to log the serial input from the Arduino. You may not need it.

sudo apt-get install minicom

//It may be already installed on your computer.

sudo minicom -s  

You will get a setup menu.

Change first line with /dev/ttyAMC0 or whatever you found in your /dev/ directory.

Save setup as dfl.

I don't know what this does I just read it somewhere and it worked.

It is on ttyACM0. When I looked at the directory /dev I found that ttyACM0 would come and go when the Ardunio was plugged in or taken out.

Install kst //This program will take a your ascii file and put it on chart.
sudo apt-get install kst

newer version will be available at some date.

Install GtkTerm

sudo apt-get install gtkterm

Configure GtkTerm to the port which Arduino is connected to. The Arduino needs to be plugged in and the serial reader in Sketch can't be on.

You should be seeing the ascii numbers scrolling on GtkTerm.

Configure the GtkTerm to log the information to a text file.

If you open the text file now you should see the data in the file. I can't remember if GtkTerm needs to be pause to read this.

Open kst.
Use Data wizard to connect to the data text file with ascii.

The data should be column 1.

From here your on you own.

Is this not what you're looking for? Is universe not enabled in your software update prefs? From Precise.

$ apt-cache show arduino

Package: arduino

Priority: optional

Section: universe/electronics

Installed-Size: 881

Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers 

Original-Maintainer: Scott Howard 

Architecture: all

Version: 1:1.0+dfsg-5

Depends: default-jre | java6-runtime, libjna-java, librxtx-java (>= 2.2pre2-3), arduino-core (= 1:1.0+dfsg-5)

Recommends: extra-xdg-menus, policykit-1

Filename: pool/universe/a/arduino/arduino_1.0+dfsg-5_all.deb

Size: 684106

MD5sum: 5dd5fe5e36013a8cab1d47a1f62734cc

SHA1: c86f2453bb4b41f9bf1dade070fd0b2da140467c

SHA256: 7e9aaf51bf6b69214ba47ff7d077aa668da5b2b38c616e94ffca68b5564e8cc8

Description-en: AVR development board IDE and built-in libraries

 Arduino is an open-source electronics prototyping platform based on

 flexible, easy-to-use hardware and software. It's intended for artists,

 designers, hobbyists, and anyone interested in creating interactive

 objects or environments.

 .

 This package will install the integrated development environment that

 allows for program writing, code verfication, compiling, and uploading

 to the Arduino development board. Libraries and example code will also

 be installed.

Homepage: http://www.arduino.cc

Description-md5: 60f8f72e8783c6b5a72254120b680cdb

Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug

Origin: Ubuntu

$ sudo apt-get install arduino

Reading package lists... Done

Building dependency tree       

Reading state information... Done

The following extra packages will be installed:

  arduino-core avr-libc avrdude binutils-avr ca-certificates-java default-jre

  default-jre-headless extra-xdg-menus gcc-avr icedtea-6-jre-cacao icedtea-6-jre-jamvm

  icedtea-netx icedtea-netx-common java-common libatk-wrapper-java libatk-wrapper-java-jni

  libftdi1 libgif4 libjna-java librxtx-java openjdk-6-jre openjdk-6-jre-headless

  openjdk-6-jre-lib ttf-dejavu-extra tzdata-java

Suggested packages:

  avrdude-doc binutils task-c-devel gcc-doc gcc-4.2 equivs libjna-java-doc icedtea-plugin

  libnss-mdns sun-java6-fonts ttf-baekmuk ttf-unfonts ttf-unfonts-core ttf-sazanami-gothic

  ttf-kochi-gothic ttf-sazanami-mincho ttf-kochi-mincho ttf-wqy-microhei ttf-wqy-zenhei

  ttf-indic-fonts-core ttf-telugu-fonts ttf-oriya-fonts ttf-kannada-fonts ttf-bengali-fonts

Recommended packages:

  policykit-1

The following NEW packages will be installed:

  arduino arduino-core avr-libc avrdude binutils-avr ca-certificates-java default-jre

  default-jre-headless extra-xdg-menus gcc-avr icedtea-6-jre-cacao icedtea-6-jre-jamvm

  icedtea-netx icedtea-netx-common java-common libatk-wrapper-java libatk-wrapper-java-jni

  libftdi1 libgif4 libjna-java librxtx-java openjdk-6-jre openjdk-6-jre-headless

  openjdk-6-jre-lib ttf-dejavu-extra tzdata-java

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If you are installing the latest version (version 1.8.2) of the Arduino IDE, there is a file-naming error in the script which results in the error message:

cc.arduino.arduinonoide does not exist

When I looked in Arduino-1.8.2 64/lib there is no file cc.arduino.arduinonoide.xml but there is a file named arduino-arduinonoide.xml

The solution is to open install.sh in your editor of choice and change RESOURCE_NAME=cc.arduino.arduinoide to RESOURCE_NAME=arduino-arduinoide (and save the changes).

Now, ./install.sh can be run in the terminal without a hitch.

I understand that this problem will be fixed in release 1.8.3

The full installation process is thus:

Download the Aduino IDE from the Arduino website (selecting the 32-bit or 64-bit version according to your needs).

Navigate to your downloads folder:

cd ~/Downloads

edit the install.sh script as described above to correct the problem with
RESOURCE_NAME:

cd arduino-1.8.2 64

nano install.sh

Make the changes as explained above, then save and exit.

Move the Arduino-1.8.2 64 installation folder from your /downloads folder to the /opt/ directory: and then navigate to the new folder:

cd ..

sudo mv arduino-1.8.2 64 /opt

cd /opt/arduino-1.8.2 64/

Make install.sh executable:

chmod +x install.sh

and then run the script:

./install.sh

The Arduino IDE should now be installed and you should see the icon on your desktop.