Installa help. New to Arduino

[Carlos KE5DFK]

Running Mint 17.3 Rosa 64 bit.

Arduino 1.8.5

New to Arduino, so new I am waiting Uno to get delivered.

I am having zero luck getting “Ardublock” to show up in “tools” menu.

a) does the folder need to be extracted? If so to where?

b) does the file need to be renamed, since the download file also includes the date code as part of the file name? If so to what? I tried renaming without the date code, did not help.

Using /home/carlos/Arduino/tools/ArduBlockTool/tool/ardublock-all.jar

The file (ardublock-all-20130712.jar) is in the /ardublock-all.jar folder

Also for some reason I can't run Arduino from the terminal.

carlos@carlos-System-Product-Name ~ $ arduino

The program 'arduino' is currently not installed. You can install it by typing:

sudo apt-get install arduino

carlos@carlos-System-Product-Name ~ $ arduino ide

The program 'arduino' is currently not installed. You can install it by typing:

sudo apt-get install arduino

carlos@carlos-System-Product-Name ~ $ arduiono 1.8.5

No command 'arduiono' found, did you mean:

Command 'arduino' from package 'arduino' (universe)

arduiono: command not found

carlos@carlos-System-Product-Name ~ $

Thanks

Carlos

[Carlos KE5DFK]

So this morning, went to >>>>file>>>examples>>>01.Basic>>>ReadAnallogSerial

The lower section of the screen, not sure what its called yet, returned:

java.io.FileNotFoundException: /home/carlos/Arduino/tools/ArduBlockTool/tool/ardublock-all.jar (Is a directory)
    at java.util.zip.ZipFile.open(Native Method)
    at java.util.zip.ZipFile.<init>(ZipFile.java:225)
    at java.util.zip.ZipFile.<init>(ZipFile.java:155)
    at java.util.zip.ZipFile.<init>(ZipFile.java:169)
    at processing.app.Editor.findClassInZipFile(Editor.java:927)
    at processing.app.Editor.addTools(Editor.java:860)
    at processing.app.Editor.buildToolsMenu(Editor.java:749)
    at processing.app.Editor.buildMenuBar(Editor.java:498)
    at processing.app.Editor.<init>(Editor.java:252)
    at processing.app.Base.handleOpen(Base.java:838)
    at processing.app.Base.handleOpen(Base.java:824)
    at processing.app.Base.handleOpen(Base.java:820)
    at processing.app.Base.handleOpen(Base.java:816)
    at processing.app.Base$15.actionPerformed(Base.java:1718)
    at javax.swing.AbstractButton.fireActionPerformed(AbstractButton.java:2022)
    at javax.swing.AbstractButton$Handler.actionPerformed(AbstractButton.java:2348)
    at javax.swing.DefaultButtonModel.fireActionPerformed(DefaultButtonModel.java:402)
    at javax.swing.DefaultButtonModel.setPressed(DefaultButtonModel.java:259)
    at javax.swing.AbstractButton.doClick(AbstractButton.java:376)
    at javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicMenuItemUI.doClick(BasicMenuItemUI.java:833)
    at javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicMenuItemUI$Handler.mouseReleased(BasicMenuItemUI.java:877)
    at java.awt.Component.processMouseEvent(Component.java:6533)
    at javax.swing.JComponent.processMouseEvent(JComponent.java:3324)
    at java.awt.Component.processEvent(Component.java:6298)
    at java.awt.Container.processEvent(Container.java:2236)
    at java.awt.Component.dispatchEventImpl(Component.java:4889)
    at java.awt.Container.dispatchEventImpl(Container.java:2294)
    at java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Component.java:4711)
    at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.retargetMouseEvent(Container.java:4888)
    at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.processMouseEvent(Container.java:4525)
    at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.dispatchEvent(Container.java:4466)
    at java.awt.Container.dispatchEventImpl(Container.java:2280)
    at java.awt.Window.dispatchEventImpl(Window.java:2746)
    at java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Component.java:4711)
    at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEventImpl(EventQueue.java:758)
    at java.awt.EventQueue.access$500(EventQueue.java:97)
    at java.awt.EventQueue$3.run(EventQueue.java:709)
    at java.awt.EventQueue$3.run(EventQueue.java:703)
    at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
    at java.security.ProtectionDomain$JavaSecurityAccessImpl.doIntersectionPrivilege(ProtectionDomain.java:80)
    at java.security.ProtectionDomain$JavaSecurityAccessImpl.doIntersectionPrivilege(ProtectionDomain.java:90)
    at java.awt.EventQueue$4.run(EventQueue.java:731)
    at java.awt.EventQueue$4.run(EventQueue.java:729)
    at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
    at java.security.ProtectionDomain$JavaSecurityAccessImpl.doIntersectionPrivilege(ProtectionDomain.java:80)
    at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(EventQueue.java:728)
    at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForFilters(EventDispatchThread.java:201)
    at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForFilter(EventDispatchThread.java:116)
    at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarchy(EventDispatchThread.java:105)
    at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:101)
    at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:93)
    at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(EventDispatchThread.java:82)

[David Li]

http://blog.ardublock.com/engetting-started-ardublockzhardublock/

We don't get many Linux users but I think you need to add the sketchbook to the directory. 

/home/abu/sketchbook/tools/ArduBlockTool/tool/ardublock-all.jar

David 

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[Carlos KE5DFK]

GOT IT.

David, thanks. 

That did not work.  In linux it is Arduino. 

I found the solution, really simple, but OMFG the instructions in ArduBlock need to be incinerated.  Yesterday.  And rewritten.

Found the solution in "Install for SparkiDuino", which also has instructions for ArduBlock.

From preferences find location as instructed, then created the following folders in Arduino: >>>>>  tools / ArduBlockTool / tool

so your directory looks like this.  carlos/Arduino/tools/ArduBlockTool/tool    "don't use carlos of course since that is for my machine, not yours"

>>>copy and past the   "ardublock-all.jar"    file into TOOL<<<<<  BOOMS IT WORKS

DO NOT CREATE ANOTHER FOLDER AFTER "tool" AS INSTRUCTION APPEAR TO INDICATED.

In my past life I used to write, implement and audit ISO9000.  If the instructions are not clear for the average person and require to much interpretive, creative, thinking to achieve its intended goal, take them back to the "war room" review and revise. 

My compliments to whoever wrote the installation process for "Install SparkiDuino on Linux", very clear, easy to understand and achieves its intended goal.

Thanks

Carlos

On Monday, July 9, 2018 at 12:14:55 AM UTC-5, Carlos KE5DFK wrote:

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Try Arduino IDE 1.6.11

[Paul Robertson]

Thank You Carlos,  I was getting frustrated trying to install ArduBlock, your instructions were so simple. 

Thanks again...

Paul.