FS#67452 - [arduino] should depend on arduino-avr-core
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Opened by Albert Vaca Cintora (elvaka) - Friday, 31 July 2020, 16:53 GMT
Last edited by NicoHood (NicoHood) - Thursday, 13 May 2021, 09:13 GMT
Opened by Albert Vaca Cintora (elvaka) - Friday, 31 July 2020, 16:53 GMT
Last edited by NicoHood (NicoHood) - Thursday, 13 May 2021, 09:13 GMT
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Description:
The Arduino IDE won't start if `arduino-avr-core` is not installed, so it should be a hard dependency and not a soft one. I was affected by this and found the solution on a forum, which got to the same conclusion: https://forum.manjaro.org/t/freshly-installed-arduino-ide-will-not-start-null-pointer-exception/155505/4 Steps to reproduce: - Install `arduino` - Execute `arduino`, you get a null pointer exception. |
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Closed by NicoHood (NicoHood)
Thursday, 13 May 2021, 09:13 GMT
Reason for closing: Fixed
Additional comments about closing: Fixed in 1.8.14-1
Thursday, 13 May 2021, 09:13 GMT
Reason for closing: Fixed
Additional comments about closing: Fixed in 1.8.14-1
The installation if the additional package is explained in the wiki:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Arduino#AVR_Boards
The issue should not happen though. I've opened a bugreport: https://github.com/arduino/Arduino/issues/10580
As a user, it's weird that I can install a program that doesn't work (plus, the Arduino IDE error message doesn't even point me in the right direction).