Arduino 1.8.5 does not work after install

[ixb11170]

The application does not start after install on RPI 3b running Raspbian Jessie.

I followed the instructions on https://www.arduino.cc/en/Guide/Linux, downloaded the ARM version, unpacked, built and installed all successfully.

I got the warning:

Adding desktop shortcut, menu item and file associations for Arduino IDE...
touch: cannot touch '/root/.local/share/applications/mimeapps.list': No such file or directory
/usr/bin/xdg-mime: 803: /usr/bin/xdg-mime: cannot create /root/.local/share/applications/mimeapps.list.new: Directory nonexistent
done!

Found this message in a few other issues posts but can't resolve the problem.

I tried to start the application from the Desktop, as well as from the command line and neither worked. Let me know if any more details would help.

Cheers.

[cmaglie]

Please:

• un-tar the arduino archive in a folder
• run arduino in that folder from command line
• copy the output here

[dsyleixa]

for me the installation worked this way:
wget http://downloads.arduino.cc/arduino-1.8.5-linuxarm.tar.xz
tar -x -f arduino-1.8.10-linuxarm.tar.xz # or which version ever
no automatic arduino link creation, instead localize the arduino program in the arduino directory by leafpad and then create a link on the desktop

[ghost]

Hello, I had a same issues with a Raspberry Pi 4, Quad core 64 bit ARM cortex-A72 cpu.

I followed this tutorial exactly.
https://magpi.raspberrypi.org/articles/program-arduino-uno-raspberry-pi

using sudo apt-get install arduino will install a very outdated version of Arduino on a computer.

Executing the command will result in following error messages.

root@raspberrypi:/opt/arduino-1.8.13# sudo ./install.sh
Adding desktop shortcut, menu item and file associations for Arduino IDE...

touch: cannot touch '/root/.config/mimeapps.list': No such file or directory
/usr/bin/xdg-mime: 848: /usr/bin/xdg-mime: cannot create /root/.config/mimeapps.list.new: Directory nonexistent

done!

Arduino won't run if you click on the GUI.

Running ARDUINO will result in an error from a source code.

root@raspberrypi:/opt/arduino-1.8.13# ./arduino
./arduino: line 35: /opt/arduino-1.8.13/java/bin/java: cannot execute binary file: Exec format error

I figured out a solution by dsyleixa.

Running ./install.sh will actually break the source code so running ./arduino won't work anymore.
Do not run install.sh.

Run the program arduino by using this command after 'cd'ing into the correct directory: ./arduino

Like this!!
pi@raspberrypi:~/Desktop/arduino-1.8.13 $ ./arduino

[facchinm]

Hi @AndersonLovesYou , depending on your Raspbian distribution you should use the arm32 or the arm64 build. The processor is indeed 64bit but the RaspberryPi foundation used to released a single version of their software that runs on all boards (so it's 32bit).
Either way, if you downloaded the 64 bit IDE try the 32 bit one 🙂

[Eewec]

As a heads up, I just downloaded the 32 bit version onto my 32 bit RaspberryPi OS. The install script still has this issue and refuses to play nice.

[arturo-rodriguez35]

Please:

* un-tar the arduino archive in a folder

* run `arduino` in that folder from command line

* copy the output here

[work@haco01 arduino-1.8.13]$ ./arduino
./arduino: line 35: /home/work/Documents/Software/arduino-1.8.13/java/bin/java: cannot execute binary file
Any ideas?

[arturo-rodriguez35]

Still doesn't work for me. I started from zero (deleted all previous installation, downloaded, untar, and ran) and still get the same message

[dsyleixa]

what exactly was your download command?
what Pi do you use?
what Raspberry OS?

[magellannh]

I ran into the same problem trying to install 1.8.15 using a Raspberry Pi 4 Model B Rev 1.4 running Debian 10.9 (buster).

I manually downloaded the .tar and ran the following commands as user pi from ~/Downloads
tar -xf arduino-1.8.15-linuxarm.tar.xz
sudo mv arduino-1.8.15 /opt
sudo /opt/arduino-1.8.15/install.sh

This sequence of steps produced this error:

touch: cannot touch '/root/.config/mimeapps.list': No such file or directory
/usr/bin/xdg-mime: 848: /usr/bin/xdg-mime: cannot create /root/.config/mimeapps.list.new: Directory nonexistent

done!

I was able to correct the error using the following command sequence right after I got the error above.

sudo su
cd /root
mkdir .config
chmod 777 .config
exit
sudo /opt/arduino-1.8.15/install.sh

The chmod 777 .config command probably isn't needed, but that's what I did. I didn't uninstall after the initial error. I just entered the commands exactly as shown above and the installer executed. The following output was generated by the installer:
Adding desktop shortcut, menu item and file associations for Arduino IDE...

done!

After this, I was able to successfully launch the IDE using the Programming->Arduino IDE menu option.