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adafruit / ci-arduino

A script that will install all of the common dependencies for testing Arduino library builds using Github Actions
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Not working with Arduino IDE version 2.x #148

Closed Aypac closed 1 year ago

Aypac commented 1 year ago

It looks like the format for downloading is https://downloads.arduino.cc/arduino-$ARDUINO_IDE_VERSION-linux64.tar.xz, where it appears that since version 2.0.0 there is only https://downloads.arduino.cc/arduino-ide/$ARDUINO_IDE_VERSION_Linux_64bit.zip. I guess that needs an additional check.

per1234 commented 1 year ago

Hi @Aypac. Unlike Arduino IDE 1.x, Arduino IDE 2.x does not have a command line interface, so it could not be used with the install.sh script maintained in this repository even if the script was updated to be able to download Arduino IDE 2.x.

However, this is not a problem because Arduino created a dedicated command line tool named Arduino CLI that has all the functionality of Arduino IDE 1.x's CLI and much more. Arduino CLI actually provides all the non-GUI functionality for Arduino IDE 2.x, so using Arduino CLI in your CI system provides effective coverage of Arduino IDE 2.x compatibility.

The modern build_platform.py Python script hosted in this repository is already using Arduino CLI, so you only need to switch your CI system from using install.sh to build_platform.py (there is also an associated actions_install.sh script to install the tools if you like) and you will be using the modern Arduino tooling. See the readme for instructions.

Aypac commented 1 year ago

Thank you @per1234 ! In the meantime I actually discovered that Travis CI is not free for open-source projects anymore. So I decided that rather than repairing, I'd move over to Github "Actions". They actually seem a bit easier to setup anyway and I find it nice to have it all in one place. Plus they are free for Open-Source (for now). I see you also added an according note on the tutorial on the adafruit website.