mikalhart
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10 years ago Yes. It's an unfortunate state of affairs that a Github release automatically adds a '-' to the folder name, which, as you observe, is not legal for Arduino.
The solution is fairly easy. Unzip and install as before, but simply rename the directory (removing the -xxx from the end) before launching the Arduino IDE. The folder should be in the "libraries" folder, like this:
I have downloaded the version 13 of TinyGPS, TinyGPS-13. When I import into the Arduino IDE, it says that there shouldn't be a '-' in the file name, only numbers and letters are allowed. So I unzip and rename the folder within removing the '-' and rezip it under the name TinyGPS13. After importing, I typed #include into the IDE but it says that it doesn't exist. I am guessing that the renaming of the filename has affected it.
Is there a workaround?