How To Install arduino on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install arduino
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is arduino
arduino is:
Arduino is an open-source electronics prototyping platform based on flexible, easy-to-use hardware and software. It’s intended for artists, designers, hobbyists, and anyone interested in creating interactive objects or environments.
This package will install the integrated development environment that allows for program writing, code verfication, compiling, and uploading to the Arduino development board. Libraries and example code will also be installed.
There are three methods to install arduino
on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install arduino Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install arduino
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install arduino
Install arduino Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install arduino
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install arduino
Install arduino Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install arduino
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install arduino
How To Uninstall arduino on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the arduino
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove arduino
Uninstall arduino And Its Dependencies
To uninstall arduino
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove arduino
Remove arduino Configurations and Data
To remove arduino
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge arduino
Remove arduino configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove arduino
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge arduino
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install arduino
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.