How To Install arduino-core on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install arduino-core on Debian 9.
What is arduino-core
arduino-core is:
Arduino is an open hardware microcontroller platform. This package contains the minimal set of tools to allow one to program an Arduino. It also contains examples and libraries. For a CLI, see the ‘arduino-mk’ package.
This package does not include the Java based Integrated Development Environment, which can be found in the ‘arduino’ package.
There are three methods to install arduino-core on Debian 9. 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-core 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-core using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install arduino-core
Install arduino-core Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install arduino-core using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install arduino-core
Install arduino-core 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install arduino-core using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install arduino-core
How To Uninstall arduino-core on Debian 9
To uninstall only the arduino-core package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove arduino-core
Uninstall arduino-core And Its Dependencies
To uninstall arduino-core and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove arduino-core
Remove arduino-core Configurations and Data
To remove arduino-core configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge arduino-core
Remove arduino-core configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove arduino-core configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge arduino-core
Dependencies
arduino-core have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install arduino-core package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.