Install Arduino IDE on Chromebook

After turning on Linux on the Chromebook, you can access the Linux environment via the terminal app.

Please follow the following steps to install the Arduino IDE:

Check the type of your OS version

Download package

Open the website (www.arduino.cc/en/software) and download the corresponding type of Legacy Arduino IDE:

Installation

After downloading complete, set the folder Downloads in the file browser to share with Linux, as mentioned above. Use the following commands to install the Arduino IDE, e.g., arduino-1.8.19-linux64.tar.xz is the downloading file.

cd /mnt/chromeos/MyFiles/Downloads/
sudo apt-get install xz-utils
sudo tar -C /opt -xf arduino-1.8.19-linux64.tar.xz
cd /opt
ls
cd arduino-1.8.19/
ls
sudo ./install.sh

Set up the Arduino IDE development environment for the mainboard

You can open the Arduino IDE as follows:

To set up the development environment, please look at the subpage according to the type of robot mainboard.