As a user I want to run the Arduino IDE on both armhf and arm64 arches

[kittaakos]

Describe the request

I want to run Arduino IDE on my Raspberry Pi with arm7vl and aarch64 (aka. arm64) arches.

Describe the current behavior

Official Arduino IDE 2.x Linux builds are only available for the x86 architecture.

Arduino IDE version

afb02da

Operating system

Linux

Operating system version

All

Additional context

Additional requests

• Arm 64-bit version of IDE 2.x #1824
• IDE does still not run on ARM Linux / offline compilation #707
• As a user I want to run the Arduino IDE on both armhf and arm64 arches #107 (comment)
• As a user I want to run the Arduino IDE on both armhf and arm64 arches #107 (comment)
• As a user I want to run the Arduino IDE on both armhf and arm64 arches #107 (comment)
• As a user I want to run the Arduino IDE on both armhf and arm64 arches #107 (comment)
• As a user I want to run the Arduino IDE on both armhf and arm64 arches #107 (comment)
• As a user I want to run the Arduino IDE on both armhf and arm64 arches #107 (comment)
• As a user I want to run the Arduino IDE on both armhf and arm64 arches #107 (comment)
• As a user I want to run the Arduino IDE on both armhf and arm64 arches #107 (comment)
• Linux ARM 32bit version? arduino-pro-ide#28
• software download failure flathub/cc.arduino.IDE2#54
• https://forum.arduino.cc/t/ide-on-raspberry-gives-compile-errors/1045041/7
• https://forum.arduino.cc/t/best-way-to-get-ide-arm64-builds/1063918/1
• https://forum.arduino.cc/t/best-way-to-get-ide-arm64-builds/1063918/3
• https://forum.arduino.cc/t/best-way-to-get-ide-arm64-builds/1063918/4
• https://forum.arduino.cc/t/ide-2-0-x-will-not-install/1050074
• https://forum.arduino.cc/t/arduino-ide-2-0-not-installing-try-this-raspberrypi-4-arm/1035632
• https://forum.arduino.cc/t/install-2-2-on-rasberry-pi-4-raspberry-pi-64bit-os/1034417
• https://forum.arduino.cc/t/upload-error-to-nodemcu/921869/8
• https://forum.arduino.cc/t/ide-2-0-amazing-arm-builds-anytime/701303
• https://forum.arduino.cc/t/ide-2-0-working-perfect-on-mac-os-10-15-7-when-will-raspi-4-version-be-availabl/700049
• https://forum.arduino.cc/t/ide-2-04-for-linux-not-installing/1108106
• https://forum.arduino.cc/t/ide-2-2-1-for-linux-arm-64-bit/1174109/1
• https://forum.arduino.cc/t/ide-2-2-1-for-linux-arm-64-bit/1174109/3
• https://forum.arduino.cc/t/ide-2-2-1-for-linux-arm-64-bit/1174109/4
• https://forum.arduino.cc/t/install-ide-2-on-rpi-4-buster-os/1197628
• https://forum.arduino.cc/t/compile-needs-a-rebuild-to-load-ttgo-lora32esp/1204091
• https://forum.arduino.cc/t/ide-compatibility-with-raspberry-pi-5/1212072
• https://forum.arduino.cc/t/status-of-official-ide-2-x-builds-for-linux-arm64/1222354
• https://forum.arduino.cc/t/arduino-ide-1-8-19-not-starting-on-raspberry-pi/1241988
• https://forum.arduino.cc/t/nano-esp32-rgbled-flashing-sketch-not-working/1247194/9
• https://forum.arduino.cc/t/i-am-disappointed-by-the-lack-of-a-linux-arm64-build/1288416
• https://forum.arduino.cc/t/ide-ver-2-arm64/1325859
• https://forum.arduino.cc/t/arduino-cloud-agent-for-ubuntu-aarch-64/1341285
• https://forum.arduino.cc/t/accessing-arduino-cloud-sketches-on-arm64-linux/1370127

Issue checklist

• I searched for previous requests in the issue tracker
• I verified the feature was still missing when using the latest nightly build
• My request contains all necessary details

[lordfriky]

I second this, ARM computers are getting more popular these days. I want to be able to run the Pro IDE on my Nintendo Switch over Linux (not joking).

[kittaakos]

Originally by @K4ktus123 from here:

Is there going to be a version for Linux on 32bit ARM? And if yes, when will it be released?

[g3holliday]

Does anyone know when the Linux ARM IDE 2.0 is going to be released? Thank y'all!

[koendv]

FYI: https://github.com/koendv/arduino-ide-raspberrypi

[abusr]

thank you per1234 for pointing out an existing thread for my first paragraph. have you got any reply regarding what I asked? also, please consider the combined repo which could serve as a temporary substitute for the missing release

When will you release ide2 for arm linuxes? Are golang or node js tied to only x86/x64? Nope! LLVM or GCC? Nope! Typescript? Nope! So which could be the reason for not officialy releasing ide2 for linux/arm? If it has been released for linux/pc, which could be the everest class obstacle for not have been released for linux/arm in the same manner?

Also, if one tries to build the ide2 piece by piece, (s)he'll need lots of stuff as I'm beginning to see, both yours and external. Fellow devs, can you at least gather all these ingredients in one combined repo with a build script of some sort in front so that - someone could at least try to build your ide offline?

[kittaakos]

So which could be the reason for not officialy releasing ide2 for linux/arm

clangd is not available on ARM if I am not mistaken: clangd/clangd#514

build script

I used to run these scripts to verify the IDE when building from the sources on Linux and Raspberry pi 4:

• https://github.com/arduino/arduino-ide/blob/main/docs/internal/Ubuntu.md
• https://github.com/arduino/arduino-ide/blob/main/docs/internal/Arm.md

The versions (Node.js, yarn, etc) could be outdated 👆

[koendv]

When will you release ide2 for arm linuxes?

If you want Arduino IDE 2 for 64-bit Raspberry Pi OS, you can download an AppImage from my git https://github.com/koendv/arduino-ide-raspberrypi/ Building for 32-bit is more complicated. koen

[abusr]

Thank you all for the replies!

kitaakos, since koendv has managed to build the ide and release an appimage, things might have got better since 2020. could you please check again? I remember checking out llvm from git and building it all inside my arm tvbox without other problems except the amount virtual memory I had to provide. I'm no expert in llvm but I see a clangd directory right under clang-tools-extra, I guess it has compiled as well. koendv, can you confirm compilation of clangd for kitaakos?

Whatever the case, even without clangd and the language server, the rest of the ide would still be pretty usable. I'd love to see it running inside the tiny tvbox. :p

And - apart from the arduinos - theia looks promising and for other uses in the future. I really liked this ide from the start dunno why!