On Tue, Sep 23, 2014 at 11:57 AM, Paul Stoffregen <[email protected]> wrote: > On 09/23/2014 10:57 AM, Denis Heidtmann wrote: >> >> I did as you suggested, but I must be missing something. The extracted >> files contain only one which is executable; that is a sh script, which must >> require some editing. > > > No. Do not edit that file! > > Arduino's download is meant to be a complete, stand-alone package, except > for having a Java JRE on your machine. It coes with RXTX, the AVR toolchain > and other stuff, all built in. > > Hundreds of thousands of people use this software. The lions share are on > Windows and Mac, but lately Linux is a pretty big chunk. This software > really does work, without editing its startup script. Many thousands of > people use it successfully, without doing the stuff you're trying to do. > > Get rid of the RXTX and other stuff Ubuntu provided. They're ancient and > incompatible. You don't need that stuff. > > You're just causing yourself a world of grief by trying to do things not the > way they were meant to be done. If you're editing the Arduino source before > you've even run it successfully, I don't think anyone can really help you > remotely by email.
Paul, I hear your frustration with trying to help me. I did not intend to say I was trying to edit the file. I was merely offering a guess (obviously a stupid guess) as to what the problem is. I am trying my best to "do things the way they were meant to be done." I am not maligning the software. There is no "stuff I am trying to do" other than what I thought the instructions directed. I am trying to find out what I did wrong. I thought I followed the instructions. I downloaded the file in an empty folder, extracted it in that folder, and you saw what I got. I did NO editing. Nathan has suggested that I need 64 rather 32 bit version. I will do that presently. Please believe me that I am not trying to be creative. Just trying to follow the instructions. -Denis _______________________________________________ dorkbotpdx-blabber mailing list [email protected] http://music.columbia.edu/mailman/listinfo/dorkbotpdx-blabber
