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leonixyz

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Registered: 2014-07-12

Posts: 62

[SOLVED] Unable to start Arduino IDE

I tried reinstalling, removing ~/Arduino and ~/.arduino15, but everytime I try to start the IDE, it terminates after the loading window disappears with a traceback.

arduino
Picked up JAVA_TOOL_OPTIONS: 
Set log4j store directory /home/leonixyz/.arduino15
java.lang.NullPointerException: Cannot invoke "processing.app.debug.TargetBoard.getContainerPlatform()" because "board" is null
	at processing.app.Base.rebuildProgrammerMenu(Base.java:1705)
	at processing.app.Base.<init>(Base.java:286)
	at processing.app.Base.main(Base.java:150)

I had arduino-cli installed as well, but now I unistalled it. I cannot find anything useful in ~/.config ~/.cache ~/.local

Last edited by leonixyz (2021-01-15 09:51:49)

ewaller

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Registered: 2009-07-13

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Re: [SOLVED] Unable to start Arduino IDE

What is the output of archlinux-java status
?

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leonixyz

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Registered: 2014-07-12

Posts: 62

Re: [SOLVED] Unable to start Arduino IDE

Available Java environments:
  java-15-openjdk (default)

twelveeighty

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From: Alberta, Canada

Registered: 2011-09-04

Posts: 1,096

Re: [SOLVED] Unable to start Arduino IDE

Is it this Known issue?

ewaller

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From: Pasadena, CA

Registered: 2009-07-13

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Re: [SOLVED] Unable to start Arduino IDE

twelveeighty may be right.  But, I have also had problems in which the Arduino IDE wants one JDK, and other programs wand another (Android studio).  I don't remember which is which and I am not in front of my Arch Box.  I'll try to remember to look into this this evening (UTC-8) [assuming I am not up to my ears in a plumbing repair job in my kitchen ]

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CrunchyPlasma

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Registered: 2021-01-16

Posts: 1

Re: [SOLVED] Unable to start Arduino IDE

I just had the same issue. Checking the install path and arduino man page I found that the cause of the issue was that there were no boards defined in the hardware directory, hence the error. The solution is to install the arduino-avr-core package. This should add the neccesary files for the IDE to run.

sigvald

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Registered: 2017-12-20

Posts: 11

Re: [SOLVED] Unable to start Arduino IDE

Thank you CrunchyPlasma. Installing "arduino-avr-core" was what was needed.

Adolfoj

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Registered: 2020-08-15

Posts: 5

Re: [SOLVED] Unable to start Arduino IDE

I have installed arduino-avr-core but still I'm unable to start Arduino.

Adolfoj

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Registered: 2020-08-15

Posts: 5

Re: [SOLVED] Unable to start Arduino IDE

Well, I found out that arduino-avr-core was installed, but not its dependencies. That was the problem. Thanks!

YAy

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Registered: 2021-02-26

Posts: 1

Re: [SOLVED] Unable to start Arduino IDE

Thanks so much CrunchyPlasma arduino-avr-core fix my problem

sage051

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Registered: 2020-06-29

Posts: 1

Re: [SOLVED] Unable to start Arduino IDE

yes installing `arduino-avr-core` solved my problem. now i'm wondering, if it is a requirement then why doesn't the wiki say it at the beginning or rather install it automatically with the `arduino` package.