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Arduino

http://www.arduino.cc/playground/Linux/Fedora - check this first

Fedora 10/12

  1. install JRE 6
    1. get the bin, install to ~/bin
    2. export java_home:
      export JAVA_HOME=~/bin/jre1.6.0_17
export PATH=$JAVA_HOME/bin:$PATH
    3. install:
      yum install compat-libstdc++-33 compat-libstdc++-296
    4. test:
      java -version
which java
  2. install fedora things:
    yum install uisp avr-libc avr-gcc avr-gcc-c++ avr-binutils rxtx avrdude
  3. install? not sure if needed: <code>yum install libusb.i386</code>
  4. add the following udev rules to /etc/udev/rules.d/09-arduino.rules:
    SUBSYSTEMS=="usb", ATTRS{product}=="FT232R USB UART", ATTRS{idProduct}=="6001", ATTRS{idVendor}=="0403", SYMLINK+="arduino arduino_$attr{serial}"
SUBSYSTEMS=="usb", ATTRS{product}=="ARDUINO NANO",    ATTRS{idProduct}=="6001", ATTRS{idVendor}=="0403", SYMLINK+="arduino arduino_nano_$attr{serial}"
  5. install arduino: http://arduino.googlecode.com/files/arduino-0017.tgz
  6. fix librxtxSerial.so, RXTXcomm.jar, and avrdude: 
    cd <arduino-dir>/lib
mv librxtxSerial.so librxtxSerial.so.orig
mv RXTXcomm.jar RXTXcomm.jar.orig
ln -s /usr/share/java/RXTXcomm.jar .
ln -s /usr/lib64/rxtx/librxtxSerial.so .
cd ../hardware/tools/
mv avrdude avrdude.orig
ln -s /usr/bin/avrdude .
  7. add yourself to the uucp, lock, and dialout groups
  8. run the arduino script as root

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