Arduino 0017 on 64-bit Ubuntu 9.04 and 9.10

Edit: This post isn’t really relevant anymore—Arduino 0018 has a 64 bit binary. Original post follows.

Update 2009-12-25: these instructions work on both 9.10 Karmic and 9.04 Jaunty.

1. Install all dependencies:

   sudo apt-get install sun-java6-jre gcc-avr avr-libc ia32-libs librxtx-java

2. Download 32-bit version of Arduino 0017: [download]
3. Extract it and navigate to the lib/ directory. Delete RXTXcomm.jar and librxtxSerial.so.
4. Go back to the main directory and open the arduino script in a text editor. Replace its contents with:

   #!/bin/sh
    
   APPDIR="$(dirname -- "${0}")"
    
   for LIB in \
       java/lib/rt.jar \
       java/lib/tools.jar \
       lib/*.jar \
       ;
   do
       CLASSPATH="${CLASSPATH}:${APPDIR}/${LIB}:/usr/share/java/RXTXcomm.jar"
   done
   export CLASSPATH
    
   LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib:`pwd`/lib:${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}
   export LD_LIBRARY_PATH
    
   export PATH="${APPDIR}/java/bin:${PATH}"
    
   java -Dswing.defaultlaf=com.sun.java.swing.plaf.gtk.GTKLookAndFeel processing.app.Base

---

Note:
The Serial Monitor in the Arduino IDE doesn’t work. As a replacement, you can install screen with:

sudo apt-get install screen

To start screen for use with an Arduino, run this command:

screen /dev/ttyUSB0 9600

Replace /dev/ttyUSB0 with the location of your serial port and 9600 with the baud rate you’re using.

To quit screen, press Ctrl-a then press k. You must quit screen before you can upload a program via the Arduino IDE.