Arduino: Configuring on Linux

You want to install the Arduino development environment on a linux machine: there is the standard download and there are distro-specific installers available. There are also some instruction on setting up your environment linked from the official pages.

The route I followed on my usual distro (Centos 6) was to install Java, then the Arduino download. There were still a couple of non-functioning parts: errors from the rxtx library about lockfiles and greyed out serial port menu in the Arduino IDE.

These are RedHat/Fedora/Centos permissions issues that can be resolved easily:

* edit /etc/group

* add your username to the uucp, lock and dialout groups

That should fix it by giving your user the required access to the computer's lock directory and serial ports