Building Arduino -

[rtek1000]

Hi,

I've tried following the instructions in this link below, but it should be for compilation experts, because it is summarized.
https://github.com/arduino/Arduino/wiki/Building-Arduino

I see a part that says 1GB of download, but it only has 84MB. (So how to get all 1GB?)

(Note: The download size is greater than 1GB and might hog all your bandwidth for a long while if your download speed is slow, such as a dialup connection or anything below 8mbps)

I suggest that the instructions be reviewed and, if possible, more detailed.

I found these instructions that may be useful for others who are not so familiar with this build type:

Windows:
https://www.instructables.com/id/Build-Arduino-IDE-From-GIT-Sources-on-Windows/

Ubuntu:
https://www.instructables.com/id/Build-Arduino-From-GIT-Sources-on-Ubuntu-1604/

Thank you.

[per1234]

Thanks for pointing out that outdated information about the download size! The recommended clone command was updated to use the --depth 1 option to make the download smaller. This is why your download was only 84 MB instead of > 1 GB, as it would have been without the --depth 1 option.

I have updated the documentation accordingly:
https://github.com/arduino/Arduino/wiki/Building-Arduino/_compare/e418c070869ca1217619675ce45e2b24b0cf36b5...396466d9d3713086ebe76215367d195d33f15676

[rtek1000]

Hi,

Thank you.

I explained a little bit (the steps I needed to do):

(# are comments)
($ are commands, ignore the charactere $, because $ is the prompt from cygwin console, only for reference)
(e.g. meaning: for example)

# download java 8 JDK for Windows (e.g. "1.8.0_202", select correct version, x64 or x32) and install (in Windows system)
# to check: open CMD.exe and type: wmic os get osarchitecture
# https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/jdk8-downloads-2133151.html
# to check: (after install) open the program from start menu (or run from WinKey+R) CMD.exe and type java -version

# download ant apache (select correct version for the java JDK version (8): e.g. apache-ant-1.10.5-bin.zip), and extract to Windows locale e.g. c:\apache-ant-1.10.5-bin
# https://ant.apache.org/bindownload.cgi

# download cygwin for Windows (select correct version)
# x64: https://www.cygwin.com/setup-x86_64.exe
# x32: https://www.cygwin.com/setup-x86.exe

# run cygwin setup-*.exe, (view: full; search by words, one by one), select the packages versions and install
# packages (select): git, make, mingw64-x86_64-gcc-g++, perl, unzip, zip
# default packages (check/select): coreutils, gzip, tar
# optional packages (select): openssh, nano

# run cygwin console (Desktop shortcut) and run commands below

# goto /home/user path (optional)
$cd ~

# default editor: vi (basic usage: https://www.cs.colostate.edu/helpdocs/vi.html) 
# to use nano editor (selected from cygwin setup):
$git config --global core.editor "nano"

# To grabs the code from GitHub as an anonymous user, edit the file. (.gitconfig file in your home directory, you can see this hidden file using: ls -a)
$git config --global --edit
[user]
        name = xxx
        email = xxx@users.noreply.github.com
[core]
        autocrlf = input
[push]
        default = current

# get sources
$git clone https://github.com/arduino/Arduino.git

# ($git clone... for 1st time only, or use: '$git pull' to get updates)

# set JAVA_HOME
# tip: run CMD.exe (from Windows) and type 'dir /x' to see short names
$export JAVA_HOME=/cygdrive/c/PROGRA~1/Java/jdk1.8.0_202/

# set ANT_HOME
# tip: run CMD.exe (from Windows) and type 'dir /x' to see short names
$export ANT_HOME=/cygdrive/c/APACHE~1.5-B/

# set PATH (multiple references need separator ':')
$export PATH=${PATH}:${ANT_HOME}/bin:${JAVA_HOME}/bin

# to check ant: after set PATH in cygwin type: ant -version

# go to /home/user/Arduino/build path
$cd ~/Arduino

# to compile (from /home/user/Arduino/build path)
$ant clean dist -Dplatform=windows

# to run
$ant run

# optional command for MAC: $ant clean dist -Dplatform=macosx

# optional command for Linux: $ant clean dist -Dplatform=macosx-java-latest

P.s. if you need to delete an entire folder:
$rm -rf folder

Source (Cygwin/Bash Command Reference):
http://faculty.nps.edu/kmsquire/cs2900/cygwin/fwcygwinref.pdf

[facchinm]

@rtek1000 as per today's master, the only needed tools are ant (to build) and git (to clone the repo). Cygwin is not needed anymore since we merged #8682

[rtek1000]

Hi,

Thanks for comment.

Is not Cygwin necessary or does it not work?

Since I was with the programs installed and the packages downloaded, I tried compiling (using Cygwin), but it can not run, it just opens the splash window quickly, and it does not open the IDE after the splash closes.

BUILD SUCCESSFUL
Total time: 14 minutes 52 seconds

log-cygwin.txt

[rtek1000]

Hi,

Without Cygwin returns error (PowerShell):

PS C:\cygwin64\home\UserZ\Arduino\build> ant clean dist -Dplatform=windows
Buildfile: C:\cygwin64\home\UserZ\Arduino\build\build.xml

subprojects-clean:

clean:
[delete] Deleting directory C:\cygwin64\home\UserZ\Arduino\arduino-core\bin
[delete] Deleting: C:\cygwin64\home\UserZ\Arduino\arduino-core\arduino-core.jar

clean:
[delete] Deleting directory C:\cygwin64\home\UserZ\Arduino\app\bin
[delete] Deleting: C:\cygwin64\home\UserZ\Arduino\app\pde.jar

linux-clean:

windows-clean:
[delete] Deleting directory C:\cygwin64\home\UserZ\Arduino\build\windows\work

macosx-clean:

BUILD FAILED
C:\cygwin64\home\UserZ\Arduino\build\build.xml:381: java.nio.file.InvalidPathException: Illegal char <> at index 52: C:\cygwin64\home\UserZ\Arduino\build\macosx\arduino-.dmg
at sun.nio.fs.WindowsPathParser.normalize(WindowsPathParser.java:182)
at sun.nio.fs.WindowsPathParser.parse(WindowsPathParser.java:153)
at sun.nio.fs.WindowsPathParser.parse(WindowsPathParser.java:77)
at sun.nio.fs.WindowsPath.parse(WindowsPath.java:94)
at sun.nio.fs.WindowsFileSystem.getPath(WindowsFileSystem.java:255)
at java.io.File.toPath(File.java:2234)
at org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.Delete.isDanglingSymlink(Delete.java:879)
at org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.Delete.execute(Delete.java:615)
at org.apache.tools.ant.UnknownElement.execute(UnknownElement.java:292)
at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor4.invoke(Unknown Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
at org.apache.tools.ant.dispatch.DispatchUtils.execute(DispatchUtils.java:99)
at org.apache.tools.ant.Task.perform(Task.java:350)
at org.apache.tools.ant.Target.execute(Target.java:449)
at org.apache.tools.ant.Target.performTasks(Target.java:470)
at org.apache.tools.ant.Project.executeSortedTargets(Project.java:1388)
at org.apache.tools.ant.Project.executeTarget(Project.java:1361)
at org.apache.tools.ant.helper.DefaultExecutor.executeTargets(DefaultExecutor.java:41)
at org.apache.tools.ant.Project.executeTargets(Project.java:1251)
at org.apache.tools.ant.Main.runBuild(Main.java:834)
at org.apache.tools.ant.Main.startAnt(Main.java:223)
at org.apache.tools.ant.launch.Launcher.run(Launcher.java:284)
at org.apache.tools.ant.launch.Launcher.main(Launcher.java:101)

Total time: 9 seconds
PS C:\cygwin64\home\UserZ\Arduino\build>

cmd.exe:

C:\cygwin64\home\UserZ\Arduino\build\build.xml:381: java.nio.file.InvalidPathException: Illegal char <> at index 52: C:\cygwin64\home\UserZ\Arduino\build\macosx\arduino-.dmg
at sun.nio.fs.WindowsPathParser.normalize(WindowsPathParser.java:182)
at sun.nio.fs.WindowsPathParser.parse(WindowsPathParser.java:153)
at sun.nio.fs.WindowsPathParser.parse(WindowsPathParser.java:77)
at sun.nio.fs.WindowsPath.parse(WindowsPath.java:94)
at sun.nio.fs.WindowsFileSystem.getPath(WindowsFileSystem.java:255)
at java.io.File.toPath(File.java:2234)
at org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.Delete.isDanglingSymlink(Delete.java:879)
at org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.Delete.execute(Delete.java:615)
at org.apache.tools.ant.UnknownElement.execute(UnknownElement.java:292)
at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor4.invoke(Unknown Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
at org.apache.tools.ant.dispatch.DispatchUtils.execute(DispatchUtils.java:99)
at org.apache.tools.ant.Task.perform(Task.java:350)
at org.apache.tools.ant.Target.execute(Target.java:449)
at org.apache.tools.ant.Target.performTasks(Target.java:470)
at org.apache.tools.ant.Project.executeSortedTargets(Project.java:1388)
at org.apache.tools.ant.Project.executeTarget(Project.java:1361)
at org.apache.tools.ant.helper.DefaultExecutor.executeTargets(DefaultExecutor.java:41)
at org.apache.tools.ant.Project.executeTargets(Project.java:1251)
at org.apache.tools.ant.Main.runBuild(Main.java:834)
at org.apache.tools.ant.Main.startAnt(Main.java:223)
at org.apache.tools.ant.launch.Launcher.run(Launcher.java:284)
at org.apache.tools.ant.launch.Launcher.main(Launcher.java:101)

Total time: 1 second

C:\cygwin64\home\UserZ\Arduino\build>

[rtek1000]

Java and ant versions:

C:\cygwin64\home\UserZ\Arduino\build>java -version
java version "1.8.0_202"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_202-b08)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.202-b08, mixed mode)

C:\cygwin64\home\UserZ\Arduino\build>ant -version
Apache Ant(TM) version 1.10.5 compiled on July 10 2018

C:\cygwin64\home\UserZ\Arduino\build>

[rtek1000]

This splash error appeared to be in the preferences file. Just rename it to another name, and the IDE opened and created another file.

Thank you.