Install Arduino CLI on Ubuntu 20.04

Arduino CLI is a command line tool that allows to manage libraries, compile, verify and upload sketches to Arduino boards, or perform other operations related with Arduino ecosystem.

This tutorial shows how to install Arduino CLI on Ubuntu 20.04.

Install Arduino CLI

Download the latest tar.gz file from official Arduino website:

wget -qO arduino-cli.tar.gz https://downloads.arduino.cc/arduino-cli/arduino-cli_latest_Linux_64bit.tar.gz

Extract arduino-cli executable file from archive to /usr/local/bin directory.

sudo tar xf arduino-cli.tar.gz -C /usr/local/bin arduino-cli

Now arduino-cli command can be used all users as a system-wide command.

We can check Arduino CLI version:

arduino-cli version

Remove unnecessary tar.gz file:

rm -rf arduino-cli.tar.gz

Testing Arduino CLI

Arduino CLI supports various operations. For example, sketch new allows to create a new sketch for Arduino project.

arduino-cli sketch new helloworld

Command creates a new directory named helloworld which contains helloworld.ino file. It has basic code to start writing Arduino program.

helloworld/helloworld.ino

void setup() {
}

void loop() {
}

Uninstall Arduino CLI

If you want to completely remove Arduino CLI, delete executable file:

sudo rm -rf /usr/local/bin/arduino-cli

You can also remove Arduino CLI data directory:

rm -rf ~/.arduino15