@@ -369,12 +369,47 @@ versions of the `PACKAGE`, 1.0.0 and 1.0.1. No `TOOLS` needed to be installed so
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370370Here is the Boards Manager entry created by the example: ![ Boards Manager screenshot] ( img/boards-manager-screenshot.png )
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372- ## Installation archive structure
372+ ## Archive structure
373+ 374+ It must contain a single folder in the root. All files and ` __MACOSX ` folder present in the root will be ignored.
375+ 376+ Valid structure
377+ ```
378+ .
379+ └── avr/
380+ ├── bootloaders
381+ ├── cores
382+ ├── firmwares
383+ ├── libraries
384+ ├── variants
385+ ├── boards.txt
386+ ├── platform.txt
387+ └── programmers.txt
388+ ```
389+ 390+ Invalid structure:
391+ ```
392+ .
393+ ├── avr/
394+ │ ├── ...
395+ │ ├── boards.txt
396+ │ ├── platform.txt
397+ │ └── programmers.txt
398+ ├── folder2
399+ └── folder3
400+ ```
401+ 402+ ** Note** : the folder structure of the core archive is slightly different from the standard manually installed Arduino IDE 1.5+
403+ compatible hardware folder structure. You must remove the architecture folder(e.g., ` avr ` or ` arm ` ), moving all the
404+ files and folders within the architecture folder up a level.
405+ 406+ 407+ ### Installation
373408
374409The installation archives contain the Board support files.
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376411Supported formats are ` .zip ` , ` .tar.bz2 ` , and ` .tar.gz ` . Starting from Arduino CLI >=0.30.0 support for ` .tar.xz ` , and
377- ` .tar.zst ` has been added, by the way, if you want to keep compatiblity with older versions of Arduino IDE and Arduino
412+ ` .tar.zst ` has been added, by the way, if you want to keep compatibility with older versions of Arduino IDE and Arduino
378413CLI we recommend using one of the older formats.
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380415The folder structure of the core archive is slightly different from the standard manually installed Arduino IDE 1.5+
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