@avlapp

Describe the request

Provide some way of automatically configuring the Linux system for the Arduino IDE installation:

• Application menu item
• Application icon
• MIME types

This will be accomplished by generating a "desktop entry" file (.desktop file).

🙂 It will be more convenient for Linux users to use Arduino IDE.

Describe the current behavior

No installer is provided for the Linux build of Arduino IDE.

🙁 Users must launch Arduino IDE directly from the installation package or else figure out how to create the desktop entry manually.

Arduino IDE version

Original report

Not stated

Last verified with

117b2a4

Operating system

Linux

Operating system version

Any

Additional context

This is accomplished by Arduino IDE 1.x users by running the install.sh script that is included in the built package:

https://github.com/arduino/Arduino/blob/89539b1131f8cde9f7a83225f21c811071af53a8/build/linux/dist/install.sh

Related

• New Linux AppImage Launcher for gnomel #356
• Add application icon for Linux #131
• Improve Linux installation instructions or update install.sh with udev rules #951
• adding arduino-linux-setup.sh script Arduino#6053
• Linux DEB and RPM support #1711
• https://forum.arduino.cc/t/install-does-not-create-an-icon-anywhere-during-install/1344960

Additional requests

• https://forum.arduino.cc/t/problems-with-appimage-installation/1133440
• https://forum.arduino.cc/t/arduino-ide-2-very-poor-installer-for-linux/1200277
• https://forum.arduino.cc/t/ide-2-x-dont-work-on-ubuntu-24-04lts/1335638/8
• https://forum.arduino.cc/t/installing-arduino-2-3-4-on-latest-mint-linux-22-ubuntu-6-8-0-51-generic/1342302
• https://forum.arduino.cc/t/upgraded-linux-to-24-04-1-lts-how-to-restore-desktop-link/1351553
• https://forum.arduino.cc/t/auto-update-for-linux-distributions/1370607/3

Issue checklist

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