How to setup an Arduino Uno board in Gentoo

andrewwalker27 · Guru Joined: 27 Jun 2005 Posts: 519

Still can't get it working! I've started from scratch and done the following

Installed crossdev-20120531
emerge sys-devel/crossdev
and
crossdev -t avr
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* crossdev version: 20120531
* Host Portage ARCH: amd64
* Target Portage ARCH: *
* Target System: avr
* Stage: 4 (C/C++ compiler)
* ABIs: default

* binutils: binutils-[latest]
* gcc: gcc-[latest]
* libc: avr-libc-[latest]

* CROSSDEV_OVERLAY: /var/lib/layman/rion
* PORT_LOGDIR: /var/log/portage
* PORTAGE_CONFIGROOT:
* Portage flags:
_ - ~ - _ - ~ - _ - ~ - _ - ~ - _ - ~ - _ - ~ - _ - ~ - _ - ~ - _ - ~ - _ - ~ - _ - ~ - _ - ~ - _ -
* leaving metadata/layout.conf alone in /var/lib/layman/rion
_ - ~ - _ - ~ - _ - ~ - _ - ~ - _ - ~ - _ - ~ - _ - ~ - _ - ~ - _ - ~ - _ - ~ - _ - ~ - _ - ~ - _ -
* Log: /var/log/portage/cross-avr-binutils.log
* Emerging cross-binutils ... [ ok ]
* Log: /var/log/portage/cross-avr-gcc-stage1.log
* Emerging cross-gcc-stage1 ... [ ok ]
* Log: /var/log/portage/cross-avr-avr-libc.log
* Emerging cross-avr-libc ... [ ok ]
* Log: /var/log/portage/cross-avr-gcc-stage2.log
* Emerging cross-gcc-stage2 ... [ ok ]

Installed dev-embedded/arduino-1.0 USE="java"
emerge arduino

Installed rxtx-2.2_pre2
emerge -1 rxtx

Installed avrdude
emerge -1 avrdude-5.11.1

and checked I'm in the right groups. I can now select Uno and /dev/ttyACM0 and when I select upload I get no errors and all the correct lights light up on the Arduino only the code doesn't work. I also get the same result with a Duemilanove.
I'm only using the blink example sketch but I just get the onboard pin 13 led permanently lit, it should blink but doesn't! I've tried other Arduino boards and they work ok when I use my laptop with Ubuntu but Gentoo seems to not work correctly.
Any ideas anyone?

yngwin · Posted: Wed Jul 04, 2012 9:29 am Post subject:

It would be nice if you guys add the information from this thread to the Gentoo Wiki!
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shimbob · n00b Joined: 13 Sep 2003 Posts: 38

I just discovered after much head-wall contact that having the sabayon-distro overlay enabled will cause the 'crossdev avr' step to fail. It was complaining about masked packages and "missing IUSE: libffi". Disabled the sabayon-distro overlay and now it's happy.

[edit]
Sigh.. for several hours now I have been trying to install arduino:

cwc

Thank you for the thread! I just purchased an Arduino Uno and I'm trying to set up my Gentoo (Funtoo) box to run the IDE.
azzerare ~ # uname -a
Linux azzerare 3.2.12-gentoo #3 SMP Fri Apr 13 05:16:30 PDT 2012 x86_64 AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3400+ AuthenticAMD GNU/Linux

I'm stuck here.
!!! All ebuilds that could satisfy "dev-embedded/uisp" have been masked.
!!! One of the following masked packages is required to complete your request:
- dev-embedded/uisp-20050207-r1::gentoo (masked by: ~amd64 keyword)

This is my /etc/portage/package.unmask

>=dev-java/rxtx-9999
>=dev-embedded/uisp-9999

package.unmask is the only /etc/portage/ file I have not put in a directory.

Here is the error:
emerge arduino
Calculating dependencies... done!

!!! All ebuilds that could satisfy "dev-embedded/uisp" have been masked.
!!! One of the following masked packages is required to complete your request:
- dev-embedded/uisp-20050207-r1::gentoo (masked by: ~amd64 keyword)

(dependency required by "dev-embedded/arduino-1.0[java]" [ebuild])
(dependency required by "arduino" [argument])
For more information, see the MASKED PACKAGES section in the emerge
man page or refer to the Gentoo Handbook.

Any ideas?
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rockdw · n00b Joined: 19 Sep 2003 Posts: 22

My system is a 32bit setup, but I just bypassed all the compiling and grabbed the tarball from arduino.cc:

http://arduino.cc/en/Main/Software

Set up the user to be in the uucp,tty and usb groups and just ran the arduino binary in the arduino-1.0.1 directory. That has worked just fine for me with my Duemilanove and took about two minutes to set up. No fuss, no muss.

Just because gentoo is a "from source" distro, that doesn't mean you always have to do that for everything on it. Sometimes using a binary is ok. ;-)

cwc · Posted: Sun Aug 26, 2012 11:16 pm Post subject:

rockdw · n00b Joined: 19 Sep 2003 Posts: 22

Cool. I'll be interested to hear how it works out.

Good luck. :-)

cwc · Posted: Sat Sep 01, 2012 3:02 pm Post subject:

cwc · Posted: Fri Sep 07, 2012 11:40 am Post subject:

oliv3r · n00b Joined: 06 Jan 2013 Posts: 12

I've found a few posts dating back to 2009/2010 running into the same bug:

_______0 · Guru Joined: 15 Oct 2012 Posts: 333

Does gentoo have an overlay for gnoduion?

http://gnome.eu.org/index.php/Gnoduino

The only things to take care are these:

oliv3r · n00b Joined: 06 Jan 2013 Posts: 12

I would suppose there is an overlay.

In any case, this thread was about one of the dependencies and whether is bugged on Gentoo or flawed by design

I guess if nobody can respond on this thread whether it is; i'll just open a bug report about it.