Download Arduino for Galileo
Make sure you grab the option that matches your operating system – there are versions available for
Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux (32 or 64-bit).
The download is about 100MB, and comes as an archived (zip or tgz) file. The next step, “installing”,
amounts to unzipping the folder properly.
Install the Arduino IDE for Galileo
Both Mac and Windows versions of the IDE software are delivered in a
ZIP
format. You’ll need to
unzip that archive in order to use the software, but be careful where and how you unzip it!
Windows Install
Windows
users should unzip the file to the
top directory
of your drive (e.g. C:/). You can leave the
unzipped directory as named (
arduino-1.5.3
), or rename it to something descriptive, just make sure
there are
no spaces in the name
of the directory.
Examples Windows directory structure. The Arduino Galileo 1.5.3 software is installed at the top
level (C:/) of the drive.
Double-click, or run
Arduino.exe
to open up the Arduino IDE for Galileo.
Mac OS X Install
Mac users
should unzip application and move it into your
Applications folder
. You can rename the
application (to differentiate it from any other Arduino installs), but make sure there are
no spaces
in
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