Installing boards from the command line - howto ?

[udoklein]

Today I added Travis testing to my library project (https://github.com/udoklein/dcf77/blob/travis/.travis.yml), https://travis-ci.org/udoklein/dcf77. I also want to include ARM /Arduino Due support. However the ARM boards are not predefined by the IDE. I found an article for including ESP8266 https://tzapu.com/automate-arduino-ide-esp8266-build-testing-travisci/. So the IDE does provide a command line interface to add board support from the command line like so

arduino --install-boards ...

Where can I find the proper parameters for this option to have Arduino Due available and how to I specifiy the Due as a compile target from the command line?

[udoklein]

I also asked this in the Arduino Forum here: http://forum.arduino.cc/index.php?topic=468993

[aido]

Hi Udo,

The following command will install the Arduino Due board:

./arduino --install-boards arduino:sam

and this command will build a sketch for the Arduino Due board:

./arduino --verbose --verify --board arduino:sam:arduino_due_x <sketch name>

[udoklein]

Great. This raises the next question though. How / where do I learn these parameters for other boards?

[aido]

Hi Udo,

The board names are in a boards.txt file which on Linux can be found in the arduino install directory at:
./hardware/arduino/avr/boards.txt
or in the case of the manually installed SAM boards at:
~/.arduino15/packages/arduino/hardware/sam/<version>/boards.txt

On Windows this file is in:
%LOCALAPPDATA%\Arduino15\packages\arduino\hardware

[udoklein]

Thanks!

[luisangelcg007]

Great. This raises the next question though. How / where do I learn these parameters for other boards?

Here you can learn more about cmd command for arduino:
https://github.com/arduino/Arduino/blob/master/build/shared/manpage.adoc