Arduino CLI build tool dependencies are undocumented

[nbourre]

Describe the problem

After following the instructions to compile Arduino IDE under Windows, I stumbled on this error after running yarn.

arduino-ide-extension: <<< Checked out c8ff042.
arduino-ide-extension: >>> Building the CLI...
arduino-ide-extension: 'task' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
arduino-ide-extension: operable program or batch file.
arduino-ide-extension: error Command failed with exit code 1.
arduino-ide-extension: info Visit https://yarnpkg.com/en/docs/cli/run for documentation about this command.
arduino-ide-extension: error Command failed with exit code 1.
arduino-ide-extension: info Visit https://yarnpkg.com/en/docs/cli/run for documentation about this command.
lerna ERR! yarn run prepare exited 1 in 'arduino-ide-extension'
error Command failed with exit code 1.
info Visit https://yarnpkg.com/en/docs/cli/install for documentation about this command.

I'm unable to compile this project.

To reproduce

Call yarn in the Arduino IDE source code folder.

Expected behavior

Everything works until next step.

Arduino IDE version

Arduino IDE source code

Operating system

Windows

Operating system version

10.0.22623.741

Additional context

It's not a software bug but missing information in the developer guide.

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In addition to documenting this information, it would be helpful if the script that invokes task first checked if the executable was available in the system path (similar to the shell which builtin) and if not printed a helpful error message explaining that user must install the dependency.

Issue checklist

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• I verified the problem still occurs when using the latest nightly build
• My report contains all necessary details

[per1234]

Thanks for reporting this @nbourre. You are correct this is an undocumented development tool dependency. We'll be sure to add it to the Development Guide.

Please install Task by following the instructions here:

https://taskfile.dev/installation

(my own preferred approach is to simply download the binary from the "task_windows_amd64.zip" link under the "Assets" section of the Releases page)

After that, add the Task installation location to your system PATH by following the instructions here:

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/office/developer/sharepoint-2010/ee537574(v=office.14)

[nbourre]

Thanks @per1234. I fixed the Task missing executable, but this brings the following errors.

arduino-ide-extension: <<< Checked out c8ff042.
arduino-ide-extension: >>> Building the CLI...
arduino-ide-extension: "tr": executable file not found in $PATH
arduino-ide-extension: "grep": executable file not found in $PATH
arduino-ide-extension: "go": executable file not found in $PATH
arduino-ide-extension: "date": executable file not found in $PATH
arduino-ide-extension: "head": executable file not found in $PATH
arduino-ide-extension: task: [go:build] go build -v -ldflags ' -X github.com/arduino/arduino-cli/version.versionString=git-snapshot -X github.com/arduino/arduino-cli/version.commit=c8ff0425 -X github.com/arduino/arduino-cli/version.date= '
arduino-ide-extension: "go": executable file not found in $PATH
arduino-ide-extension: task: Failed to run task "go:build": exit status 127
arduino-ide-extension: error Command failed with exit code 1.
arduino-ide-extension: info Visit https://yarnpkg.com/en/docs/cli/run for documentation about this command.
arduino-ide-extension: error Command failed with exit code 1.
arduino-ide-extension: info Visit https://yarnpkg.com/en/docs/cli/run for documentation about this command.
lerna ERR! yarn run prepare exited 1 in 'arduino-ide-extension'
error Command failed with exit code 1.
info Visit https://yarnpkg.com/en/docs/cli/install for documentation about this command.

While searching these executable files, it seems they are related to Visual Studio Build Tools. Curiously, I do have Visual Studio 2019 installed on my machine.

I'm still missing go executable which I guess is related to the go programming language. So I installed it from here.

Installing go seems to have fixed the problem.

As a C# developer, it is quite impressive all the tools required to compile the source code! 😆