Error installing dummy

[jerryc05]

A fresh install of vscode-arduino v0.4.3 and a fresh install of arduino-cli of nightly-20210714 Commit: e7d4eaab Date: 2021-07-14T01:21:31Z

When I clicked Refresh Library Index, I got these error in the OUTPUT panel:

[Starting] Update package index files...
dummy

 0 / ?    0.00%
Updating index: library_index.json.gz downloaded

 0 / 542    0.00%
Updating index: library_index.json.sig downloaded

 0 / 399148    0.00%
Updating index: package_index.json downloaded

 0 / 543    0.00%
Updating index: package_index.json.sig downloaded
Downloading missing tool builtin:[email protected]...

 0 / 116455    0.00%
builtin:[email protected] downloaded
Installing builtin:[email protected]...
builtin:[email protected] installed
Downloading missing tool builtin:[email protected]...

 0 / 1709333    0.00%
builtin:[email protected] downloaded
Installing builtin:[email protected]...
builtin:[email protected] installed
Invalid argument passed: invalid item dummy
[Error] Exit with code=7

[Starting] Update library index files...
Error installing dummy: Error resolving dependencies for dummy@: looking for library: library dummy not found
[Done] Updated library index files.

[odahcam]

Any workarounds on that?

[strazto]

Related #1388

@odahcam yep, heres one #1388 (comment)

I had the same error output:

[Starting] Update package index files...
dummy
Invalid argument passed: invalid item dummy
[Error] Exit with code=7

This is what I did to workaround the issue:

1. Added the additional urls directly to `arduino-cli` config by executing:

arduino-cli config init --additional-urls https://raw.githubusercontent.com/espressif/arduino-esp32/gh-pages/package_esp32_index.json

2. Executed `arduino-cli core update-index`. You'll see the following output:

Updating index: package_index.json downloaded                                                                                                                   
Updating index: package_index.json.sig downloaded                                                                                                               
Updating index: package_esp32_index.json downloaded

After performing the above, I could view the esp32 package in in the Arduino Board Manager and install it successfully.

My settings.json

{
    "arduino.path": "/opt/homebrew/bin/",
    "arduino.useArduinoCli": true,
    "arduino.commandPath": "arduino-cli",
    "arduino.additionalUrls": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/espressif/arduino-esp32/gh-pages/package_esp32_index.json"
}

Mac OS 11.6.2 (Big Sur) on M1 VS Code 1.63.2 VS Code Arduino Extension 0.4.8 preview Arduino CLI 0.20.2 installed using Homebrew

Hope this helps.