ArduinoCLI additional urls fails

[albydnc]

When passing the additionalUrls setting, the board manager can't update and the terminal says:

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

Tried with a single string and in an array, same results.
My settings.json is:

{
    "arduino.path": "/home/albertoperro/bin/",
    "arduino.commandPath": "arduino-cli",
    "arduino.useArduinoCli": true,
    "arduino.additionalUrls": "https://dl.espressif.com/dl/package_esp32_index.json"
}

VSCode version 1.62.3 ccbaa2d27e38e5afa3e5c21c1c7bef4657064247 x64
Arduino extension version v0.4.8 preview
Arduino CLI version arduino-cli alpha Version: 0.19.3 Commit: 12f1afc2 Date: 2021-10-12T10:15:19Z

[joybanerjee08]

I had this same issue.
I think this was the line which was causing the error in my case.
Installing Arduino IDE and removing CLI, then modifying the path to IDE fixed my problem.

[phan-t]

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.

[isharris]

Thanks @phan-t worked like a charm on ubuntu

[strazto]

#1388 (comment)

I think this was the line which was causing the error in my case.

I think you're right about that, I quickly searched the extension's code for dummy and that line hasn't been touched in 6 years and specifically mentions the IDE.

Installing Arduino IDE and removing CLI, then modifying the path to IDE fixed my problem.

Although I can see how that would get around it, it's probably not the ideal workaround, especially due to #1477 currently requiring the CLI as a workaround if 2.0 is installed

#1388 (comment) is probably the best, and I might try submitting a PR to fix later

[brunoga]

Any updates on this? I am trying to use the bundled arduino-cli so the suggestion here does not work (I mean, I do not know what is the path to use for arduino-cli in that case).

[MatthewSteeves]

Re: location of bundled arduino-cli, if on Windows, check under:
C:\Users\YOUR_USERNAME\.vscode\extensions\vsciot-vscode.vscode-arduino-0.5.0-win32-x64\assets\platform\win32-x64\arduino-cli

[IPlayZed]

So basically, you guys want to move to the bundled arduino-cli in the future, and it does not work if one adds custom boards... What a great idea.

[benmcmorran]

Can you try switching to the pre-release version? It includes #1611 which should fix this issue. I'll try to get another official release out soon.

[benmcmorran]

I just published non-pre-release version 0.6.0 to the marketplace as well, which also includes #1611.

[BrettThePark]

This appears to still be broken as of v0.6.230727001

[SergioGCarvalho]

if using mac don't forget ide permissions #1681 (comment)

[Anaphase]

@SergioGCarvalho thank you so much, that did the trick for me!