Making sure the Linux installation registers the programmers to avoid using SUDO when burning a bootloader
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Description
The current linux installer (not the Arduino one, but the one included in the software repository) includes a tool for registering the user in dialout, so that it is possible to upload without having to make that operation from command line.
I would suggest including that tool in the current linux installer as well as a script to do what is suggested at the following website:
http://academy.cba.mit.edu/content/tutorials/akf/embedded_programming_arduinoIDE.html
That registers usbtinyisp to work for the dialout group, what in turn, registers the user to be able of using it without SUDO. That should be done for all the programmers shipped by default with the IDE
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Research direction
Start by locating the current Linux installer and the existing tool that registers users in dialout, then compare the requested usbtinyisp setup with the linked tutorial. Done means the installer handles dialout registration for the programmers shipped by default so bootloader uploads work without sudo.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- linux
- Domain
- devops, operating-systems
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100