Arduino 1.8.5 does not work after install

The application does not start after install on RPI 3b running Raspbian Jessie.

I followed the instructions on https://www.arduino.cc/en/Guide/Linux, downloaded the ARM version, unpacked, built and installed all successfully.

I got the warning:

Adding desktop shortcut, menu item and file associations for Arduino IDE...
touch: cannot touch '/root/.local/share/applications/mimeapps.list': No such file or directory
/usr/bin/xdg-mime: 803: /usr/bin/xdg-mime: cannot create /root/.local/share/applications/mimeapps.list.new: Directory nonexistent
done!

Found this message in a few other issues posts but can't resolve the problem.

I tried to start the application from the Desktop, as well as from the command line and neither worked. Let me know if any more details would help.

Cheers.

Start with the Arduino IDE Linux installation instructions and reproduce the install on an RPI 3B running Raspbian Jessie. Compare launching from the Desktop with launching from the command line, and inspect the reported xdg-mime warning during installation. Done means the installed application starts successfully through both launch paths without the reported setup failure.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.