How to Install Arduino IDE 1.6.12 on Ubuntu

    Arduino is an open-source prototyping platform based on easy-to-use hardware and software. Arduino boards are able to read inputs - light on a sensor, a finger on a button, or a Twitter message - and turn it into an output - activating a motor, turning on an LED, publishing something online. You can tell your board what to do by sending a set of instructions to the microcontroller on the board.
 

Arduino IDE 1.6.12 Changelog
[ide]
 Refactor Editor code, solving some long standing bugs and cleaning up everything.
 Add initial Cloud API integration. When plugging a new board, if an additional core is needed, the user will be prompted to install it
 Improved examples menu organization.
 Recompiled arduino-builder with Go 1.7.1 to avoid crash on OSX Sierra

[core]
 avr: Add support for internal 2.56V and 2.56V ext. cap analog references on the ATtiny25/45/85.
 Added String::toDouble().
 Update to avrdude 6.3 with patch to ignore unused fuses (burn bootloader works also wih outdated cores)


Installation instructions:

1. Download the latest packages, Linux 32-bit or Linux 64-bit, from the official link below:  www.arduino.cc/en/Main/Software

2. Open terminal from Unity Dash, App Launcher, or via Ctrl+Alt+T keys. When it opens, run below commands one by one:

$ cd ~/Downloads $ tar -xvf arduino-1.6.12-*.tar.xz $ sudo mv arduino-1.6.12 /opt $ cd /opt/arduino-1.6.12/ $ chmod +x install.sh $ ./install.sh

Finally, launch Arduino IDE from Unity Dash, Application Launcher, or via Desktop shortcut.