How to install latest Arduino IDE?

Arduino IDE is installable with Ubuntu Make:

1. Install Ubuntu Make

   • for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS from official PPA ppa:lyzardking/ubuntu-make:

     sudo add-apt-repository ppa:lyzardking/ubuntu-make
     sudo apt-get update
     sudo apt-get install ubuntu-make
     

     PPA is needed because of two fact: package for 16.04 LTS does not support installation of Arduino.

   Note: umake from 18.04 Universe repo may fail installing arduino ide. If so, you will need to purge ubuntu-make and install from the PPA. If this is the case you will also need to delete ~/.local/share/umake with rm -rf ~/.local/share/umake. See this QA for more info.

   • for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and newer systems from universe repository:

     sudo apt-get update
     sudo apt-get install ubuntu-make
     

2. Install Arduino IDE with Ubuntu Make

   umake electronics arduino
   

   or for 18.04 (without PPA, may fail)

   umake ide arduino
   

   This will download Arduino IDE from official site and install it to ~/.local/share/umake/ide/arduino and set corresponding shortcuts and file associations for it.

   You can repeat this command again to get newer version.

Note: do not forget to add your user to dialout group with sudo usermod -a -G dialout $USER .