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The arduino-builder app when invoked directly with parameter --tools /usr/bin works, but the IDE fails with the error in the title for any sketch (including the Blink example). I've

I've tried adding things to preferences.txt like

tools.path=/usr/bin

And variations, but I keep getting the same failure in the IDE. This is using a fresh distro package install on Fedora 27 (I did not have this problem previously using Fedora 25).

This happens with any sketch that passes syntax, such as the Blink example.

arduino-builder when invoked directly with parameter --tools /usr/bin works. I've tried adding things to preferences.txt like

tools.path=/usr/bin

And variations, but I keep getting the same failure in the IDE. This is using a fresh distro package install on Fedora 27 (I did not have this problem previously using Fedora 25).

This happens with any sketch that passes syntax, such as the Blink example.

The arduino-builder app when invoked directly with parameter --tools /usr/bin works, but the IDE fails with the error in the title for any sketch (including the Blink example).

I've tried adding things to preferences.txt like

tools.path=/usr/bin

And variations, but I keep getting the same failure in the IDE. This is using a fresh distro package install on Fedora 27 (I did not have this problem previously using Fedora 25).

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Arduino IDE fails on Fedora with arduino-builder error "Parameter 'tools' is mandatory"

arduino-builder when invoked directly with parameter --tools /usr/bin works. I've tried adding things to preferences.txt like

tools.path=/usr/bin

And variations, but I keep getting the same failure in the IDE. This is using a fresh distro package install on Fedora 27 (I did not have this problem previously using Fedora 25).

This happens with any sketch that passes syntax, such as the Blink example.