Hello Phillip,
For what it is worth, I was able to clone from your git repo, build the application, and create a .deb for Arduino IDE 1.8.8 without issue.
Best regards,
Kashif
> Hello Carsten,
>
> as I see the arduino-builder is for a completely different task.
> arduino-package is for downloading Arduino IDE as ZIP file and
> automatically building a Debian package (very similar to java-package).
>
> I try to contact the maintainers of arduino-builder.
>
> Regards,
> Philipp
> Am 25.02.19 um 11:59 schrieb Carsten Schoenert:
> > Hello Phillip,
> >
> > Am 25.02.19 um 09:12 schrieb Philipp Meisberger:
> >> Package: wnpp
> >> Severity: wishlist
> >> Owner: Philipp Meisberger <
team@pm-codeworks.de>
> >>
> >> * Package name : arduino-package
> >> Version : 1.0
> >> Upstream Author : Philipp Meisberger <
team@pm-codeworks.de>
> >> * URL :
https://github.com/philippmeisberger/arduino-package> >> * License : D-FSL
> >> Programming Lang: Shell
> >> Description : Utility for creating Arduino Debian packages
> >>
> >> This package provides the capability to build a Debian package from
> >> an Arduino binary distribution by running make-arduinopkg <Arduino
> >> archive file>. Download the archive file from
https://www.arduino.cc> >>
> >> This package is a good addition to Debian since there seems no such
> >> application. I often use it. The package is no dependency for other
> >> packages. I am looking for a sponsor.
> > there exists already a package arduino-builder within the Electronics
> > team which does mostly the same as you probably intended to solve by
> > your package.
> >
> >
https://salsa.debian.org/electronics-team/arduino/arduino-builder> >
> > I suggest to get in contact with the people which do currently
> > maintaining this existing package.
> >
>