Document git master kaleidoscope builds for the arduino boards manager

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Jesse Vincent 4 years ago
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Snap: https://snapcraft.io/arduino
Arch: sudo pacman -S arduino
```
Unfortunately, the version packaged in Ubuntu is too ancient to support Arduino's new way of doing 3rd-party hardware.
Unfortunately, the version of the Arduino IDE packaged in Ubuntu is unmaintained and too old to use.
2. Assuming you're using the tar archive, and untarring in the download directory:
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$ sudo /etc/init.d/udev reload
```
For Arch based distributions the following command will be used instead of `sudo /etc/init.d/udev reload`
For Arch based distributions use the following command instead of `sudo /etc/init.d/udev reload`
```sh
$ sudo udevadm control --reload-rules && udevadm trigger
```
4. Then disconnect and reconnect the keyboard for that change to take effect.
4. Next, disconnect and reconnect your keyboard so that your computer will apply the changes.
## <a name="Arduino-Windows"></a>Install Arduino on Windows 10
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![](images/arduino-setup/open-preferences.png)
3. Paste the following url into the box labeled 'Additional Board Manager URLs':
3. To use released versions of Kaleidoscope, paste the following url into the box labeled 'Additional Board Manager URLs':
```
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/keyboardio/boardsmanager/master/package_keyboardio_index.json
```
If you would prefer to be able to install an 'up to the minute' build of the `master` branch of Kaleidoscope from git, use this URL:
```
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/keyboardio/arduino-kaleidoscope-master/main/package_kaleidoscope_master_index.json
```
As a warning: the `master` builds may be less stable than release builds.
![](images/arduino-setup/add-boards-manager-link.png)
4. Click OK to close the dialog

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