Install Arduino support on Linux

Install version 1.6 or newer of the Arduino IDE from http://arduino.cc/download -- Unfortunately the version packaged in Ubuntu is too ancient to support Arduino's new way of doing 3rd-party hardware. I'm not aware of Ubuntu packages for 1.6 or 1.8

Assuming you're untarring in the download directory:

$ cd ~/Downloads
$ tar xvf ./arduino-1.6.3-linux64.tar.xz -C /usr/local/arduino
$ cd /usr/local/arduino
$ ./install.sh

To let Arduino talk to the device over the serial port, you'll need to be in the 'dialout' group.

From a shell:

$ groups 

If you see dialout in the list, you're good to go. If you don't, you'll have to add yourself and then get Linux to recognize the change in your current shell:

$ sudo adduser $USER dialout
$ su -  $USER

Now continue with the instructions from the Readme