[Resolved] Can't download json - is there an alternative please?

Development Tools IDE 1.x
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Hi,

I've recently bought a Flora (v1) & 9DOF to do some measurements, however our hospital IT department won't let me access the json file to add Adafruit Boards to my Arduino 1.8.3 IDE so I get "Error downloading https://adafruit.github.io/arduino-board-index/package_adafruit_index.json" when it tries to connect.

I read somewhere that a non-https version might work, so replaced the line in File > Preferences > Additional Boards Manager URLS: http://adafruit.github.io/arduino-board-index/package_adafruit_index.json, which results in Adafruit AVRBoards by Adafruit being listed in the Boards Manager. However when I click Install I get an "Error downloading https://adafruit.github.io/arduino-board-index/boards/adafruit-avr-1.4.12.tar.bz2" (full error report in attachment).

Please is there another way to add Flora to my boards to be able to program it?

Many thanks,
Caroline :slight_smile:

OS: Windows 7 64-bit

Error Adafruit Boards.txt (8.04 KB)

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You can do a manual installation:

  • (In the Arduino IDE) Open File > Preferences
  • Note the path shown in the Sketchbook location option
  • Click "Cancel"
  • Create this folder structure (where {Sketchbook folder} is the path you noted in Preferences):

{Sketchbook folder}
|_hardware
|_adafruit
|_avr

After doing that you will find the Adafruit boards under the Tools > Board menu.

Let me know if you encounter any problems.

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Hi pert,

thanks for the suggestion, this looks hopeful :slight_smile: - I will have to get IT to download the zip file, but will give that a go on Tuesday when they're back in.

Thanks,
Caroline

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RESOLVED
Thank you very much :slight_smile:
This has worked, I can now see my extra boards :slight_smile:

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I'm glad to hear it worked. Enjoy!
Per