too much dependencies ?

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too much dependencies ?

Closed this issue 6 years ago · 12 comments

Hi,
thanks for this work on arduino-cli. I tried but I have a problem with tkinter.
Is it necessary to install so many modules ? Can we have a 'light' version please ?
Many thanks.

Answer 1 · 2019-01-13T13:27:34.000Z

agreed, I was trying to make a simple gui to check the server status, but it add so much bloat that I think too that it's a bad idea. A simple terminal will do, after all we can do ascii art :-)

Answer 2 · 2019-01-13T13:46:11.000Z

I just pushed a new version without this dependency. It should be light. In order to test, check the readme it's not accurate. I still need to check if it works on windows (correct path to arduino-cli.exe)

Answer 3 · 2019-01-13T19:38:16.000Z

I could test in few days I think. But as I know nothing in Python programming, I can't help but here is a project from a Blockly@rduino's contributor: https://github.com/nbremond77/rDuino-Compiler-Uploader-Server
Maybe this could help...

Answer 4 · 2019-01-14T08:58:21.000Z

I'll release something working probably today. I keep both versions, but I start to quite like nodejs to be honest :-) I can make binaries for the 3 platform (windows, linux, mac) with a simple command line, and it works well.

I'll post here when it's ready.

Answer 5 · 2019-01-14T13:14:30.000Z

first exe to test here : https://github.com/philippejadin/arduino-cli-agent/releases/tag/0.1

Beside, I added some more docs in the readme

Answer 6 · 2019-01-14T16:21:04.000Z

I just updated the exe. It now donwloads arduino-cli automatically for you. This one should be already quite fail proof :-)

Answer 7 · 2019-01-14T19:08:56.000Z

Doesn't work on Windows 7 x64. Connected through nothing....no proxy.

Answer 8 · 2019-01-14T19:47:28.000Z

Yes, I managed to introduce a bug in the latest attempt.
What would be the best way to distribute the arduino-cli binary do you think? Provide everything (start.exe + arduino-cli.exe) in a zip file ?

Answer 9 · 2019-01-14T20:04:44.000Z

I think it's easier for newbies...a complete package to start maybe ?
I think an installer with donwloading elements would be useful when everything will be ok.

Answer 10 · 2019-01-14T20:47:33.000Z

can you try once more? Now there is a zip file. Still need to add the examples folder but this can be downloaded from git (just for testing). Thanks!

Answer 11 · 2019-01-14T21:02:30.000Z

Works well, also detected my 2 arduino 'unknwon' type...and cannot force it.
Could it be possible to send it as argument from Blockly@rduino ?
But embedded Python with script is more compatible, launch faster and takes half memory...

Answer 12 · 2019-01-15T13:05:46.000Z

I create separate issues for those questions and close this one :-)