# Novice question about Arduino toolchain **URL:** \ **Category:** Uncategorized\ **Created:** [April 23, 2025, 10:33pm UTC](https://forum.embeetle.com/t/novice-question-about-arduino-toolchain/1027 "2025-04-23T22:33:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bert75](https://forum.embeetle.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Bert75](https://forum.embeetle.com/u/Bert75)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2025, 10:33pm UTC](https://forum.embeetle.com/t/novice-question-about-arduino-toolchain/1027/1 "2025-04-23T22:33:12Z")
Hello, I try to install the Arduino toolchain and I get this error _ERROR:_ _Adding tool failed:_ _‘gnu\_avr\_toolchain\_7.3.0\_32b’_ _wizard\_download\_tool().finish(1)_ Is there anything to know that I missed ? In fact, I get a similar problem when I try another toolset (like xtensa esp32) Thx in advance, Bert ---
**Author:** ![kristof](https://forum.embeetle.com/user_avatar/forum.embeetle.com/kristof/32/7_2.png) [@kristof](https://forum.embeetle.com/u/kristof)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2025, 5:27pm UTC](https://forum.embeetle.com/t/novice-question-about-arduino-toolchain/1027/2 "2025-04-24T17:27:13Z")
Hi @Bert75 , Welcome to Embeetle! Thank you for reaching out to us. I looked into your problem, but can’t pinpoint right now the cause (and can’t reproduce it either). I’d need a bit more information. Are you working on Linux or Windows? Could you please record the steps leading to this error? Perhaps you can use this free tool for recording: > **[Home](https://screenpal.com)** > > ScreenPal’s intuitive tools help you capture, create, and share videos and images for authentic and effective visual communication. We can also plan a remote session. We can use Teamviewer or Chrome Remote Desktop. When would suit you best? Kind regards, Kristof Mulier Embeetle co-founder ---
**Author:** ![Bert75](https://forum.embeetle.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Bert75](https://forum.embeetle.com/u/Bert75)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2025, 6:25pm UTC](https://forum.embeetle.com/t/novice-question-about-arduino-toolchain/1027/3 "2025-04-24T18:25:11Z")
Hi Kristof, Thanks for checking this ! I am under Windows 10 I recorded the steps here : [https://ftp.alseteam.fr/Embeetle.wmv](https://ftp.alseteam.fr/Embeetle.wmv) Cheers, Bert ---
**Author:** ![kristof](https://forum.embeetle.com/user_avatar/forum.embeetle.com/kristof/32/7_2.png) [@kristof](https://forum.embeetle.com/u/kristof)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2025, 6:25pm UTC](https://forum.embeetle.com/t/novice-question-about-arduino-toolchain/1027/4 "2025-04-24T18:25:49Z")
Great! I’m on it. Stay tuned… ---
**Author:** ![kristof](https://forum.embeetle.com/user_avatar/forum.embeetle.com/kristof/32/7_2.png) [@kristof](https://forum.embeetle.com/u/kristof)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2025, 6:29pm UTC](https://forum.embeetle.com/t/novice-question-about-arduino-toolchain/1027/5 "2025-04-24T18:29:37Z")
Hi @Bert75 , I think I know what’s going on. You’re working on a `D:/` drive. I’ve noticed similar issues in the past when Embeetle is working in such a configuration. Sometimes the 7zip extractor causes issues. I think that’s what’s happening here: your download goes just fine, but then the process fails at the extraction phase. Please move your Embeetle installation to the `C:/` drive AND in a location where you have full read-and-write access. Then try again and let me know how it goes 😉 So sorry for this inconvenience. > Note: The fix we had in mind to tackle this issue for once and for all, is to no longer drop the tools in the `/beetle_tools/` directory, but into a `~/.embeetle/beetle_tools/` directory (with `~` being the user folder). That should work just fine on both Windows and Linux. The `/beetle_tools/` is sometimes in a read-only place (or in a place where 7zip extractors have issues to operate). ---
**Author:** ![Bert75](https://forum.embeetle.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Bert75](https://forum.embeetle.com/u/Bert75)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2025, 7:56pm UTC](https://forum.embeetle.com/t/novice-question-about-arduino-toolchain/1027/6 "2025-04-24T19:56:58Z")
Hi Kristof, I’m impressed. It solved the issue, no sweat. Just tried a blinky on an Arduino nano, it compiled fine. Avrdude fails but it’s a usual problem (in Arduino IDE I have to select “ATMega 328P **Old bootloader** ”). I wanted to try Embeetle for a much better purpose (RiscV) so mission accomplished to have a nice IDE up and running 🙂 Thx again ! Bert ---
**Author:** ![kristof](https://forum.embeetle.com/user_avatar/forum.embeetle.com/kristof/32/7_2.png) [@kristof](https://forum.embeetle.com/u/kristof)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2025, 8:44am UTC](https://forum.embeetle.com/t/novice-question-about-arduino-toolchain/1027/7 "2025-04-25T08:44:02Z")
Hi @Bert75 , I’m happy to hear it’s going well now! Just out of curiosity - which project(s) are you using Embeetle for? As for RISC-V MCUs, you might like these pages: - [Embeetle IDE](https://embeetle.com/#blog/baremetal-ch32v003f4p6) - [Embeetle IDE](https://embeetle.com/#blog/beetle-board-adventure) Cheers! ---
**Author:** ![Bert75](https://forum.embeetle.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Bert75](https://forum.embeetle.com/u/Bert75)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2025, 9:29am UTC](https://forum.embeetle.com/t/novice-question-about-arduino-toolchain/1027/8 "2025-04-25T09:29:37Z")
Hi Kristof, I have purchased some goodies at Elecrow 🙂 including a Tiny Scarab. FYI : we have more and more FPGA projects involving RiscV and I wanted to educate myself on this architecture. ---
**Author:** ![kristof](https://forum.embeetle.com/user_avatar/forum.embeetle.com/kristof/32/7_2.png) [@kristof](https://forum.embeetle.com/u/kristof)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2025, 4:01pm UTC](https://forum.embeetle.com/t/novice-question-about-arduino-toolchain/1027/9 "2025-04-25T16:01:43Z")
RISC-V soft cores on FPGA? Great! You need an IDE for programming these softcores?