Error: Arduino IDE at folder 'arduino-1.8.1' is corrupt...

I've installed MATLAB Support Package for Arduino Hardware after I tried

a = arduino()

I got the error messages

Arduino IDE at folder 'arduino-1.8.1' is corrupt. Open Add‑On Explorer to reinstall
MATLAB Support Package for Arduino Hardware.

I've tried with both 2018a and 2018b. Could anyone please advice me on how to fix this?

[duo Zhao]

Hi ,do you fix this problem ? I have the same problem, If you fix it ,please give me some tips.

Answer 1

[Madhu Govindarajan]

Have you tried reinstalling the support package with administrator access? To do this right click on MATLAB icon and select Run as administrator.

[Vatsal Modi]

yes many times

Answer 2

[Alvaro Lloret De Muller]

Having the same problem, Any other ideas besides the reinstall?

[Madhu Govindarajan]

Before uninstalling, type arduinoio.IDERoot in MATLAB Command Window and note the answer.

After uninstalling, go to that location on Windows and ensure no files are left behind and delete any that you might have.

Then reinstall with administrator acccess.

If this does not resolve your issues, contact MathWorks Technical Support and let them know of what you have already tried.

HTH,

Madhu

[heba nabeel]

hi

the same proplem is appaered after install arduino support package for matlab.

the problem is:

Arduino IDE at folder" is inaccessible or corrupt.

pleace help

[KUNWA LAO]

Did you solve the problem?

[Sivakumar Ramakrishnan]

Uninstall all suporting packages related to arduino. Uncheck the readonly and hidden attributes of ProgramData folder in C drive (this is were support packages gets installed). Then Run matlab as administrator. Install the hardware support packages and setup the hardware.

Answer 3

[Dhruba Gogoi]

Well, its a pretty late reply. I am using the 2019.1 version and was struggling to install the Arduino support package for both Matlab and Simulink. Every time I received the same error saying unable to instal third party software i.e., Arduino ide. It probably has to to do something with the admin privilege. The following steps work for Matlab support (yet to check for simulink-no license)

1. Install Matlab support for Arduino..it will probably go smoothly without any error!
2. But when you try to create an Arduino object, an error saying Arduino IDE is corrupt will show up
3. To fix this you can simply paste the arduino- 1.8.10 folder(unzipped) into your Matlab root directory....(C:\Program Files\MATLAB\R2019b\bin\win64) folder
4. This makes the arduino library available to Matlab
5. Best to download the Arduino IDE from the Arduino website https://www.arduino.cc/en/software/OldSoftwareReleases
6. I have seen the same error while installation for Simulink support. So, this same method should work for Simulink too
7. I will try that later and post
8. Lastly, Mathworks support seems totally clueless about this issue. It may be a admin priviledge issue but this simple solution could have been saved me several days