Latest version of Arduino (1.8.7) does not work with extension

[kevineger]

Environment Information

System: Ubuntu 18.04
However, I suspect this applies to any and all OSs

Repro Steps

• Start clean
  • Disable all other extensions
  • Remove existing packages (~/.arduino15/packages)
• Install Arduino 1.8.7
• Specify the path in VSCode user settings: "arduino.path": "/opt/arduino-1.8.7",
• Attempt to Install a board in Board Manager

Actual

• The Output terminal states "[Done] Installed board package - AZ3166"
• In ~/.arduino15/packages, the newly installed board is not there

Expected

• The specified package is installed

Notes

• Rolling back to 1.8.6, it works.

[czgtest]

@kevineger Arduino IDE 1.8.7 has some breaking changes, it will install board package and library failed, So it is recommended that you install version 1.8.6

[gvarisco]

@czgtest hi! Arduino IDE 1.8.8 has been released and should be hopefully fixing arduino/Arduino#8069. Can you give it a try? Do let me know if you encounter further issues.

[a7hybnj2]

I did not have any luck with 1.8.8 or 1.9(beta) with vs-code. I could be overlooking some setup parameter but neither worked.

[czgtest]

I use Arduino IDE 1.8.8, install board package and libraries successfully , this issue was fixed on Arduino IDE 1.8.8.

[czgtest]

@a7hybnj2 Can you open another issue for using 1.8.8 ?