In Arduino, I can’t find Arduino Library File Location
Sign Up to our social questions and Answers Engine to ask questions, answer people’s questions, and connect with other people.
Login to our social questions & Answers Engine to ask questions answer people’s questions & connect with other people.
Lost your password? Please enter your email address. You will receive a link and will create a new password via email.
Please briefly explain why you feel this question should be reported.
Please briefly explain why you feel this answer should be reported.
Please briefly explain why you feel this user should be reported.
The proper place to put libraries is in a folder called “libraries” in the sketchbook directory.
On OSX, the default place for the Sketch book is:
/Users//Documents/Arduino/
So the default location for non-included sketches would be:
/Users//Documents/Arduino/libraries/
I think (but have not tested) that when compiling, the IDE will use the “Sketchbook” directory in Preferences to find the “libraries” folder.
You can put non-standard libraries in the Arduino application bundle too. However, each time you upgrade the Arduino IDE, you would lose them.
/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Resources/Java/libraries/