Arduino Libraries! How to Install them properly! Tutorial showing you 3 different ways

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In this tutorial we will look at 3 different ways you can use to install Libraries properly for use in the Arduino IDE!

[johnhschuster]

Thank you, everyone at one started with Basics, your giving more people the knowledge to get started. Showing the directories where things got installed answered one of my questions GeekMustHave

[LaeeqKhan]

Important, often overlooked topic, clearly explained.
Thank you.

[mikewelch]

A lot of people don’t… Exactly. Thanks for this video.

[aruminer]

Love it!   I wish all the tutorial where so well organized and to-the-point!  Wish I had found this video when I first started with Arduino IDE about a year ago.   I believe I'd have been a bit more productive. Nice work!  Your video is a very well prepared and executed tutorial where you touched on just the right points, just enough to make this a very instructive tutorial without any hot air or bloat. Very well prepared and nicely executed! Thank you!

[juniorshbr]

Thank you for all your hard work making these videos for the dummies like me in this world.
You are an awesome teacher and I hope you continue sharing your knowledge with us all.
Thanks again

[princessannetraya]

Your amazing! You and your video is a blessing to new people in arduino like me, it helped me a lot. I've been searching about this for quite some time now and yours is the best video I've watched.

[jerryrichard]

Thank you so much you are a great teacher

[garthhowe]

I always like "basics" videos... great for newbies, good refresher for others, and if it is too basic, you don't have to watch it. Bit of an "Owie" on your arm?

[Shadowcruise]

I'm not that familiar with Windows, but unless it's different than the other OS's, there should be an option in properties that will allow the user to designate a specified location for libraries other than the Documents folder.

[nickschorsch]

Ive been on the Arduino site for 3.5hrs trying to figure out what you showed in the first 3:28. thanks

[raymondheath]

I haven't been able to find a good instructive video on how to use an Arduino library and all of its functions

[maskedmarvyl]

Why is it that Arduino's own website couldn't include a video or a set of instructions like this?
What does it say about a company that makes such basic things (how to find and install libraries) so inaccessible?

[Guns_N_Gears]

Do both of the IDE and the library folders have to be in x86?
I believe my IDE ended up in documents folder, and works with hexloader, but, when I try to load libraries from github I get an error stating no directories found.
I also tried the zip way too.
I will try moving the folders to C drive to see if my results are better?

[qzorn]

great get going video... is there a way to change old old C_Code over to C++_Code i am getting some errors on old C-variable registers not in C++ ? thanks....:)

[fpvrcstuff]

I found this to be a very good tutorial, and I have been able to install a couple of files to my library folder except  for the GFX ....I've been trying for two day and it will not install ????

[SLemmink]

Exactly what I was looking for thank you!!!

[elfwing]

Great ... just what I needed ...
Thank you for doing this clip!

[rehmanrao]

could u make a video on multiple libraries error

[MrBobWareham]

Very good video and helfull is there a website with libary downloads or do you have to hunt to find them?

[hizzyvoltaire]

I had a library issue with Windows 10. When I installed a library it was not recognized because Arduino was installing new libraries inder ...Documents/Arduino/libraries, yet the compilation was looking for libraries under C:/Program Files x86/Arduino/libraries. Fix was to copy the contents of C:/Program Files (x86)/Arduino/libraries folder into the folder Renamed folder "libraries" under C:/Program Files (x86)/Arduino to "libraries.old" then created a symbolic link to
mdlink /D "C:/Program Files x86/Arduino/libraries"
So now when I install a new library I dont have to bother copying it to x86 library folder!