ARDUINO-CLI-LIB-INSTALL(1)

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👑 arduino-cli-lib-install — a vibe check ✨

okay bestie, welcome to the Arduino Command Line Manual (that's the manual name, we're keeping it near the top like a lil name tag 🎀). This page is all about arduino-cli-lib-install, and I'm gonna walk you through it like we're texting at 2am. No cap.

🌸 NAME 🌸

arduino-cli-lib-install — Installs one or more specified libraries into the system.

Like, it puts libraries in your system. That's the whole job. She's an icon, she's a legend, and she is exactly what it says on the tin. 💅

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

arduino-cli lib install LIBRARY[@VERSION_NUMBER]... [flags]

See how LIBRARY is in italics in your heart? That's a placeholder, babe — you swap it out for the actual library name. And [@VERSION_NUMBER] is optional, so you can yeet in a specific version if you wanna be picky (and honestly? valid). The ... at the end means you can list more than one, so go off.

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

Installs one or more specified libraries into the system.

That's it. That's the description. Short, sweet, ate and left no crumbs. 🔥 You point it at a library (or several), and it installs them into your system. Periodt.

✨ OPTIONS ✨

  • --git-url[=false] — Tell it the git url for libraries that are hosted on repositories. Like, you're saying "bestie, this one lives on a repo, go get it from there."
  • -h, --help[=false] — Help for install. Your safety net, your emotional support flag. 🫶
  • --install-in-builtin-dir[=false] — Install libraries in the IDE-Builtin directory. Yes, that specific directory. It said what it said.
  • --no-deps[=false] — Do not install dependencies. So like, you get the main character and not the whole friend group. 🫣
  • --no-overwrite[=false] — Do not overwrite already installed libraries. She's respectful of what's already there. No stepping on toes. 🎀
  • --zip-path[=false] — Enter a path to zip file. For when your library is a lil zipped-up present instead of a repo. 🍓

💜 OPTIONS INHERITED FROM PARENT COMMANDS 💜

These aren't special to her, she got them from her parent command, like how you inherit your mom's good taste. Anyway:

  • --additional-urls=[] — Comma-separated list of additional URLs for the Boards Manager.
  • --config-dir="" — Sets the default data directory (Arduino CLI will look for configuration file in this directory).
  • --config-file="" — The custom config file (if not specified the default will be used).
  • --json[=false] — Print the output in JSON format. For when you want your data in a cute structured lil outfit. 🤖
  • --log[=false] — Print the logs on the standard output.
  • --log-file="" — Path to the file where logs will be written.
  • --log-format="text" — The output format for the logs, can be: text, json.
  • --log-level="info" — Messages with this level and above will be logged. Valid levels are: trace, debug, info, warn, error, fatal, panic.
  • --no-color[=false] — Disable colored output. (Not me personally, I would never. 🌈)

🌟 EXAMPLE 🌟

These are the real ones, straight up, copy them exactly:

debian/build/bin/arduino-cli lib install AudioZero       # for the latest version.
debian/build/bin/arduino-cli lib install AudioZero@1.0.0 # for the specific version.
debian/build/bin/arduino-cli lib install --git-url https://github.com/arduino-libraries/WiFi101.git https://github.com/arduino-libraries/ArduinoBLE.git
debian/build/bin/arduino-cli lib install --git-url https://github.com/arduino-libraries/WiFi101.git#0.16.0 # for the specific version.
debian/build/bin/arduino-cli lib install --zip-path /path/to/WiFi101.zip /path/to/ArduinoBLE.zip

Look at her go. First one grabs the latest version, second one pins a specific version, third one pulls straight from git urls (two of them at once, multitasking queen 👑), fourth one does a git url plus a specific version via that #0.16.0, and the last one installs from zip files. Iconic behavior, all of it. 💖

👀 SEE ALSO 👀

Go check that one out too, she's the older sister. 🦋

📜 HISTORY 📜

15-Aug-2026 — Auto generated by spf13/cobra

ngl, that's the whole page. Every flag, every placeholder, every example, all of it, untouched and unbothered. You're welcome. 💅

okay but for real, that's a wrap — this page was auto generated by spf13/cobra and it's dated Aug 2026, from the ARDUINO COMMAND LINE MANUAL(1). mwah, go install your libraries bestie 💖✨🎀

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