I just installed the Arduino IDE on a new computer from the installer. It opens a window and the arduino icon pulses but never seems to do anything. I ran it from the powershell and got a bunch of errors.

Any idea how to fix the library_index.json not existing?

PowerShell 7.4.2PS C:\Program Files\Arduino IDE> & '.\Arduino IDE.exe'PS C:\Program Files\Arduino IDE> Arduino IDE 2.3.2Checking for frontend application configuration customizations. Module path: C:\Program Files\Arduino IDE\resources\app\lib\backend\electron-main.js, destination 'package.json': C:\Program Files\Arduino IDE\resources\app\package.jsonSetting 'theia.frontend.config.appVersion' application configuration value to: "2.3.2" (type of string)Setting 'theia.frontend.config.cliVersion' application configuration value to: "0.35.3" (type of string)Setting 'theia.frontend.config.buildDate' application configuration value to: "2024-02-20T10:04:35.814Z" (type of string)Frontend application configuration after modifications: {"applicationName":"Arduino IDE","defaultTheme":{"light":"arduino-theme","dark":"arduino-theme-dark"},"defaultIconTheme":"none","electron":{"windowOptions":{}},"defaultLocale":"","validatePreferencesSchema":false,"preferences":{"window.title":"${rootName}${activeEditorShort}${appName}","files.autoSave":"afterDelay","editor.minimap.enabled":false,"editor.tabSize":2,"editor.scrollBeyondLastLine":false,"editor.quickSuggestions":{"other":false,"comments":false,"strings":false},"editor.maxTokenizationLineLength":500,"editor.bracketPairColorization.enabled":false,"breadcrumbs.enabled":false,"workbench.tree.renderIndentGuides":"none","explorer.compactFolders":false},"appVersion":"2.3.2","cliVersion":"0.35.3","buildDate":"2024-02-20T10:04:35.814Z"}Starting backend process. PID: 20372Using browser-only version of superagent in non-browser environmentConfiguration directory URI: 'file:///c%3A/Users/jmwau/.arduinoIDE'Configuring to accept webviews on '^.+\.webview\..+$' hostname.2024-05-13T19:57:22.348Z root INFO Backend Object.initialize: 4.8 ms [Finished 0.487 s after backend start]2024-05-13T19:57:22.349Z root INFO Backend Object.configure: 4.0 ms [Finished 0.487 s after backend start]2024-05-13T19:57:22.349Z root INFO Backend s.onStart: 2.1 ms [Finished 0.487 s after backend start]2024-05-13T19:57:22.350Z root INFO Backend s.configure: 0.3 ms [Finished 0.512 s after backend start]2024-05-13T19:57:22.351Z root INFO Backend d.onStart: 0.2 ms [Finished 0.512 s after backend start]2024-05-13T19:57:22.352Z root INFO Backend d.configure: 0.1 ms [Finished 0.512 s after backend start]2024-05-13T19:57:22.352Z root INFO Backend d.initialize: 25.1 ms [Finished 0.513 s after backend start]2024-05-13T19:57:22.353Z root INFO Backend c.onStart: 0.3 ms [Finished 0.513 s after backend start]2024-05-13T19:57:22.353Z root INFO Backend a.configure: 1.2 ms [Finished 0.514 s after backend start]2024-05-13T19:57:22.355Z config INFO >>> Initializing CLI configuration...2024-05-13T19:57:22.355Z root INFO Backend c.initialize: 0.9 ms [Finished 0.515 s after backend start]2024-05-13T19:57:22.355Z root INFO Backend R.onStart: 0.9 ms [Finished 0.515 s after backend start]2024-05-13T19:57:22.356Z config INFO Loading CLI configuration from c:\Users\jmwau\.arduinoIDE\arduino-cli.yaml...2024-05-13T19:57:22.356Z daemon INFO Starting daemon from C:\Program Files\Arduino IDE\resources\app\lib\backend\resources\arduino-cli.exe...2024-05-13T19:57:22.356Z root INFO Backend a.initialize: 0.4 ms [Finished 0.516 s after backend start]2024-05-13T19:57:22.356Z root INFO Backend w.onStart: 1.1 ms [Finished 0.517 s after backend start]2024-05-13T19:57:22.356Z root INFO Backend r.configure: 1.9 ms [Finished 0.517 s after backend start]2024-05-13T19:57:22.356Z discovery-log INFO start2024-05-13T19:57:22.356Z discovery-log INFO start new deferred2024-05-13T19:57:22.356Z root INFO Backend d.initialize: 0.5 ms [Finished 0.518 s after backend start]2024-05-13T19:57:22.357Z root INFO Backend y.onStart: 2.0 ms [Finished 0.519 s after backend start]2024-05-13T19:57:22.357Z root INFO Backend r.configure: 1.7 ms [Finished 0.520 s after backend start]2024-05-13T19:57:22.357Z root INFO Backend a.onStart: 0.5 ms [Finished 0.521 s after backend start]2024-05-13T19:57:22.357Z root INFO Backend h.configure: 0.4 ms [Finished 0.521 s after backend start]2024-05-13T19:57:22.357Z root INFO Backend s.configure: 0.2 ms [Finished 0.521 s after backend start]2024-05-13T19:57:22.357Z root INFO Backend l.configure: 0.1 ms [Finished 0.521 s after backend start]2024-05-13T19:57:22.359Z root INFO Theia app listening on http://127.0.0.1:63045.2024-05-13T19:57:22.359Z root INFO Finished starting backend application: 2.8 ms [Finished 0.524 s after backend start]2024-05-13T19:57:22.367Z root WARN The local plugin referenced by local-dir:/c%3A/Users/jmwau/.arduinoIDE/plugins does not exist.2024-05-13T19:57:22.367Z root WARN The local plugin referenced by local-dir:/c%3A/Users/jmwau/.arduinoIDE/extensions does not exist.2024-05-13T19:57:22.367Z root WARN The local plugin referenced by local-dir:C:\Users\jmwau\.arduinoIDE\plugins does not exist.2024-05-13T19:57:22.374Z config INFO Loaded CLI configuration: {"board_manager":{"additional_urls":[]},"build_cache":{"compilations_before_purge":10,"ttl":"720h0m0s"},"daemon":{"port":"50051"},"directories":{"data":"C:\\Users\\jmwau\\AppData\\Local\\Arduino15","downloads":"C:\\Users\\jmwau\\AppData\\Local\\Arduino15\\staging","user":"C:\\Users\\jmwau\\OneDrive\\Documents\\Arduino"},"library":{"enable_unsafe_install":false},"logging":{"file":"","format":"text","level":"info"},"metrics":{"addr":":9090","enabled":true},"output":{"no_color":false},"sketch":{"always_export_binaries":false},"updater":{"enable_notification":true}}2024-05-13T19:57:22.374Z config INFO 'directories.data' and 'directories.user' are set in the CLI configuration model.2024-05-13T19:57:22.374Z config INFO Loaded the CLI configuration.2024-05-13T19:57:22.377Z config INFO Mapped the CLI configuration: {"dataDirUri":"file:///c%3A/Users/jmwau/AppData/Local/Arduino15","sketchDirUri":"file:///c%3A/Users/jmwau/OneDrive/Documents/Arduino","additionalUrls":[],"network":"none","locale":"en"}2024-05-13T19:57:22.377Z config INFO Validating the CLI configuration...2024-05-13T19:57:22.377Z config INFO The CLI config is valid.2024-05-13T19:57:22.377Z config INFO <<< Initialized the CLI configuration.2024-05-13T19:57:22.399Z root INFO Resolve plugins list: 43.4 ms [Finished 0.563 s after backend start]2024-05-13T19:57:22.445Z daemon INFO time="2024-05-13T12:57:22-07:00" level=info msg="Using config file: c:\\Users\\jmwau\\.arduinoIDE\\arduino-cli.yaml"time="2024-05-13T12:57:22-07:00" level=info msg="arduino-cli.exe version 0.35.3"time="2024-05-13T12:57:22-07:00" level=info msg="Executing `arduino-cli daemon`"Daemon is now listening on 127.0.0.1:63046{"IP":"127.0.0.1","Port":"63046"}2024-05-13T19:57:22.445Z daemon INFO Daemon is running.2024-05-13T19:57:22.504Z daemon INFO time="2024-05-13T12:57:22-07:00" level=info msg="Updating libraries index"2024-05-13T19:57:22.505Z daemon INFO time="2024-05-13T12:57:22-07:00" level=info msg="Starting download" url="https://downloads.arduino.cc/libraries/library_index.tar.bz2"2024-05-13T19:57:23.068Z root INFO Deploy plugins list: 43.4 ms [Finished 1.233 s after backend start]Opening channel for service path '/services/electron-window'.Opening channel for service path '/services/ide-updater'.2024-05-13T19:57:23.951Z root WARN Frontend a.configure took longer than the expected maximum 100 milliseconds: 137.5 ms [Finished 1.504 s after frontend start]2024-05-13T19:57:23.951Z root WARN A command editor.action.toggleStickyScroll is already registered.2024-05-13T19:57:24.661Z root ERROR Detected an error response during the gRPC core client initialization: code: 3, message: Error verifying signature: openpgp: signature expired2024-05-13T19:57:24.669Z daemon INFO time="2024-05-13T12:57:24-07:00" level=info msg="Checking signature" index="C:\\Users\\jmwau\\AppData\\Local\\Arduino15\\package_index.json" signatureFile="C:\\Users\\jmwau\\AppData\\Local\\Arduino15\\package_index.json.sig" trusted=true2024-05-13T19:57:24.670Z daemon INFO time="2024-05-13T12:57:24-07:00" level=info msg="Loading hardware from: C:\\Users\\jmwau\\AppData\\Local\\Arduino15\\packages"2024-05-13T19:57:24.671Z daemon INFO time="2024-05-13T12:57:24-07:00" level=info msg="Loading package builtin from: C:\\Users\\jmwau\\AppData\\Local\\Arduino15\\packages\\builtin"time="2024-05-13T12:57:24-07:00" level=info msg="Checking existence of 'tools' path: C:\\Users\\jmwau\\AppData\\Local\\Arduino15\\packages\\builtin\\tools"time="2024-05-13T12:57:24-07:00" level=info msg="Loading tools from dir: C:\\Users\\jmwau\\AppData\\Local\\Arduino15\\packages\\builtin\\tools"time="2024-05-13T12:57:24-07:00" level=info msg="Loaded tool" tool="builtin:[email protected]"time="2024-05-13T12:57:24-07:00" level=info msg="Loaded tool" tool="builtin:[email protected]"time="2024-05-13T12:57:24-07:00" level=info msg="Loaded tool" tool="builtin:[email protected]"2024-05-13T19:57:24.671Z daemon INFO time="2024-05-13T12:57:24-07:00" level=info msg="Loaded tool" tool="builtin:[email protected]"2024-05-13T19:57:24.671Z daemon INFO time="2024-05-13T12:57:24-07:00" level=info msg="Loaded tool" tool="builtin:[email protected]"2024-05-13T19:57:24.671Z daemon INFO time="2024-05-13T12:57:24-07:00" level=info msg="Loading libraries index file" index="C:\\Users\\jmwau\\AppData\\Local\\Arduino15\\library_index.json"2024-05-13T19:57:24.672Z daemon INFO time="2024-05-13T12:57:24-07:00" level=info msg="Adding libraries dir" dir="C:\\Users\\jmwau\\AppData\\Local\\Arduino15\\libraries" location=ide2024-05-13T19:57:24.672Z daemon INFO time="2024-05-13T12:57:24-07:00" level=info msg="Adding libraries dir" dir="C:\\Users\\jmwau\\OneDrive\\Documents\\Arduino\\libraries" location=user2024-05-13T19:57:24.673Z root ERROR Detected an error response during the gRPC core client initialization: code: 9, message: Loading index file: reading library_index.json: open C:\Users\jmwau\AppData\Local\Arduino15\library_index.json: The system cannot find the file specified.2024-05-13T19:57:24.678Z root ERROR The primary packages indexes are missing. Running indexes update before initializing the core gRPC client The index of the cores and libraries must be updated before initializing the core gRPC client.The following problems were detected during the gRPC client initialization:[library-index] - code: 9, message: Loading index file: reading library_index.json: open C:\Users\jmwau\AppData\Local\Arduino15\library_index.json: The system cannot find the file specified.2024-05-13T19:57:24.679Z daemon INFO time="2024-05-13T12:57:24-07:00" level=info msg="Updating libraries index"2024-05-13T19:57:24.680Z daemon INFO time="2024-05-13T12:57:24-07:00" level=info msg="Starting download" url="https://downloads.arduino.cc/libraries/library_index.tar.bz2"2024-05-13T19:57:24.681Z root INFO core-client-provider [library-index] Downloading index: library_index.tar.bz22024-05-13T19:57:27.210Z daemon INFO time="2024-05-13T12:57:27-07:00" level=info msg="Updating libraries index"2024-05-13T19:57:27.212Z daemon INFO time="2024-05-13T12:57:27-07:00" level=info msg="Starting download" url="https://downloads.arduino.cc/libraries/library_index.tar.bz2"2024-05-13T19:57:29.772Z root ERROR Detected an error response during the gRPC core client initialization: code: 3, message: Error verifying signature: openpgp: signature expired2024-05-13T19:57:29.780Z daemon INFO time="2024-05-13T12:57:29-07:00" level=info msg="Checking signature" index="C:\\Users\\jmwau\\AppData\\Local\\Arduino15\\package_index.json" signatureFile="C:\\Users\\jmwau\\AppData\\Local\\Arduino15\\package_index.json.sig" trusted=true2024-05-13T19:57:29.784Z daemon INFO time="2024-05-13T12:57:29-07:00" level=info msg="Loading hardware from: C:\\Users\\jmwau\\AppData\\Local\\Arduino15\\packages"2024-05-13T19:57:29.786Z daemon INFO time="2024-05-13T12:57:29-07:00" level=info msg="Loading package builtin from: C:\\Users\\jmwau\\AppData\\Local\\Arduino15\\packages\\builtin"time="2024-05-13T12:57:29-07:00" level=info msg="Checking existence of 'tools' path: C:\\Users\\jmwau\\AppData\\Local\\Arduino15\\packages\\builtin\\tools"time="2024-05-13T12:57:29-07:00" level=info msg="Loading tools from dir: C:\\Users\\jmwau\\AppData\\Local\\Arduino15\\packages\\builtin\\tools"time="2024-05-13T12:57:29-07:00" level=info msg="Loaded tool" tool="builtin:[email protected]"time="2024-05-13T12:57:29-07:00" level=info msg="Loaded tool" tool="builtin:[email protected]"time="2024-05-13T12:57:29-07:00" level=info msg="Loaded tool" tool="builtin:[email protected]"time="2024-05-13T12:57:29-07:00" level=info msg="Loaded tool" tool="builtin:[email protected]"time="2024-05-13T12:57:29-07:00" level=info msg="Loaded tool" tool="builtin:[email protected]"time="2024-05-13T12:57:29-07:00" level=info msg="Loading libraries index file" index="C:\\Users\\jmwau\\AppData\\Local\\Arduino15\\library_index.json"time="2024-05-13T12:57:29-07:00" level=info msg="Adding libraries dir" dir="C:\\Users\\jmwau\\AppData\\Local\\Arduino15\\libraries" location=idetime="2024-05-13T12:57:29-07:00" level=info msg="Adding libraries dir" dir="C:\\Users\\jmwau\\OneDrive\\Documents\\Arduino\\libraries" location=user2024-05-13T19:57:29.786Z root ERROR Detected an error response during the gRPC core client initialization: code: 9, message: Loading index file: reading library_index.json: open C:\Users\jmwau\AppData\Local\Arduino15\library_index.json: The system cannot find the file specified.2024-05-13T19:57:29.786Z root ERROR Uncaught Exception:  Error: The index of the cores and libraries must be updated before initializing the core gRPC client.The following problems were detected during the gRPC client initialization:[library-index] - code: 9, message: Loading index file: reading library_index.json: open C:\Users\jmwau\AppData\Local\Arduino15\library_index.json: The system cannot find the file specified.2024-05-13T19:57:29.786Z root ERROR Error: The index of the cores and libraries must be updated before initializing the core gRPC client.The following problems were detected during the gRPC client initialization:[library-index] - code: 9, message: Loading index file: reading library_index.json: open C:\Users\jmwau\AppData\Local\Arduino15\library_index.json: The system cannot find the file specified.    at C:\Program Files\Arduino IDE\resources\app\lib\backend\main.js:2:622877    at E.evaluateErrorStatus (C:\Program Files\Arduino IDE\resources\app\lib\backend\main.js:2:622893)    at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:95:5)    at async a.<anonymous> (C:\Program Files\Arduino IDE\resources\app\lib\backend\main.js:2:622563)Closing channel on service path '/services/electron-window'.Closing channel on service path '/services/ide-updater'.Stored workspaces roots:No sketches were scheduled for deletion.

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