@@ -68,7 +68,9 @@ xdg_install_f() {
6868
6969# Add symlink for arduino so it's in users path
7070echo " " # Ensure password request message is on new line
71- sudo ln -s${SCRIPT_PATH} /arduino /usr/local/bin/arduino
71+ if ! ln -s${SCRIPT_PATH} /arduino /usr/local/bin/arduino; then
72+ echo " Adding symlink failed. Hope that's OK. If not then rerun as root with sudo."
73+ fi
7274
7375# Clean up
7476 rm" ${TMP_DIR} /${RESOURCE_NAME} .desktop"
@@ -104,7 +106,9 @@ simple_install_f() {
104106
105107# Add symlink for arduino so it's in users path
106108echo " " # Ensure password request message is on new line
107- sudo ln -s${SCRIPT_PATH} /arduino /usr/local/bin/arduino
109+ if ! ln -s${SCRIPT_PATH} /arduino /usr/local/bin/arduino; then
110+ echo " Adding symlink failed. Hope that's OK. If not then rerun as root with sudo."
111+ fi
108112
109113# Clean up temp dir
110114 rm" ${TMP_DIR} /${RESOURCE_NAME} .desktop"
@@ -148,7 +152,9 @@ xdg_uninstall_f() {
148152
149153# Remove symlink for arduino
150154echo " " # Ensure password request message is on new line
151- sudo rm /usr/local/bin/arduino
155+ if ! rm /usr/local/bin/arduino; then
156+ echo " Removing symlink failed. Hope that's OK. If not then rerun as root with sudo."
157+ fi
152158
153159}
154160
@@ -183,7 +189,9 @@ simple_uninstall_f() {
183189
184190# Remove symlink for arduino
185191echo " " # Ensure password request message is on new line
186- sudo rm /usr/local/bin/arduino
192+ if ! rm /usr/local/bin/arduino; then
193+ echo " Removing symlink failed. Hope that's OK. If not then rerun as root with sudo."
194+ fi
187195
188196}
189197