Since typing and uploading from the Arduino IDE was annoying, I searched and found this Arduino-Makefile which knows how to build Arduino sketches. It defines entire workflows for compiling code, flashing it to Arduino and even communicating through Serial monitor. You don't need to change anything in the Arduino sketches.

But since a Makefile needs to be made with every sketch, I created a simple Shell-Script that makes it in one go

To build the Makefile for a UNO sketch, type $ makefile-uno

To make, reset and upload the sketch I created another Shell-Script $ ard-upload

But to make and use the serial monitor, type $ make monitor instead.

To exit from monitor: ctrl-a, then k, then "yes"

If this is the first time you are using arduino (ie. if you have never even used Arduino IDE before),

Open Terminal and type:

$ ls -l /dev/ttyACM*

you will get an output that looks like:

crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 188, 0 5 apr 23.01 ttyACM0

The "0" at the end of ACM might be a different number, or multiple entries might be returned. The data we need is "dialout" (is the group owner of the file).

Now we just need to add our user to the group:

$ sudo usermod -a -G dialout <username>

where is your linux user name. You will need to log out and log in again for this change to take effect.

Clone this repository in any desired directory. Don't clone this into your home directory

After Running the above command, navigate to your home directory.

Type this into your terminal: $ . ~/.bashrc

Navigate to ~/ardbin/

Open "make-uno" in any text editor.

Give path to your installed arduino directory in "ARDUINO_DIR". Be sure to give Absolute Path. It won't work if relative path is given

In the "ARDMK_DIR" variable, give path as "/home/your-username/.arduino_mk" Again, be sure you use Absolute Path