arduino
diff --git a/‎arduino-ide-extension/src/browser/contributions/init-libs-platforms.ts
Copy file name to clipboardExpand all lines: arduino-ide-extension/src/browser/contributions/init-libs-platforms.ts
+55-9Lines changed: 55 additions & 9 deletions b/‎arduino-ide-extension/src/browser/contributions/init-libs-platforms.ts
Copy file name to clipboardExpand all lines: arduino-ide-extension/src/browser/contributions/init-libs-platforms.ts
+55-9Lines changed: 55 additions & 9 deletions
@@ -17,35 +17,81 @@ export class InitLibsPlatforms extends Contribution {
       InitLibsPlatforms.INIT_LIBS_AND_PACKAGES
     ));
     if (isFirstStartup) {
-      await this.localStorageService.setData(
-        InitLibsPlatforms.INIT_LIBS_AND_PACKAGES,
-        true
-      );
       const avrPackage = await this.boardsService.getBoardPackage({
         id: 'arduino:avr',
       });
       const builtInLibrary = (
-        await this.libraryService.search({
-          query: 'Arduino_BuiltIn',
-        })
+        await this.libraryService.search({ query: 'Arduino_BuiltIn' })
       )[0];
 
+      let avrPackageError: Error | undefined;
+      let builtInLibraryError: Error | undefined;
+
       if (avrPackage) {
         try {
           await this.boardsService.install({
             item: avrPackage,
             noOverwrite: true, // We don't want to automatically replace custom platforms the user might already have in place
           });
-        } catch {} // If this fails, we still want to install the libraries
+        } catch (e) {
+          // There's no error code, I need to parse the error message: https://github.com/arduino/arduino-cli/commit/ffe4232b359fcfa87238d68acf1c3b64a1621f14#diff-10ffbdde46838dd9caa881fd1f2a5326a49f8061f6cfd7c9d430b4875a6b6895R62
+          if (
+            e.message.includes(
+              `Platform ${avrPackage.id}@${avrPackage.installedVersion} already installed`
+            )
+          ) {
+            // If arduino:avr installation fails because it's already installed we don't want to retry on next start-up
+            console.error(e);
+          } else {
+            // But if there is any other error (e.g.: no interntet cconnection), we want to retry next time
+            avrPackageError = e;
+          }
+        }
+      } else {
+        avrPackageError = new Error('Could not find platform.');
       }
+
       if (builtInLibrary) {
         try {
           await this.libraryService.install({
             item: builtInLibrary,
             installDependencies: true,
             noOverwrite: true, // We don't want to automatically replace custom libraries the user might already have in place
           });
-        } catch {}
+        } catch (e) {
+          // There's no error code, I need to parse the error message: https://github.com/arduino/arduino-cli/commit/2ea3608453b17b1157f8a1dc892af2e13e40f4f0#diff-1de7569144d4e260f8dde0e0d00a4e2a218c57966d583da1687a70d518986649R95
+          if (
+            e.message.includes(
+              `Library ${builtInLibrary.name} is already installed`
+            )
+          ) {
+            // If Arduino_BuiltIn installation fails because it's already installed we don't want to retry on next start-up
+            console.log('error installing core', e);
+          } else {
+            // But if there is any other error (e.g.: no interntet cconnection), we want to retry next time
+            builtInLibraryError = e;
+          }
+        }
+      } else {
+        builtInLibraryError = new Error('Could not find library');
+      }
+
+      if (avrPackageError) {
+        this.messageService.error(
+          `Could not install Arduino AVR platform: ${avrPackageError}`
+        );
+      }
+      if (builtInLibraryError) {
+        this.messageService.error(
+          `Could not install ${builtInLibrary.name} library: ${builtInLibraryError}`
+        );
+      }
+
+      if (!avrPackageError && !builtInLibraryError) {
+        await this.localStorageService.setData(
+          InitLibsPlatforms.INIT_LIBS_AND_PACKAGES,
+          true
+        );
       }
     }
   }