Update custom library

Question

I've recently made a custom library. Then, I've imported the library into the IDE via the add .zip library. Once I tried to compile the code, I've realised that I made a small typo. Once I changed the error and then retried to compile the code, the error still appeirs and I'm quite sure that I've changed it.

So my guess is that the library is not updating. I've tried to go to manage library and then seeing if there is an other version of the library. There wasn't any.

So is there an easy fix to this solution that doesn't involve updating or downgrading the IDE?

Answer 1

Text from here says this:

In Arduino v16 and earlier, libraries were stored in the ArduinoInstallDirectory/hardware/libraries folder, which also contained all the built-in libraries (like Wire and Serial).

In v17 and up, the user libraries are now stored in the ArduinoSketchDirectory/libraries folder.

Check your version of the Arduino SDK and then look in the appropriate directory for your library source code. Then change it there.

The Arduino SDK is fairly simple and often compiles everything to avoid problems like this. The installing from a zip file feature (unless it has changed) is more for convenience when downloading a single zip file. I have often developed & edited custom library source code where the SDK expects to find it.

Answer 2

I actually found this answer on Stack Overflow.

In the Arduino GUI on windows, if I click on Sketch --> Import Library, at the bottom of the menu there is a section called "Contributed".

Unfortunately, I had misclicked and added a library I did not want to that list.

How can I remove it from that list?

The help page only mentions that "If a sketch no longer needs a library, simply delete its #include statements from the top of your code" but it does not mention how to remove the library from the list of contributed libraries.

By : @merlin2011 from Stack Overflow.