Have OTA working under Windows, but didnt work yet under Linux Mint.
Anyway, OTA instructions say 'need Pyhon2.7'and that is what did the trick under Windows.
So, i downlaoad and unpack Python2.7 on my Linux machine. I start IDE... nothing, absolutely nothing. wont start, no error message, nothing. Version 1.6.8 to 1.6.12, all dead, no error message, it just wont start.
Re-install 1.6.12... same issue. I remove the unpacked Pythonfolder, restart, no avail.
Hesitant to do an apt-get uninstall of Python as Linux to some extend needs Python too.
oddly, when I did an apt-get install arduino, I got an old IDE that has no problems running.
Lack of errormessages got me in the dark of where to look
Anybody any ideas?