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[fe7565]

Using Aurdino IDe 1.89ver and after adding the below link under "Preferences" and "Additional BoardManager". Then opening "BoardManager" and the get an error note at the bottom of the pop-up box.

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/spark ... index.json

Here are some of the errors:

Error downloading https://downloads.arduino.cc/packages/p ... index.json
java.lang.RuntimeException: java.lang.Exception: Error downloading https://downloads.arduino.cc/packages/p ... index.json
at cc.arduino.contributions.packages.ui.ContributionManagerUI.lambda$onUpdatePressed$1(ContributionManagerUI.java:150)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:748)
Caused by: java.lang.Exception: Error downloading https://downloads.arduino.cc/packages/p ... index.json
at cc.arduino.contributions.DownloadableContributionsDownloader.download(DownloadableContributionsDownloader.java:139)
at cc.arduino.contributions.packages.ContributionInstaller.download(ContributionInstaller.java:333)
at cc.arduino.contributions.packages.ContributionInstaller.downloadIndexAndSignature(ContributionInstaller.java:307)
at cc.arduino.contributions.packages.ContributionInstaller.updateIndex(ContributionInstaller.java:285)
at cc.arduino.contributions.packages.ui.ContributionManagerUI.lambda$onUpdatePressed$1(ContributionManagerUI.java:146)
... 1 more
Caused by: java.nio.file.FileSystemException: C:\Users\HPi7\AppData\Local\Arduino15\package_index.json.tmp: The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process.

[El_Duderino]

Hi fe7565,

There may have been a temporary issue with the link for the board add-ons. I just tested updating to 1.0.8 in Arduino 1.8.9 and had no problems. If you continue to have the issue downloading the board files, try resetting the json link in your Preferences menu. There may be a syntax error there that is causing the issue.

If you still have issues after retrying and checking the json link for any errors, let us know and we can troubleshoot this issue further.