Same thing here. Just installed latest Arduino from apt and got the same error. Apt reports version 1.8.13, at time of writing, I downloaded Arduino IDE 1.8.16 and installed from website and it works just fine. Is just Kubuntu not updating their packages?
Kubuntu 21.04 x86_64 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1916278 Title: Arduino fails to start: undefined symbol: sp_get_port_usb_vid_pid To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/arduino/+bug/1916278/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs