user14095: I want to place all of my libraries on the server. Currently the sketches work fine and as far as I know the libraries are coming from the individual linux mint machines using cinnamon, releases vary depending on machine. I can move the libraries etc but what do I do to the IDE 1.8.18 and 1.8.19? to make it follow that path.

user37622: Arduino IDE can use libraries only from 3 locations.

libraries folder in sketchbook folder
libraries folder of selected board's platform
libraries folder in IDE installation folder (only IDE 1, not IDE 2)

There is no option to configure other paths and absolute or relative paths don't work in #include directive with the Arduino build process.
The only way to use libraries from a different location is to link with means of the operating system the folder with the library into one of the searched locations.

14095: <p>I want to place all of my libraries on the server. Currently the sketches work fine and as far as I know the libraries are coming from the individual linux mint machines using cinnamon, releases vary depending on machine. I can move the libraries etc but what do I do to the IDE 1.8.18 and 1.8.19? to make it follow that path.</p>
 37622: <p>Arduino IDE can use libraries only from 3 locations.</p>
<ol>
<li>libraries folder in sketchbook folder</li>
<li>libraries folder of selected board's platform</li>
<li>libraries folder in IDE installation folder (only IDE 1, not IDE 2)</li>
</ol>
<p>There is no option to configure other paths and absolute or relative paths don't work in <code>#include</code> directive with the Arduino build process.</p>
<p>The only way to use libraries from a different location is to link with means of the operating system the folder with the library into one of the searched locations.</p>
