OpenEnergyMonitor

Steps below tested on Ubuntu 9.04

Step One: get the Arduino Software

Download the Arduino software from: http://arduino.cc/en/Main/Software

You will also need to install the following:

$ sudo apt-get install gcc-avr

$ sudo apt-get install librxtx-java

$ sudo apt-get install avr-libc

For more information http://www.arduino.cc/playground/Learning/Linux

Step Two: load a sketch

1. Open up the Arduino software.
2. Load one of the sketches: Power Logger sketch or Power Sampler sketch
3. Verify/Compile
4. Upload to I/O Board

If that worked your now ready to load up the computer based software.