public async installBoard()

in src/arduino/arduino.ts [237:287]
50 lines of code
19 McCabe index (conditional complexity)

    public async installBoard(packageName: string, arch: string = "", version: string = "", showOutput: boolean = true) {
        arduinoChannel.show();
        const updatingIndex = packageName === "dummy" && !arch && !version;
        if (updatingIndex) {
            arduinoChannel.start(`Update package index files...`);
        } else {
            try {
                const packagePath = path.join(this._settings.packagePath, "packages", packageName, arch);
                if (util.directoryExistsSync(packagePath)) {
                    util.rmdirRecursivelySync(packagePath);
                }
                arduinoChannel.start(`Install package - ${packageName}...`);
            } catch (error) {
                arduinoChannel.start(`Install package - ${packageName} failed under directory : ${error.path}${os.EOL}
                                      Please make sure the folder is not occupied by other procedures .`);
                arduinoChannel.error(`Error message - ${error.message}${os.EOL}`);
                arduinoChannel.error(`Exit with code=${error.code}${os.EOL}`);
                return;
            }
        }
        arduinoChannel.info(`${packageName}${arch && ":" + arch}${version && ":" + version}`);
        try {
            if (this.useArduinoCli()) {
                await util.spawn(this._settings.commandPath,
                    ["core", "install", `${packageName}${arch && ":" + arch}${version && "@" + version}`],
                    undefined,
                    { channel: showOutput ? arduinoChannel.channel : null });
            } else {
                await util.spawn(this._settings.commandPath,
                    ["--install-boards", `${packageName}${arch && ":" + arch}${version && ":" + version}`],
                    undefined,
                    { channel: showOutput ? arduinoChannel.channel : null });
            }
            if (updatingIndex) {
                arduinoChannel.end("Updated package index files.");
            } else {
                arduinoChannel.end(`Installed board package - ${packageName}${os.EOL}`);
            }
        } catch (error) {
            // If a platform with the same version is already installed, nothing is installed and program exits with exit code 1
            if (error.code === 1) {
                if (updatingIndex) {
                    arduinoChannel.end("Updated package index files.");
                } else {
                    arduinoChannel.end(`Installed board package - ${packageName}${os.EOL}`);
                }
            } else {
                arduinoChannel.error(`Exit with code=${error.code}${os.EOL}`);
            }
        }
    }