How To Install esptool on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install esptool on Debian 9.
What is esptool
esptool is:
Flash firmware files to ESP8266 or ESP32 boards with ability to automatically put certain boards into UART bootloader programming mode. Or, extract code sections from ELF executable files to create firmware images for ESP chips.
There are three methods to install esptool on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install esptool Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install esptool using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install esptool
Install esptool Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install esptool using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install esptool
Install esptool Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install esptool using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install esptool
How To Uninstall esptool on Debian 9
To uninstall only the esptool package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove esptool
Uninstall esptool And Its Dependencies
To uninstall esptool and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove esptool
Remove esptool Configurations and Data
To remove esptool configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge esptool
Remove esptool configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove esptool configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge esptool
Dependencies
esptool have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install esptool package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.