How To Install esptool on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install esptool on Kali Linux. esptool is create and flash firmware files to ESP8266 and ESP32 chips

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install esptool on Kali Linux.

What is esptool

esptool is:

Communicate with the ROM bootloader in Espressif ESP8266 and ESP32 chips to fash firmware files, create firmware images or read OTP ROM or flash memory content such is manufacturer or device IDs.

There are three methods to install esptool on Kali Linux. 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 on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. 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 Kali Linux

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 Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove esptool

Remove esptool Configurations and Data

To remove esptool configuration and data from Kali Linux 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 Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.