How To Install esptool on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install esptool
on Ubuntu 22.04.
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 Ubuntu 22.04. 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 Ubuntu. 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 Ubuntu 22.04
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 Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove esptool
Remove esptool Configurations and Data
To remove esptool
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 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
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install esptool
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.