How to Install and Uninstall esptool Package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Last updated: May 20,2024

1. Install "esptool" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install esptool on Debian 10 (Buster)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                esptool
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "esptool" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall esptool on Debian 10 (Buster):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                esptool
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the esptool package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Package: esptool
Version: 2.5.1+dfsg-3
Installed-Size: 195
Maintainer: Milan Kupcevic
Architecture: all
Depends: python3, python3-serial, python3-pyaes, python3-ecdsa
Description: create and flash firmware files to ESP8266 and ESP32 chips
Description-md5: 93517e150a3e41899a38a2ae11c47f7b
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://github.com/espressif/esptool
Tag: field::electronics, hardware::embedded, implemented-in::c,
interface::commandline, role::program, scope::utility
Section: electronics
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/e/esptool/esptool_2.5.1+dfsg-3_all.deb
Size: 48832
MD5sum: 560cb085907ea0c85f8295b9f789e0bc
SHA256: 9db67c2a81bb6d1fa312bd7529c62c9eca1ae19b706011c217a134895ea0a344