How to Install and Uninstall esptool Package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Last updated: December 23,2024

1. Install "esptool" package

Learn how to install esptool on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)


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

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall esptool on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):


    
        
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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 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Package: esptool
Architecture: all
Version: 2.1+dfsg1-2
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: extra
Section: universe/electronics
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Milan Kupcevic
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 171
Depends: python3, python3-serial, python3-pyaes, python3-ecdsa
Filename: pool/universe/e/esptool/esptool_2.1+dfsg1-2_all.deb
Size: 42552
MD5sum: 0ad617d8c2279c5c7a507d6cf045b7d6
SHA1: a94dde4ef5cb2f65da1d7240b3e09d3ab04f66f5
SHA256: a729827866db99ea3d7e131b43520c65177b1c6f3615031e0db262cc082b78a0
Homepage: https://github.com/espressif/esptool
Description: create and flash firmware files to ESP8266 and ESP32 chips
Description-md5: 93517e150a3e41899a38a2ae11c47f7b