How to Install and Uninstall esptool Package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Last updated: May 09,2024

1. Install "esptool" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install esptool on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


    
        
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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 guidelines below to uninstall esptool on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


    
        
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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 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: esptool
Architecture: all
Version: 2.8+dfsg-1
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: 226
Depends: python3, python3-serial, python3-pyaes, python3-ecdsa
Filename: pool/universe/e/esptool/esptool_2.8+dfsg-1_all.deb
Size: 56188
MD5sum: 1d180f96352897c7f4e99edbee6a93c7
SHA1: fedef632ce164949bf3e1e2c37533725ec08b697
SHA256: 20851573a7492856136b070643db38431a0e8d45e604c9aeb6ff65799db263a3
SHA512: 1b771bed8d98f24b4449ca4807d44f0818c666c866c7661d5997f6bb95738149622e0bec20186722a3d03ee7a0be3f37368e5ba6e04a789ed5095ddeaaf7c3bb
Homepage: https://github.com/espressif/esptool
Description-en: create and flash firmware files to ESP8266 and ESP32 chips
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.
Description-md5: 93517e150a3e41899a38a2ae11c47f7b