How to Install and Uninstall esptool Package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Last updated: November 26,2024

You can also install and uninstall the esptool on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Ubuntu system

Kubuntu 22.04 LTS
Lubuntu 22.04 LTS
Xubuntu 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu MATE 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu Studio 22.04 LTS
Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS
Zorin OS 16 / Zorin OS 17
Ubuntu Budgie 22.04

1. Install "esptool" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install esptool on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)


    
        
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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 instructions below to uninstall esptool on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish):


    
        
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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 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

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: create and flash firmware files to ESP8266 and ESP32 chips
Description-md5: 93517e150a3e41899a38a2ae11c47f7b