How to Install and Uninstall esptool Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 22,2024

1. Install "esptool" package

Learn how to install esptool on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

This is a short guide on how to uninstall esptool on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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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 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: esptool
Priority: extra
Section: universe/electronics
Installed-Size: 50
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Milan Kupcevic
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.4.6-1
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4)
Filename: pool/universe/e/esptool/esptool_0.4.6-1_amd64.deb
Size: 17386
MD5sum: 7f18638c45b6f20e5425cb676fd78b2f
SHA1: 2cec8df27bfde871b21fb69dbfbd590da9c5b7fe
SHA256: 5ec77ff9e5a04bfcb0946c2c16326ae86c1da5c1411a3b7b6a16cc017fc34ba2
Description-en: create and flash firmware files to ESP8266 or ESP32 chips
Flash firmware files to ESP8266 or ESP32 boards with ability to
automatically put certain boards into UART bootloader programming mode. Or,
extract code sections from ELF executable files to create firmware images
for ESP chips.
Description-md5: c181f861f36259d5bb1c9ccef737215f
Homepage: https://github.com/igrr/esptool-ck/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu