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9/13/2025 4:23:04 PM EDT
[Last Edit: farfromhome][Edited]
I have an ESP32 that I would like to flash, first time flashing this.

I had to install python manually (thanks debian). Python installed fine. ESPtools installed fine as well but I cannot do anything with it.

esptool
bash: /usr/bin/esptool: No such file or directory


sudo esptool
sudo: esptool: command not found


How can I use esptools?


ETA: I gave up with ESPtool on terminal. I used an online service to flash my ESP32.
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9/13/2025 5:20:50 PM EDT
[#1]
I don't have any experience with it, but I'm interested in learning more about it.

Is the tool named esptool.py?

I'd be wondering where your installation put it.

Perhaps you could use a find command to locate it.

Is your system set up correctly so that you can execute other python programs?




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9/13/2025 5:24:55 PM EDT
[#2]
I've only programmed mine with the Arduino interface.

Are you certain that you are in the correct directory?
9/13/2025 5:27:33 PM EDT
[#3]
Python3 on Debian is horrible these days. The tool is probably installed in some hidden pyenv thing that isn't obvious to find...
9/13/2025 7:03:18 PM EDT
[#4]
I gave up on ESPtool on terminal and I used an online service to flash my ESP32.
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9/14/2025 10:10:22 AM EDT
[Last Edit: sigman68][Edited] [#5]
Another thing you can try is to navigate to the home directory where the program resides.

Type> python nameofapplication.py

or

python ESPtools.py

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