On 03-08-2024 21:45, o1bigtenor via Dng wrote:
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> From: *o1bigtenor* <o1bigtenor@???>
> Date: Sat, Aug 3, 2024 at 2:34 PM
> Subject: Re: [DNG] Help needed - - running into issues with python and
> its tools
> To: Johan Helsingius <julf@???>
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> On Sat, Aug 3, 2024 at 1:33 PM Johan Helsingius via Dng
> <dng@???> wrote:
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>     Why not use pip?

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>     https://docs.espressif.com/projects/esptool/en/latest/esp32/installation.html

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> When I try that I get this result :
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> $ pip install esptool
> error: externally-managed-environment
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> × This environment is externally managed
> ╰─> To install Python packages system-wide, try apt install
>     python3-xyz, where xyz is the package you are trying to
>     install.
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> which drops me right back into the issue.
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> Thanks for the idea!
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Not the advised way but you can override the default with:

pip install esptool --break-system-packages