esp-idf/docs/en/get-started/linux-setup.rst

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Standard Setup of Toolchain for Linux
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Install Prerequisites
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To compile with ESP-IDF you need to get the following packages:

- CentOS 7::

    sudo yum install git wget flex bison gperf python cmake ninja-build ccache dfu-util

- Ubuntu and Debian::

    sudo apt-get install git wget flex bison gperf python python-pip python-setuptools cmake ninja-build ccache libffi-dev libssl-dev dfu-util

- Arch::

    sudo pacman -S --needed gcc git make flex bison gperf python-pip cmake ninja ccache dfu-util

.. note::
    CMake version 3.5 or newer is required for use with ESP-IDF. Older Linux distributions may require updating, enabling of a "backports" repository, or installing of a "cmake3" package rather than "cmake".

Additional Tips
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Permission issues /dev/ttyUSB0
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With some Linux distributions you may get the ``Failed to open port /dev/ttyUSB0`` error message when flashing the {IDF_TARGET_NAME}. :ref:`This can be solved by adding the current user to the dialout group<linux-dialout-group>`.

Setting up Python 3 as default for Ubuntu and Debian
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Ubuntu (distributions before v20.04) and Debian (distributions before v7) are still providing Python 2.7 as the default interpreter. Python 3 is recommended instead and can be installed in old distributions as follows, or please consult the documentation of your operating system for other recommended ways to achieve this::

    sudo apt-get install python3 python3-pip python3-setuptools

Making Python 3 the default interpreter is possible by running::

    sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/python python /usr/bin/python3 10

.. note::
    This is system-wide change which may affect all of the applications.

Next Steps
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To carry on with development environment setup, proceed to :ref:`get-started-get-esp-idf`.


.. _AUR: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Arch_User_Repository