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title: Install esptool on elementary OS using the Snap Store | Snapcraft
description: Get the latest version of esptool for on elementary OS - Serial utility
  for flashing, provisioning, and interacting with Espressif SoCs
url: https://snapcraft.io/install/espressif-esptool/elementary
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# Install esptool on **elementary OS**

# esptool (espressif-esptool)

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[Install](https://snapcraft.io/install/espressif-esptool/elementary#install)

#### Serial utility for flashing, provisioning, and interacting with Espressif SoCs

A Python-based, open-source, platform-independent serial utility for flashing,
provisioning, and interacting with Espressif SoCs (ESP32, ESP8266, etc.).

Features:

* Flash firmware to ESP32, ESP8266, and other Espressif chips
* Read, write, erase, and verify binary data stored in flash
* Read chip features and MAC address information
* Read and write one-time-programmable eFuses
* Support for various firmware formats and bootloaders
* Complete toolset including esptool, espefuse, and espsecure
* Work with ROM bootloader and flasher stub

Usage:
The following top level commands are exported as part of the snap.

* espressif-esptool.esptool
* espressif-esptool.espefuse
* espressif-esptool.espsecure

These can be aliased to more friendly names using the following alias commands:

* snap alias espressif-esptool.esptool esptool
* snap alias espressif-esptool.espefuse espefuse
* snap alias espressif-esptool.espsecure espsecure

You will need to manually connect raw-usb and serial access before you can work with your esp devices.

* sudo snap connect espressif-esptool:raw-usb
* sudo snap connect espressif-esptool:serial

### Package name

* espressif-esptool

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### License

* MIT

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### Last updated

* 25 August 2026 - latest/stable
* 24 July 2026 - latest/candidate

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### Websites

* [docs.espressif.com](https://docs.espressif.com/projects/esptool/ "https://docs.espressif.com/projects/esptool/")

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### Contact

* [durrendal@lambdacreate.com](mailto:durrendal@lambdacreate.com "mailto:durrendal@lambdacreate.com")

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### Source code

* [github.com/espressif/esptool](https://github.com/espressif/esptool "https://github.com/espressif/esptool")

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### Report a bug

* [github.com/durrendal/esptool-snap](https://github.com/durrendal/esptool-snap "https://github.com/durrendal/esptool-snap")

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##### Report a Snap Store violation

* [Report this Snap](https://snapcraft.io/install/espressif-esptool/elementary#report-snap-modal)

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## Enable snaps on elementary OS and install esptool

Snaps are applications packaged with all their dependencies to run on all popular Linux distributions from a single build. They update automatically and roll back gracefully.

Snaps are discoverable and installable from the [Snap Store](https://snapcraft.io/store), an app store with an audience of millions.

### Enable snapd

Snap can be installed on elementary OS from the command line. Open *Terminal* from the Applications launcher and type the following:

```
sudo apt update
sudo apt install snapd
```

Either log out and back in again, or restart your system, to ensure snap’s paths are updated correctly.

### Install esptool

To install esptool, simply use the following command:

```
sudo snap install espressif-esptool
```

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