Got "SPIFFS Error: esptool not found" on Linux

[aFunkyBass]

Hello there,

I've been hunting high and low, but I can't find a solution for this issue. I have all the tools updated and I can launch esptool from the terminal (which is in /home/***/.local/bin/esptool.py), but when I try to upload the FS on the ESP i doesn't work.

I tried to create a link with the command ln -s /home/***/.local/bin/esptool.py /home/***/.arduino15/packages/esp32/hardware/esp32/3.1.1/tools/ and it seems to find it, but it complains about "suppress" method attribute not present.

I'm going nuts...

Ubuntu Linux 20.04
Arduino IDE 1.8.15
Python 3.8

[kindzhon]

no one knows?same Error, ESP32C2

[aFunkyBass]

I've switched to Arduino IDE 2 using thi other plugin:

https://github.com/earlephilhower/arduino-littlefs-upload

[digiexchris]

esptool can be installed through most package managers. eg on ubuntu:
sudo apt install esptool

Not ideal, this tool should probably reference the arduino board provided one, but it's a workaround I'm using right now.