Multiple Espressif Versions
Install multiple versions of esp32 idf tools on linux
Terminal
Install v4
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export FOLDER=$HOME/Projects/esp4
mkdir -p $FOLDER
export IDF_TOOLS_PATH=$HOME/.espressif4
cd $FOLDER
git clone -b v4.4.4 --recursive https://github.com/espressif/esp-idf.git
cd esp-idf
./install.sh esp32,esp32s3bash code snippet end
Add to .bashrc/.profile
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alias getidf4='export IDF_TOOLS_PATH=$HOME/.espressif4 && . $HOME/Projects/esp4/esp-idf/export.sh'
alias idf=idf.py
alias esptool=esptool.pybash code snippet end
Install v5
bash code snippet start
export FOLDER=$HOME/Projects/esp5
mkdir -p $FOLDER
export IDF_TOOLS_PATH=$HOME/.espressif5
cd $FOLDER
git clone -b v5.2.5 --recursive https://github.com/espressif/esp-idf.git
cd esp-idf
./install.sh esp32,esp32s3bash code snippet end
Add to .bashrc/.profile
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alias getidf5='export IDF_TOOLS_PATH=$HOME/.espressif5 && . $HOME/Projects/esp5/esp-idf/export.sh'
alias idf=idf.py
alias esptool=esptool.pybash code snippet end
VSCode
Change the esp-idf extension setting, saveCode, to 3, which saves all esp-idf settings to the workspaceFolder, instead of the default, global.
CTRL+SHIFT+P, user settings
Code examples for reference book
Book: Developing-IoT-Projects-with-ESP32, Second-edition Code for multiple versions
4.4.4: https://github.com/PacktPublishing/Developing-IoT-Projects-with-ESP32-2nd-edition?tab=readme-ov-file