How to Install Micropython on ESP32 (Linux)

You will need:

# Ubuntu
sudo apt install python3-pipenv wget minicom -y

# RPM
sudo yum install python3-pipenv wget minicom -y

# Arch
sudo pacman -Syu python-pipenv wget minicom

mkdir -p ~/esp
cd ~/esp

wget -O micropython-octopus.bin https://octopusengine.org/download/micropython/micropython-octopus.bin
pipenv run pip install esptool adafruit-ampy

sudo esptool.py --chip esp32 -p /dev/ttyUSB0 erase_flash
sudo esptool.py --chip esp32 -p /dev/ttyUSB0 write_flash -z 0x1000 ./micropython-octopus.bin

sudo minicom -s

• Select “Serial port setup”
• Press F to disable hardware control
• Press Enter
• Select Exit