Prerequisites

Below are the minimum requirements for running the ESP-IDF. The Installation Manager itself has no dependencies, but during its run, it checks the system to ensure that the dependencies of IDF are met.

Windows

To get started with ESP-IDF, you need Git, CMake, Ninja, and Python. The ESP-IDF Installation Manager will verify the required prerequisites on your system and install any that are missing.

For more details about ESP-IDF prerequisites, please refer to the ESP-IDF Windows prerequisites documentation.

Note: If any of these prerequisites are missing, the installer will prompt you to install them. If you agree, the installer will automatically install and configure everything required to run ESP-IDF.

macOS

• dfu-util
• cmake
• ninja
• python with pip capable of creating a virtual environment and doing SSL requests

Note: On POSIX systems, the installer will check for the required prerequisites. If they are not met, the installation will not proceed.

Linux

• git
• cmake
• ninja
• wget
• flex
• bison
• gperf
• ccache
• libffi-dev
• libssl-dev
• dfu-util
• libusb-1.0-0
• python with pip capable of creating a virtual environment and doing SSL requests

Note: On POSIX systems, the installer will check for the required prerequisites. If they are not met, the installation will not proceed.