EIM is a cross-platform CLI application that simplifies the setup process for ESP-IDF (Espressif IoT Development Framework). Whether you’re working on macOS, Linux, or Windows, EIM offers a consistent and user-friendly experience for installing prerequisites, ESP-IDF itself, and essential development tools.
There are several ways how to configure the installer, you can supply a config file, specify cli arguments, set environmental variables or go through a wizard on the command line.
The precedence is that the config file is overwritten by env variables which can be overridden by cli arguments. If you go through the wizard, your choices will have the higher precedence.
the installer takes the config toml file. it searches for it in the default location ./config/default.toml but you can specify the path to the config with --config cli argument
example config:
path = "/tmp/esp-new/"
idf_path = "/tmp/esp-new/v5.3/esp-idf"
tool_download_folder_name = "dist"
tool_install_folder_name = "tools"
target = ["all"]
idf_versions = ["v5.3"]
tools_json_file = "tools/tools.json"
idf_tools_path = "./tools/idf_tools.py"
mirror = "https://github.com"
idf_mirror = "https://github.com"
recurse_submodules = falseyou can override any of the settings by exporting env variable prefixed by ESP_ like ESP_TARGET
please refer to the --help for information about cli usage
Download the executable for the suitable architecture.
it is recommended first to run the --help command
Run it and proceed according to instructions in the terminal and you will have IDF installed.
for Chinese run it with the flag -l=cn