How to build the bundled esp tool for windows ============================================= (1) install python 3 on windows, add to path (2) pip install pyinstaller (3) create an empty dir, cd there (4) get esptool.py (either pip install esptool, search for it or download from https://github.com/espressif/esptool - just esptool.py) or copy it from here (5) run: pyinstaller -F esptool.py esptool.exe in dist\esptool How to build the bundled flashtool.exe (on windows) =================================================== (1) install python 3, add to path (2) pip install pyinstaller (3) pip install pyserial (4) in this directory: pyinstaller --clean -F flashtool.py will create flashtool.exe in dist How to run flashtool on Linux ============================= (1) have python 3 installed (2) install python3-serial as package __or__ sudo pip3 install pyserial (3) install python3-tk as package __or__ sudo pip3 install tkinter (4) ./flashtool.py