ESP8266 Community Forum

- Mon Dec 14, 2020 8:35 pm #89801

...you want to keep the Arduino stuff separated from everything else
on your Mac, you may try to install it on a virtual machine.
This is an example using virtualbox and ubuntu
https://roboticsbackend.com/control-arduino-from-ubuntu-virtualbox/#:~:text=Configure%20Arduino%20USB%20port%20on%20VirtualBox,-First%20make%20sure&text=Go%20to%20the%20USB%20section,now%20appear%20on%20the%20list.
All the stuff you install on the virtual machine will be available only there
and will not interfere with your Mac environment.

Sounds interesting, just what I need maybe?.
I know nothing about "virtual machines" nor "virtualbox" and "ubuntu" but will follow up with your link.

Thanks greg

I'm a user (vs. developer) in my 70's and have multi-thought threading problems in my head. Please be understanding.

- Sat Jan 02, 2021 1:45 pm #90039 I had the same problem and solved it with two steps:
1.) The command

Code: Select allchmod a+x Users/klaus/Library/Arduino15/packages/esp8266/hardware/esp8266/2.7.4/tools/upload.py

sets the right attributes for upload.py because the execution flags were missing.
2.) In the file /Users/klaus/Library/Arduino15/packages/esp8266/hardware/esp8266/2.7.4/platform.txt I removed from the line statring with

Code: Select alltools.esptool.upload.pattern="{cmd}" "{runtime.platform.path}/tools/upload.py"

the "{cmd}" because this calls an old python interpreter. Leaving it out uses the default python which, on my system, works.

Hope that helps