I've done a fresh install and tried to install the esp32 library and it's taking forever to install.
Does anyone have this behaviour?
Hi @pasanlaksiri. Due to the "esp32" platform providing support for six different microcontrollers, some of which have very different architectures and separate toolchains, the platform installation is a massive 2.7 GB. So it is expected that the installation will take quite a long time, especially if you have a slower Internet connection and/or limited computing and disk operation resources (which are required to extract the downloaded archives) on your computer.
So please be patient. If the installation never completes, let us know and we'll investigate further.
hmm, I see the same:
- Arduino IDE 2.3.3
- esp32:3.0.5
- windows 11
It runs for a while and the it just keep hanging there with the "horizontal spinner" saying
Processing esp32:3.0.5: Platform esp32:esp32@3.0.5 installed
No more activity to be seen, dunno what it is doing
Hi @mortenguldager. Arduino IDE 2.3.3 has a bug that causes index downloads and installation/updates of boards platforms libraries to hang when Serial Monitor is open.
If you encounter this problem again, the workaround is to close the Serial Monitor view until the process is finished. After that, you can open Serial Monitor again.
The Serial Monitor view is a tab in the bottom panel of the Arduino IDE window, so you might not even notice when you have it open. You can close it by clicking the X icon on the tab:
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Ahh, missed that one. Workaround confirmed. Thanks!
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