Trying to install esp32 core

Development Tools IDE 1.x
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Hey all. I need to install the core for an esp32, if I type the following into the additional boards manager URL's under preference's the core doesn't show up;

https://espressif.github.io/arduino-esp32/package_esp32_index.json

Is this address out of date?

IDE 1.8.19

Waveshare esp32-H2

Many thanks.

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Hi @Rusty_Kipper

Just so we can be sure we understand, please provide a detailed description of where exactly you expected it to show up at in a reply here on this forum topic.

No, it is correct. The authoritative reference for the URL is the installation instructions here:

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I was kind of hoping it would show up here in the library manager as per what I have seen in various tutorials;

esp32 lib pic
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It does seem that this is a common issue.
Its not the end of the world the esp32 was pretty cheap. I was hoping it might have been less time consuming than getting a HC-05 Bluetooth module to work.
I did manage to download the core from Github but not sure how to install it manually.

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tools>>board>>boards manager and scroll down to esp32. click install.

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The HC-05 is a Bluetooth Classic module (a wireless serial interface). Many of the ESP32 modules only support Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) which is completely different.

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Library Manager is a tool for managing Arduino libraries. The "esp32" boards platform is not a library, so you won't see it listed in Library Manager.
As already stated by @Geek_Emeritus, the tool for managing Arduino boards platforms like the esp32 platform is Boards Manager. So if you open Boards Manager you should see the esp32 platform and be able to install it there.

You can learn more about the Arduino IDE Boards Manager from this tutorial:

https://docs.arduino.cc/learn/starting-guide/cores

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Awesome, thanks guys, not sure how I missed that but now all up and running.