IDE is almost unusable with ESP32 because of very long compiling time and lockup downloading
Downloading index: package_index.tar.bz2.
Any solution please ?
Thanks
Hi @Elesoft. 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:
i did try to close the serial monitor as instructed but it takes a sideral time too !
What about the compiling time ?
Thanks
There are numerous complaints about the slow compile, especially for ESP32 based boards but other newer boards also seem to suffer (maybe to a lesser extend). Here are some search results: Search results for 'slow compil #software:ide-2-x order:latest_topic' - Arduino Forum.
A first verify (compile) of a new sketch will in general be slow; after that it should be faster as cached files will (or should) not be recompiled.
Some work is on the way to speed up part of the verify process (library detection) but I suspect that the actual compile will always be relatively slow for ESP32 boards.
Thanks:
question: > is there any real solution to the above problems please ?
I'm not aware of one.
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