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The following procedure shows how to build ESP32 microcontroller projects with the Eclipse Integrated Development Environment on Debian-based Linux distributions. ========== 1. INSTALLATION 1.1. Install Espressif's IoT Development Framework for ESP32 with the RTOS SDK. https://www.sysadsim.com/2022/09/using-esp-idf-on-linux.html 1.2. Download and install the Eclipse IDE. https://www.sysadsim.com/2022/09/installing-eclipse-ide-on-linux.html 2. PREPARATION 2.1. On the Eclipse IDE, click on the following to install ESP-IDF plugins for Eclipse. [ Help -> Install New Software -> Add... ] Name: Espressif IDF Plugin for Eclipse Location: https://dl.espressif.com/dl/idf-eclipse-plugin/updates/latest/ Click [ Add ]. Go to [ Espressif IDF dropdown ]. Check [ CMake Editor ]. Check [ Espressif IDF Plugins for Eclipse ]. Click [ Next -> Accept license terms -> Finish ]. Wait for plugins download and installation to complete. Click [ Select All -> Trust ] if asked to trust some so...

The following procedure shows how to build ESP8266 microcontroller projects with the Eclipse Integrated Development Environment on Debian-based Linux distributions. ========== 1. INSTALLATION 1.1. Install Espressif's IoT Development Framework for ESP8266 with the RTOS SDK. https://www.sysadsim.com/2022/09/using-esp8266-rtos-sdk-on-linux.html 1.2. Download and install the Eclipse IDE. https://www.sysadsim.com/2022/09/installing-eclipse-ide-on-linux.html 2. PREPARATION 2.1. On the Eclipse IDE, click on the following to open the target ESP8266 project folder and choose its toolchain. [ File -> Import... ] [ C/C++ -> Existing Code as Makefile Project -> Next ] [ Existing Code Location -> Browse... ] Example: ~/esp/ESP8266_RTOS_SDK/examples/get-started/hello_world [ Toolchain for Indexer Settings -> Cross GCC -> Finish ] 2.2. Set up the project's properties. [ Project Explorer tab -> Right-click on project name -> Properties ] 2.2.1. C/C++ General Indexer Go ...

The following procedure shows how to quickly install the Eclipse Integrated Development Environment on desktop Linux distributions. ========== 1. Download the Eclipse tarball at [ https://www.eclipse.org/downloads/ ]. 2. Open a terminal and extract the installer folder. user@host: $ tar -xf eclipse-inst-jre-linux64.tar.gz 3. Run the installer to launch the graphical user interface. user@host: $ cd eclipse-installer user@host: $ ./eclipse-inst 4. On the GUI, choose the desired package. 4.1. For C/C++ programming, select [ Eclipse IDE for Embedded C/C++ Developers ]. 4.1.1. Use the suggested defaults and click [ Install ]. 4.1.2. When the installation is finished, click [ Launch ]. 4.1.3. Use the suggested Workspace and click [ Launch ]. ==========