FAQ

When you are trying to compile esp-open-sdk or build your firmware, you may face some errors as below.

• configure: error: missing required tool: makeinfo Install texinfo by running the following commond to fix it:

sudo apt-get install texinfo

• cannot create autom4te.cache This is a permission problem, change the permission of directory esp-open-sdk/ to 777. Input the following commond on terminal:

sudo chmod 777 -R /opt/esp-open-sdk

• configure: error: could not find GNU awk

sudo apt-get install gawk

• configure: error: could not find GNU libtool >= 1.5.26

sudo apt-get install libtool

If it dosen't work, install libtool-bin:

sudo apt-get install libtool-bin

• configure: error: could not find curses header, required for the kconfig frontends

sudo apt-get install libncurses5-dev

• configure: error: expat is missing or unusable

sudo apt-get install libexpat1-dev

• configure: error: could not find GNU automake >= 1.10

sudo apt-get install automake

• When you compile the esp-open-sdk, occurs some errors like the following screenshot:

ust ignore it, execute make STANDALONE=y again, it will be ok then.