Tool Menu ESP8266 LittleFS Filesystem Uploader not displaying

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Hi,

I followed the instruction to install the tool: ESP8266 LittleFS Filesystem Uploader

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However, even after restarting Arduino IDE and reinstalling it (Mac OS X) the sub-menu still does not appear. I'd appreciate if anyone could provide me any advice.

Many thanks in advance
Mike

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Hi @mikew_de. Which version of the Arduino IDE are you using?

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Thanks for your swift reply. I am using the most recent version 2.0.0

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Maybe worth to note that I was required to install CLI as well. Uncertain if that has any potential impact, though.

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Unfortunately the "ESP8266 LittleFS Filesystem Uploader" tool is not compatible with Arduino IDE 2.x:

If you have a GitHub account, you can subscribe to that issue to get notifications of any new developments related to this subject.

For now, if you require this tool then you should use Arduino IDE 1.8.19. The download links for Arduino IDE 1.8.19 are available here:

https://www.arduino.cc/en/software#legacy-ide-18x

You can have both Arduino IDE 1.x and 2.x installed at the same time, so if you like Arduino IDE 2.x, you can use that version normally, then switch over to 1.8.19 only when you have need to use "ESP8266 LittleFS Filesystem Uploader" or a similar Java-based tool.

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Thanks @ptillisch and enjoy your weekend!

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You are welcome. Same to you.

Regards,
Per

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How about if I am using Arduino IDE ver 1.8, has followed the tutorial, and still cannot find the LittleFS plugin in menu?

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Hi @siin

This usually means you made a mistake while doing the installation of the plugin. I'll provide instructions you can follow carefully:

  1. Start Arduino IDE 1.8.
  2. Select File > Preferences from the Arduino IDE menus.
  3. Take note of the path shown in the "Sketchbook location" field.
  4. Click the Cancel button.
  5. Select File > Quit from the Arduino IDE menus.
  6. Create a folder named tools under the folder at the path you saw in the "Sketchbook location" field of your Arduino IDE preferences.
  7. Download the latest version of the plugin from this link:
    https://github.com/earlephilhower/arduino-esp8266littlefs-plugin/releases/download/2.6.0/ESP8266LittleFS-2.6.0.zip
  8. Unzip the downloaded folder.
  9. Copy the unzipped ESP8266LittleFS folder to the tools subfolder of your sketchbook folder.
  10. Triple check that the folder structure looks exactly like this:
    <sketchbook location>/
├── tools/
│   └── ESP8266LittleFS/
│       └── tool/
│           └── esp8266littlefs.jar
...
  11. Start Arduino IDE 1.8.

You should now find an "ESP8266 LittleFS Data Upload" item under the Arduino IDE's Tools menu.

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Oh my god. I missed the folder structure. all tutorials have the same steps that makes me did not notice where I did wrong.

I shouldn't copy only the .jar, but the main folder extracted.

Thank you!

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You are welcome. I'm glad if I was able to be of assistance.

I agree the instructions provided by the plugin author are not as clear as they might be. I have observed it to be the source of difficulties for the users in the past.

Regards,
Per

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