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esp8266/tutorial: Mention that esptool is available via pip.
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@@ -51,7 +51,13 @@ For best results it is recommended to first erase the entire flash of your
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device before putting on new MicroPython firmware.
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Currently we only support esptool.py to copy across the firmware. You can find
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this tool here: `<https://github.com/themadinventor/esptool/>`__ . Any other
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this tool here: `<https://github.com/themadinventor/esptool/>`__, or install it
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using pip::
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pip install esptool
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It requires Python 2.7, so you may need to use ``pip2`` instead of ``pip`` in
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the command above. Any other
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flashing program should work, so feel free to try them out, or refer to the
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documentation for your board to see its recommendations.
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