ESPhome installation issue

Configuration
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I understand this might not the right community to address Linux related questions.
However I just moved to Linux for the first time in my life from Windows and and it is more difficult than I thought.
I am a Home Assistant user and trying to rebuild the same tools that I have on Windows.
I use ESPHOME and I wanted to install esphomeflasher. I installed python first then I am entering the following to install esphomeflasher: `

pip3 install esphomeflasher.

After a few seconds I get a bunch of red lines with the final following ones being:

ERROR: Command errored out with exit status 1: /usr/bin/python3 -u -c 'import sys, setuptools, tokenize; sys.argv[0] = '"'"'/tmp/pip-install-e2gscsgq/wxpython/setup.py'"'"'; __file__='"'"'/tmp/pip-install-e2gscsgq/wxpython/setup.py'"'"';f=getattr(tokenize, '"'"'open'"'"', open)(__file__);code=f.read().replace('"'"'\r\n'"'"', '"'"'\n'"'"');f.close();exec(compile(code, __file__, '"'"'exec'"'"'))' install --record /tmp/pip-record-fcjqmgmx/install-record.txt --single-version-externally-managed --user --prefix= --compile --install-headers /home/oem/.local/include/python3.8/wxpython Check the logs for full command output.

Not sure if somebody can assist me here

thanks

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what kind of linux installation you have?
because you don’t have to do so.
just install the esphome add-on and integration within HA.
that’s all.

adding new ESP-Senors will be done within the add-on.

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it is linux mint 20.1.
I typically use esphome add-on only for OTA flashing.
Can I USB flash with the add-on?

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Yes you can.

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I will go that route then.
Still…dealing with Mint will be challanging

cheers!

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Yea, that’s definitely to complex for a unix beginner.
HA is managing all of these topics for you internally.

first you add an new esp via (+) in the lower right corner.
after that you can add the new sensor‘s etc to your new esp.

if you connect a new esp to your system via USB, just restart the add-on.
after that you must switch from over-the-air to your usb port.

now you can upload the esp-firmware and configuration to your esp.

that’s it

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I just tried, but I understand that I can’t USB flash on my local machine and I have to use the USB on the Raspberry. Do I have an option to flash locally (my raspberry is not easily accessible )?

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I resolved using esptool that I got installed without any problem.