Howto install esp-idf on windows?

ESPHome
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hello, i use esphome server ( python ) on windows , but , for esp32 c3 it is recommended to use esp-idf.
howto install esp-idf for my server ?
thank you

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yes for this "framework:
type: esp-idf " but it tells me it’s not installed

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We’ll need to see the yaml and logs. And what version of esphome?

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my log and yaml

INFO ESPHome 2025.2.0
INFO Reading configuration d:\\esphome\config\esphome-web-c81704.yaml...
INFO Generating C++ source...
INFO Cloning https://github.com/espressif/[email protected]
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\dom\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python311\site-packages\esphome\git.py", line 20, in run_git_command
    ret = subprocess.run(cmd, cwd=cwd, capture_output=True, check=False)
          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "C:\Program Files\Python311\Lib\subprocess.py", line 548, in run
    with Popen(*popenargs, **kwargs) as process:
         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "C:\Program Files\Python311\Lib\subprocess.py", line 1026, in __init__
    self._execute_child(args, executable, preexec_fn, close_fds,
  File "C:\Program Files\Python311\Lib\subprocess.py", line 1538, in _execute_child
    hp, ht, pid, tid = _winapi.CreateProcess(executable, args,
                       ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
FileNotFoundError: [WinError 2] Le fichier sp�cifi� est introuvable

The above exception was the direct cause of the following exception:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<frozen runpy>", line 198, in _run_module_as_main
  File "<frozen runpy>", line 88, in _run_code
  File "C:\Users\dom\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python311\Scripts\esphome.exe\__main__.py", line 7, in <module>
  File "C:\Users\dom\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python311\site-packages\esphome\__main__.py", line 1049, in main
    return run_esphome(sys.argv)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "C:\Users\dom\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python311\site-packages\esphome\__main__.py", line 1036, in run_esphome
    rc = POST_CONFIG_ACTIONS[args.command](args, config)
         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "C:\Users\dom\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python311\site-packages\esphome\__main__.py", line 452, in command_compile
    exit_code = write_cpp(config)
                ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "C:\Users\dom\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python311\site-packages\esphome\__main__.py", line 213, in write_cpp
    return write_cpp_file()
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "C:\Users\dom\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python311\site-packages\esphome\__main__.py", line 231, in write_cpp_file
    writer.write_cpp(code_s)
  File "C:\Users\dom\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python311\site-packages\esphome\writer.py", line 341, in write_cpp
    copy_src_tree()
  File "C:\Users\dom\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python311\site-packages\esphome\writer.py", line 307, in copy_src_tree
    copy_files()
  File "C:\Users\dom\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python311\site-packages\esphome\components\esp32\__init__.py", line 802, in copy_files
    repo_dir, _ = git.clone_or_update(
                  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "C:\Users\dom\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python311\site-packages\esphome\git.py", line 67, in clone_or_update
    run_git_command(cmd)
  File "C:\Users\dom\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python311\site-packages\esphome\git.py", line 22, in run_git_command
    raise cv.Invalid(
voluptuous.error.Invalid: git is not installed but required for external_components.
Please see https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Getting-Started-Installing-Git for installing git


esphome:
  name: ld2410test #Cambia el nombre por el que desees
  friendly_name: Presencia #Pon el nombre que desees
  
esp32:
  board: esp32-c3-devkitm-1
  framework:
    type: esp-idf
logger:

api:
  
ota:  

  - platform: esphome

  

wifi:
  ssid: !secret wifi_ssid
  password: !secret wifi_password
  manual_ip: 
    static_ip: 192.168.1.52
    gateway: 192.168.1.1
    subnet: 255.255.255.0

  
captive_portal:

uart:
  id: presencia
  tx_pin: 21
  rx_pin: 20
  baud_rate: 256000
  parity: NONE
  stop_bits: 1

ld2410:
  uart_id: presencia

web_server:
  port: 80

binary_sensor:
  - platform: ld2410
    has_target:
      name: Presence
    has_moving_target:
      name: Moving Target
    has_still_target:
      name: Still Target
    
sensor:
  - platform: ld2410
    
    moving_distance:
      name : cible en mouvement
    still_distance:
      name: cible immobile
    moving_energy:
      name: de mouvement
    
    detection_distance:
      name: Detection Distance   
    

    
number:
  - platform: ld2410
    timeout: #Temps pour passer le binary sensor Présence à faux
      name: timeout
    max_move_distance_gate: #Distance de détection du mouvemenet 2-8
      name: max move distance gate
    max_still_distance_gate: #Distance de détection d'immobilité 2-8
      name: max still distance gate
    
switch:
  - platform: ld2410
    engineering_mode:
      name: "engineering mode"
    bluetooth:
      name: "control bluetooth"
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Sometimes, the error message tells you exactly what you need to do.

You don’t install the idf platform, platformio does that. You don’t install platformio, esphome does that for you. But, it needs git to install it. It seems esphome does not install git for you, so you will need to do that yourself. It is likely the developers of esphome are so used to having git already installed, it never occurred to them that a machine could exist without git installed :wink: At least the error message is decent, just hidden by the extensive stack trace that makes it rather unfriendly and harder to see.

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thank you , it’s good , i(ve installed git on windows

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