ESP32 Forum

I decided to install ESP-IDF, I use CLion and I work in the project "hello_world". Using CLion, I can build, flash etc. But when I want to use idf.py in the command line it does not work. It only works If I go back to the root directory, run export.bat and then return back to the project path. But this is a very tidious process and surely it should be easier.

Does anybody know what I'm doing wrong?

This is the expected behavior, you're not doing anything wrong.

You do need to run `export` once per shell.
This comes from a unix mindset where you're actually working in the shell primarily and you may be working on a different project requiring a different idf version in another shell.

I assume in windows you could create a batch file that opens the shell and then runs `export.bat` or something like that?