VSC Extension Prerequisites

[username]

Just curious why the "Prerequisites" section says:
https://github.com/espressif/vscode-esp ... requisites

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The ESP-IDF Tools Installer does all of this automatically, which is far better than installing things one by one. Why not just recommend the Installer ?

ESP-IDF Tools Installer:
https://docs.espressif.com/projects/esp ... -installer

[ESP_Dazz]

The ESP-IDF Tools Installer does all of this automatically, which is far better than installing things one by one

Yes the tools installer should install all those prerequisites.

Why not just recommend the Installer ?

Because the tools installer is only available on Windows. Linux/Mac users need to install those prerequisites through their respective package managers. A user may also choose to install the tools one by one if they want to use a specific version of a particular tool.

If a user has not installed the correct tools before running the ESP-IDF VSC plugin (i.e., hasn't run the tools installer), the plugin's onboarding process has option to download and install the necessary tools as part of onboarding.