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opened on Jul 26, 2025

ESP32Console Arduino Library revisions needed due to compilation errors

I don't know why I got these errors out-of-the-box using the latest ESP32 Arduino Core and the latest ESP32Console library from the library manager, but these are the steps I took to fix it. Maybe it will help someone else.

Environment

  • Arduino IDE version 1.8.19 "Portable" on Linux
  • ESP32 Arduino Core version 3.3.0
    • Board: 'ESP32 Dev Module'
  • ESP32Console v1.2.2 (jbtronics)

Compile example 'basic' (skipping compiler output before the errors)

/home/admin/arduino-1.8.19-portable-scratch/portable/sketchbook/libraries/ESP32Console/src/ESP32Console/Console.cpp: In member function 'void ESP32Console::Console::begin(int, int, int, uint8_t)':
/home/admin/arduino-1.8.19-portable-scratch/portable/sketchbook/libraries/ESP32Console/src/ESP32Console/Console.cpp:102:38: error: invalid conversion from 'uint8_t' {aka 'unsigned char'} to 'uart_port_t' [-fpermissive]
  102 |         if (uart_is_driver_installed(channel)) {
      |                                      ^~~~~~~
      |                                      |
      |                                      uint8_t {aka unsigned char}
In file included from /home/admin/arduino-1.8.19-portable-scratch/portable/sketchbook/libraries/ESP32Console/src/ESP32Console/Console.cpp:9:
/home/admin/arduino-1.8.19-portable-scratch/portable/packages/esp32/tools/esp32-arduino-libs/idf-release_v5.5-b66b5448-v1/esp32/include/esp_driver_uart/include/driver/uart.h:143:43: note:   initializing argument 1 of 'bool uart_is_driver_installed(uart_port_t)'
  143 | bool uart_is_driver_installed(uart_port_t uart_num);
      |                               ~~~~~~~~~~~~^~~~~~~~
/home/admin/arduino-1.8.19-portable-scratch/portable/sketchbook/libraries/ESP32Console/src/ESP32Console/Console.cpp:103:32: error: invalid conversion from 'uint8_t' {aka 'unsigned char'} to 'uart_port_t' [-fpermissive]
  103 |             uart_driver_delete(channel);
      |                                ^~~~~~~
      |                                |
      |                                uint8_t {aka unsigned char}
/home/admin/arduino-1.8.19-portable-scratch/portable/packages/esp32/tools/esp32-arduino-libs/idf-release_v5.5-b66b5448-v1/esp32/include/esp_driver_uart/include/driver/uart.h:132:42: note:   initializing argument 1 of 'esp_err_t uart_driver_delete(uart_port_t)'
  132 | esp_err_t uart_driver_delete(uart_port_t uart_num);
      |                              ~~~~~~~~~~~~^~~~~~~~
In file included from /home/admin/arduino-1.8.19-portable-scratch/portable/packages/esp32/tools/esp32-arduino-libs/idf-release_v5.5-b66b5448-v1/esp32/include/heap/include/esp_heap_caps.h:13,
                 from /home/admin/arduino-1.8.19-portable-scratch/portable/packages/esp32/tools/esp32-arduino-libs/idf-release_v5.5-b66b5448-v1/esp32/include/console/esp_console.h:14,
                 from /home/admin/arduino-1.8.19-portable-scratch/portable/sketchbook/libraries/ESP32Console/src/ESP32Console/./Console.h:7,
                 from /home/admin/arduino-1.8.19-portable-scratch/portable/sketchbook/libraries/ESP32Console/src/ESP32Console/Console.cpp:1:
/home/admin/arduino-1.8.19-portable-scratch/portable/sketchbook/libraries/ESP32Console/src/ESP32Console/Console.cpp:134:43: error: invalid conversion from 'uint8_t' {aka 'unsigned char'} to 'uart_port_t' [-fpermissive]
  134 |         ESP_ERROR_CHECK(uart_param_config(channel, &uart_config));
      |                                           ^~~~~~~
      |                                           |
      |                                           uint8_t {aka unsigned char}
/home/admin/arduino-1.8.19-portable-scratch/portable/packages/esp32/tools/esp32-arduino-libs/idf-release_v5.5-b66b5448-v1/esp32/include/esp_common/include/esp_err.h:116:30: note: in definition of macro 'ESP_ERROR_CHECK'
  116 |         esp_err_t err_rc_ = (x);                                        \
      |                              ^
/home/admin/arduino-1.8.19-portable-scratch/portable/packages/esp32/tools/esp32-arduino-libs/idf-release_v5.5-b66b5448-v1/esp32/include/esp_driver_uart/include/driver/uart.h:473:41: note:   initializing argument 1 of 'esp_err_t uart_param_config(uart_port_t, const uart_config_t*)'
  473 | esp_err_t uart_param_config(uart_port_t uart_num, const uart_config_t *uart_config);
      |                             ~~~~~~~~~~~~^~~~~~~~
/home/admin/arduino-1.8.19-portable-scratch/portable/sketchbook/libraries/ESP32Console/src/ESP32Console/Console.cpp:141:26: error: invalid conversion from 'uint8_t' {aka 'unsigned char'} to 'uart_port_t' [-fpermissive]
  141 |             uart_set_pin(channel, txPin, rxPin, UART_PIN_NO_CHANGE, UART_PIN_NO_CHANGE);
      |                          ^~~~~~~
      |                          |
      |                          uint8_t {aka unsigned char}
/home/admin/arduino-1.8.19-portable-scratch/portable/packages/esp32/tools/esp32-arduino-libs/idf-release_v5.5-b66b5448-v1/esp32/include/esp_driver_uart/include/driver/uart.h:423:36: note:   initializing argument 1 of 'esp_err_t uart_set_pin(uart_port_t, int, int, int, int)'
  423 | esp_err_t uart_set_pin(uart_port_t uart_num, int tx_io_num, int rx_io_num, int rts_io_num, int cts_io_num);
      |                        ~~~~~~~~~~~~^~~~~~~~
/home/admin/arduino-1.8.19-portable-scratch/portable/sketchbook/libraries/ESP32Console/src/ESP32Console/Console.cpp:145:45: error: invalid conversion from 'uint8_t' {aka 'unsigned char'} to 'uart_port_t' [-fpermissive]
  145 |         ESP_ERROR_CHECK(uart_driver_install(channel, 256, 0, 0, NULL, 0));
      |                                             ^~~~~~~
      |                                             |
      |                                             uint8_t {aka unsigned char}
/home/admin/arduino-1.8.19-portable-scratch/portable/packages/esp32/tools/esp32-arduino-libs/idf-release_v5.5-b66b5448-v1/esp32/include/esp_common/include/esp_err.h:116:30: note: in definition of macro 'ESP_ERROR_CHECK'
  116 |         esp_err_t err_rc_ = (x);                                        \
      |                              ^
/home/admin/arduino-1.8.19-portable-scratch/portable/packages/esp32/tools/esp32-arduino-libs/idf-release_v5.5-b66b5448-v1/esp32/include/esp_driver_uart/include/driver/uart.h:121:43: note:   initializing argument 1 of 'esp_err_t uart_driver_install(uart_port_t, int, int, int, QueueDefinition**, int)'
  121 | esp_err_t uart_driver_install(uart_port_t uart_num, int rx_buffer_size, int tx_buffer_size, int queue_size, QueueHandle_t* uart_queue, int intr_alloc_flags);
      |                               ~~~~~~~~~~~~^~~~~~~~
Multiple libraries were found for "WiFi.h"
 Used: /home/admin/arduino-1.8.19-portable-scratch/portable/packages/esp32/hardware/esp32/3.3.0/libraries/WiFi
 Not used: /home/admin/arduino-1.8.19-portable-scratch/libraries/WiFi
Using library ESP32Console at version 1.2.2 in folder: /home/admin/arduino-1.8.19-portable-scratch/portable/sketchbook/libraries/ESP32Console 
Using library WiFi at version 3.3.0 in folder: /home/admin/arduino-1.8.19-portable-scratch/portable/packages/esp32/hardware/esp32/3.3.0/libraries/WiFi 
Using library Network at version 3.3.0 in folder: /home/admin/arduino-1.8.19-portable-scratch/portable/packages/esp32/hardware/esp32/3.3.0/libraries/Network 
exit status 1
Error compiling for board ESP32 Dev Module.

Change these lines

  • Console.cpp:102

    • if (uart_is_driver_installed(channel)) {
    • if (uart_is_driver_installed((uart_port_t)channel)) {

  • Console.cpp:103

    • uart_driver_delete(channel);
    • uart_driver_delete((uart_port_t)channel);

  • Console.cpp:134

    • ESP_ERROR_CHECK(uart_param_config(channel, &uart_config));
    • ESP_ERROR_CHECK(uart_param_config((uart_port_t)channel, &uart_config));

  • Console.cpp:141

    • uart_set_pin(channel, txPin, rxPin, UART_PIN_NO_CHANGE, UART_PIN_NO_CHANGE);
    • uart_set_pin((uart_port_t)channel, txPin, rxPin, UART_PIN_NO_CHANGE, UART_PIN_NO_CHANGE);

  • Console.cpp:145

    • ESP_ERROR_CHECK(uart_driver_install(channel, 256, 0, 0, NULL, 0));
    • ESP_ERROR_CHECK(uart_driver_install((uart_port_t)channel, 256, 0, 0, NULL, 0));

Recompile; new errors (skipping compiler output before the errors)

/home/admin/arduino-1.8.19-portable-scratch/portable/sketchbook/libraries/ESP32Console/src/ESP32Console/Commands/GPIOCommands.cpp: In function 'int _pinmode(int, char**)':
/home/admin/arduino-1.8.19-portable-scratch/portable/sketchbook/libraries/ESP32Console/src/ESP32Console/Commands/GPIOCommands.cpp:19:20: error: 'stoul' is not a member of 'std'
   19 |         pin = std::stoul(pin_str);
      |                    ^~~~~
/home/admin/arduino-1.8.19-portable-scratch/portable/sketchbook/libraries/ESP32Console/src/ESP32Console/Commands/GPIOCommands.cpp:3:1: note: 'std::stoul' is defined in header ''; this is probably fixable by adding '#include '
    2 | #include "Arduino.h"
  +++ |+#include 
    3 | 
/home/admin/arduino-1.8.19-portable-scratch/portable/sketchbook/libraries/ESP32Console/src/ESP32Console/Commands/GPIOCommands.cpp:21:17: error: 'invalid_argument' in namespace 'std' does not name a type
   21 |     catch (std::invalid_argument ex)
      |                 ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
/home/admin/arduino-1.8.19-portable-scratch/portable/sketchbook/libraries/ESP32Console/src/ESP32Console/Commands/GPIOCommands.cpp:3:1: note: 'std::invalid_argument' is defined in header ''; this is probably fixable by adding '#include '
    2 | #include "Arduino.h"
  +++ |+#include 
    3 | 
/home/admin/arduino-1.8.19-portable-scratch/portable/sketchbook/libraries/ESP32Console/src/ESP32Console/Commands/GPIOCommands.cpp:23:59: error: 'ex' was not declared in this scope; did you mean 'exp'?
   23 |         fprintf(stderr, "Invalid argument for pin: %s\n", ex.what());
      |                                                           ^~
      |                                                           exp
/home/admin/arduino-1.8.19-portable-scratch/portable/sketchbook/libraries/ESP32Console/src/ESP32Console/Commands/GPIOCommands.cpp: In function 'int _digitalWrite(int, char**)':
/home/admin/arduino-1.8.19-portable-scratch/portable/sketchbook/libraries/ESP32Console/src/ESP32Console/Commands/GPIOCommands.cpp:80:20: error: 'stoul' is not a member of 'std'
   80 |         pin = std::stoul(pin_str);
      |                    ^~~~~
/home/admin/arduino-1.8.19-portable-scratch/portable/sketchbook/libraries/ESP32Console/src/ESP32Console/Commands/GPIOCommands.cpp:80:20: note: 'std::stoul' is defined in header ''; this is probably fixable by adding '#include '
/home/admin/arduino-1.8.19-portable-scratch/portable/sketchbook/libraries/ESP32Console/src/ESP32Console/Commands/GPIOCommands.cpp:82:17: error: 'invalid_argument' in namespace 'std' does not name a type
   82 |     catch (std::invalid_argument ex)
      |                 ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
/home/admin/arduino-1.8.19-portable-scratch/portable/sketchbook/libraries/ESP32Console/src/ESP32Console/Commands/GPIOCommands.cpp:82:12: note: 'std::invalid_argument' is defined in header ''; this is probably fixable by adding '#include '
   82 |     catch (std::invalid_argument ex)
      |            ^~~
/home/admin/arduino-1.8.19-portable-scratch/portable/sketchbook/libraries/ESP32Console/src/ESP32Console/Commands/GPIOCommands.cpp:84:59: error: 'ex' was not declared in this scope; did you mean 'exp'?
   84 |         fprintf(stderr, "Invalid argument for pin: %s\n", ex.what());
      |                                                           ^~
      |                                                           exp
/home/admin/arduino-1.8.19-portable-scratch/portable/sketchbook/libraries/ESP32Console/src/ESP32Console/Commands/GPIOCommands.cpp: In function 'int _digitalRead(int, char**)':
/home/admin/arduino-1.8.19-portable-scratch/portable/sketchbook/libraries/ESP32Console/src/ESP32Console/Commands/GPIOCommands.cpp:127:20: error: 'stoul' is not a member of 'std'
  127 |         pin = std::stoul(pin_str);
      |                    ^~~~~
/home/admin/arduino-1.8.19-portable-scratch/portable/sketchbook/libraries/ESP32Console/src/ESP32Console/Commands/GPIOCommands.cpp:127:20: note: 'std::stoul' is defined in header ''; this is probably fixable by adding '#include '
/home/admin/arduino-1.8.19-portable-scratch/portable/sketchbook/libraries/ESP32Console/src/ESP32Console/Commands/GPIOCommands.cpp:129:17: error: 'invalid_argument' in namespace 'std' does not name a type
  129 |     catch (std::invalid_argument ex)
      |                 ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
/home/admin/arduino-1.8.19-portable-scratch/portable/sketchbook/libraries/ESP32Console/src/ESP32Console/Commands/GPIOCommands.cpp:129:12: note: 'std::invalid_argument' is defined in header ''; this is probably fixable by adding '#include '
  129 |     catch (std::invalid_argument ex)
      |            ^~~
/home/admin/arduino-1.8.19-portable-scratch/portable/sketchbook/libraries/ESP32Console/src/ESP32Console/Commands/GPIOCommands.cpp:131:59: error: 'ex' was not declared in this scope; did you mean 'exp'?
  131 |         fprintf(stderr, "Invalid argument for pin: %s\n", ex.what());
      |                                                           ^~
      |                                                           exp
/home/admin/arduino-1.8.19-portable-scratch/portable/sketchbook/libraries/ESP32Console/src/ESP32Console/Commands/GPIOCommands.cpp: In function 'int _analogRead(int, char**)':
/home/admin/arduino-1.8.19-portable-scratch/portable/sketchbook/libraries/ESP32Console/src/ESP32Console/Commands/GPIOCommands.cpp:168:20: error: 'stoul' is not a member of 'std'
  168 |         pin = std::stoul(pin_str);
      |                    ^~~~~
/home/admin/arduino-1.8.19-portable-scratch/portable/sketchbook/libraries/ESP32Console/src/ESP32Console/Commands/GPIOCommands.cpp:168:20: note: 'std::stoul' is defined in header ''; this is probably fixable by adding '#include '
/home/admin/arduino-1.8.19-portable-scratch/portable/sketchbook/libraries/ESP32Console/src/ESP32Console/Commands/GPIOCommands.cpp:170:17: error: 'invalid_argument' in namespace 'std' does not name a type
  170 |     catch (std::invalid_argument ex)
      |                 ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
/home/admin/arduino-1.8.19-portable-scratch/portable/sketchbook/libraries/ESP32Console/src/ESP32Console/Commands/GPIOCommands.cpp:170:12: note: 'std::invalid_argument' is defined in header ''; this is probably fixable by adding '#include '
  170 |     catch (std::invalid_argument ex)
      |            ^~~
/home/admin/arduino-1.8.19-portable-scratch/portable/sketchbook/libraries/ESP32Console/src/ESP32Console/Commands/GPIOCommands.cpp:172:59: error: 'ex' was not declared in this scope; did you mean 'exp'?
  172 |         fprintf(stderr, "Invalid argument for pin: %s\n", ex.what());
      |                                                           ^~
      |                                                           exp
/home/admin/arduino-1.8.19-portable-scratch/portable/sketchbook/libraries/ESP32Console/src/ESP32Console/Commands/NetworkCommands.cpp: In function 'void ipconfig_wlan()':
/home/admin/arduino-1.8.19-portable-scratch/portable/sketchbook/libraries/ESP32Console/src/ESP32Console/Commands/NetworkCommands.cpp:212:31: error: 'class WiFiClass' has no member named 'localIPv6'; did you mean 'localIP'?
  212 |     printf("IPv6: %s\n", WiFi.localIPv6().toString().c_str());
      |                               ^~~~~~~~~
      |                               localIP
/home/admin/arduino-1.8.19-portable-scratch/portable/sketchbook/libraries/ESP32Console/src/ESP32Console/Commands/SystemCommands.cpp: In function 'int sysInfo(int, char**)':
/home/admin/arduino-1.8.19-portable-scratch/portable/sketchbook/libraries/ESP32Console/src/ESP32Console/Commands/SystemCommands.cpp:83:5: error: 'esp_chip_info_t' was not declared in this scope
   83 |     esp_chip_info_t info;
      |     ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
/home/admin/arduino-1.8.19-portable-scratch/portable/sketchbook/libraries/ESP32Console/src/ESP32Console/Commands/SystemCommands.cpp:84:20: error: 'info' was not declared in this scope
   84 |     esp_chip_info(&info);
      |                    ^~~~
/home/admin/arduino-1.8.19-portable-scratch/portable/sketchbook/libraries/ESP32Console/src/ESP32Console/Commands/SystemCommands.cpp:84:5: error: 'esp_chip_info' was not declared in this scope
   84 |     esp_chip_info(&info);
      |     ^~~~~~~~~~~~~
/home/admin/arduino-1.8.19-portable-scratch/portable/sketchbook/libraries/ESP32Console/src/ESP32Console/Commands/SystemCommands.cpp:97:28: error: 'CHIP_FEATURE_WIFI_BGN' was not declared in this scope
   97 |            info.features & CHIP_FEATURE_WIFI_BGN ? " 802.11bgn " : "",
      |                            ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
/home/admin/arduino-1.8.19-portable-scratch/portable/sketchbook/libraries/ESP32Console/src/ESP32Console/Commands/SystemCommands.cpp:98:28: error: 'CHIP_FEATURE_BLE' was not declared in this scope
   98 |            info.features & CHIP_FEATURE_BLE ? " BLE " : "",
      |                            ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
/home/admin/arduino-1.8.19-portable-scratch/portable/sketchbook/libraries/ESP32Console/src/ESP32Console/Commands/SystemCommands.cpp:99:28: error: 'CHIP_FEATURE_BT' was not declared in this scope
   99 |            info.features & CHIP_FEATURE_BT ? " BT " : "",
      |                            ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
/home/admin/arduino-1.8.19-portable-scratch/portable/sketchbook/libraries/ESP32Console/src/ESP32Console/Commands/SystemCommands.cpp:100:28: error: 'CHIP_FEATURE_EMB_FLASH' was not declared in this scope
  100 |            info.features & CHIP_FEATURE_EMB_FLASH ? " Embedded-Flash " : " External-Flash ",
      |                            ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
/home/admin/arduino-1.8.19-portable-scratch/portable/sketchbook/libraries/ESP32Console/src/ESP32Console/Commands/SystemCommands.cpp:101:28: error: 'CHIP_FEATURE_EMB_PSRAM' was not declared in this scope
  101 |            info.features & CHIP_FEATURE_EMB_PSRAM ? " Embedded-PSRAM" : "");
      |                            ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Multiple libraries were found for "WiFi.h"
 Used: /home/admin/arduino-1.8.19-portable-scratch/portable/packages/esp32/hardware/esp32/3.3.0/libraries/WiFi
 Not used: /home/admin/arduino-1.8.19-portable-scratch/libraries/WiFi
Using library ESP32Console at version 1.2.2 in folder: /home/admin/arduino-1.8.19-portable-scratch/portable/sketchbook/libraries/ESP32Console 
Using library WiFi at version 3.3.0 in folder: /home/admin/arduino-1.8.19-portable-scratch/portable/packages/esp32/hardware/esp32/3.3.0/libraries/WiFi 
Using library Network at version 3.3.0 in folder: /home/admin/arduino-1.8.19-portable-scratch/portable/packages/esp32/hardware/esp32/3.3.0/libraries/Network 
exit status 1
Error compiling for board ESP32 Dev Module.

Change these lines.

  • GPIOCommands.cpp:3 -- insert these:

    • #include <string>
    • #include <stdexcept>

  • NetworkCommands.cpp:212 -- comment this line:

    • printf("IPv6: %s\n", WiFi.localIPv6().toString().c_str());
    • // printf("IPv6: %s\n", WiFi.localIPv6().toString().c_str());

  • SystemCommands.cpp:9 -- insert this:

    • #include <esp_chip_info.h>

Everything else seems to work.

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