Error while compiling on Windows 10

[nauticus25]

I have only a little experience with python and this is my first time attempting to flash an ESP32. I've installed the Python environment on my Win10 computer and have successfully installed esptool and esphome. I also successfully backed-up the built-in firmware off of the Emporia Vue 2. I've created and modified my emporiavue.yaml file per the instructions, but I run into an issue when I attempt to run esphome run emporiavue.yaml:

C:\esphome>esphome run emporiavue.yaml
INFO Reading configuration emporiavue.yaml...
INFO Detected timezone 'America/New_York'
INFO Generating C++ source...
INFO Compiling app...
Processing emporiavue2 (board: esp32dev; framework: espidf; platform: platformio/espressif32 @ 5.2.0)
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Verbose mode can be enabled via `-v, --verbose` option
CONFIGURATION: https://docs.platformio.org/page/boards/espressif32/esp32dev.html
PLATFORM: Espressif 32 (5.2.0) > Espressif ESP32 Dev Module
HARDWARE: ESP32 240MHz, 320KB RAM, 4MB Flash
DEBUG: Current (cmsis-dap) External (cmsis-dap, esp-bridge, esp-prog, iot-bus-jtag, jlink, minimodule, olimex-arm-usb-ocd, olimex-arm-usb-ocd-h, olimex-arm-usb-tiny-h, olimex-jtag-tiny, tumpa)
PACKAGES:
 - framework-espidf @ 3.40402.0 (4.4.2)
 - tool-cmake @ 3.16.4
 - tool-esptoolpy @ 1.40201.0 (4.2.1)
 - tool-idf @ 1.0.1
 - tool-mconf @ 1.4060000.20190628 (406.0.0)
 - tool-ninja @ 1.9.0
 - toolchain-esp32ulp @ 2.35.0-20220830
 - toolchain-xtensa-esp32 @ 8.4.0+2021r2-patch3
Installing ESP-IDF's Python dependencies
Collecting cryptography<35.0.0,>=2.1.4
  Downloading cryptography-3.4.8-cp36-abi3-win_amd64.whl (1.6 MB)
     ---------------------------------------- 1.6/1.6 MB 8.6 MB/s eta 0:00:00
Collecting future>=0.15.2
  Downloading future-0.18.3.tar.gz (840 kB)
     ------------------------------------- 840.9/840.9 kB 17.7 MB/s eta 0:00:00
  Preparing metadata (setup.py): started
  Preparing metadata (setup.py): finished with status 'done'
Collecting idf-component-manager~=1.0
  Downloading idf_component_manager-1.2.2-py3-none-any.whl (116 kB)
     ---------------------------------------- 116.7/116.7 kB ? eta 0:00:00
Collecting cffi>=1.12
  Downloading cffi-1.15.1-cp311-cp311-win_amd64.whl (179 kB)
     -------------------------------------- 179.0/179.0 kB 3.7 MB/s eta 0:00:00
Collecting packaging
  Downloading packaging-23.0-py3-none-any.whl (42 kB)
     ---------------------------------------- 42.7/42.7 kB 2.2 MB/s eta 0:00:00
Collecting requests<3
  Downloading requests-2.28.2-py3-none-any.whl (62 kB)
     ---------------------------------------- 62.8/62.8 kB ? eta 0:00:00
Collecting requests-file
  Downloading requests_file-1.5.1-py2.py3-none-any.whl (3.7 kB)
Collecting requests-toolbelt
  Downloading requests_toolbelt-0.10.1-py2.py3-none-any.whl (54 kB)
     ---------------------------------------- 54.5/54.5 kB 2.8 MB/s eta 0:00:00
Collecting schema
  Downloading schema-0.7.5-py2.py3-none-any.whl (17 kB)
Collecting six
  Downloading six-1.16.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl (11 kB)
Collecting tqdm<5
  Downloading tqdm-4.64.1-py2.py3-none-any.whl (78 kB)
     ---------------------------------------- 78.5/78.5 kB 4.5 MB/s eta 0:00:00
Collecting colorama
  Downloading colorama-0.4.6-py2.py3-none-any.whl (25 kB)
Collecting pyyaml>5.2
  Downloading PyYAML-6.0-cp311-cp311-win_amd64.whl (143 kB)
     ---------------------------------------- 143.2/143.2 kB ? eta 0:00:00
Collecting cachecontrol[filecache]>0.12.6
  Downloading CacheControl-0.12.11-py2.py3-none-any.whl (21 kB)
Collecting contextlib2>0.6.0
  Downloading contextlib2-21.6.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl (13 kB)
Collecting click
  Downloading click-8.1.3-py3-none-any.whl (96 kB)
     ---------------------------------------- 96.6/96.6 kB 5.8 MB/s eta 0:00:00
Collecting msgpack>=0.5.2
  Downloading msgpack-1.0.4.tar.gz (128 kB)
     -------------------------------------- 128.1/128.1 kB 7.9 MB/s eta 0:00:00
  Installing build dependencies: started
  Installing build dependencies: finished with status 'done'
  Getting requirements to build wheel: started
  Getting requirements to build wheel: finished with status 'done'
  Installing backend dependencies: started
  Installing backend dependencies: finished with status 'done'
  Preparing metadata (pyproject.toml): started
  Preparing metadata (pyproject.toml): finished with status 'done'
Collecting lockfile>=0.9
  Downloading lockfile-0.12.2-py2.py3-none-any.whl (13 kB)
Collecting pycparser
  Downloading pycparser-2.21-py2.py3-none-any.whl (118 kB)
     -------------------------------------- 118.7/118.7 kB 7.2 MB/s eta 0:00:00
Collecting charset-normalizer<4,>=2
  Using cached charset_normalizer-3.0.1-cp311-cp311-win_amd64.whl (96 kB)
Collecting idna<4,>=2.5
  Downloading idna-3.4-py3-none-any.whl (61 kB)
     ---------------------------------------- 61.5/61.5 kB ? eta 0:00:00
Collecting urllib3<1.27,>=1.21.1
  Downloading urllib3-1.26.14-py2.py3-none-any.whl (140 kB)
     -------------------------------------- 140.6/140.6 kB 8.2 MB/s eta 0:00:00
Collecting certifi>=2017.4.17
  Downloading certifi-2022.12.7-py3-none-any.whl (155 kB)
     -------------------------------------- 155.3/155.3 kB 9.1 MB/s eta 0:00:00
Building wheels for collected packages: future, msgpack
  Building wheel for future (setup.py): started
  Building wheel for future (setup.py): finished with status 'done'
  Created wheel for future: filename=future-0.18.3-py3-none-any.whl size=492055 sha256=b53ddc4eaf58c67c5a142bd8b92ddfdce1cb2d1e21dbdf08aebb40bd4ce2d724
  Stored in directory: c:\users\uuuuu\appdata\local\pip\cache\wheels\da\19\ca\9d8c44cd311a955509d7e13da3f0bea42400c469ef825b580b
  Building wheel for msgpack (pyproject.toml): started
  Building wheel for msgpack (pyproject.toml): finished with status 'done'
  Created wheel for msgpack: filename=msgpack-1.0.4-cp311-cp311-win_amd64.whl size=15572 sha256=6d6e66ae69d66611f55b242840e3b40976340f502b55d7994fff91d4a24a0589
  Stored in directory: c:\users\uuuuu\appdata\local\pip\cache\wheels\55\e6\d3\5defbcadbaa60a8bc20e1d233aa52941a1fbe2707b11f9066d
Successfully built future msgpack
Installing collected packages: msgpack, lockfile, charset-normalizer, urllib3, six, pyyaml, pycparser, packaging, idna, future, contextlib2, colorama, certifi, tqdm, schema, requests, click, cffi, requests-toolbelt, requests-file, cryptography, cachecontrol, idf-component-manager
  Attempting uninstall: msgpack
    Found existing installation: msgpack 1.0.4
    Uninstalling msgpack-1.0.4:
      Successfully uninstalled msgpack-1.0.4
  Attempting uninstall: lockfile
    Found existing installation: lockfile 0.12.2
    Uninstalling lockfile-0.12.2:
      Successfully uninstalled lockfile-0.12.2
  Attempting uninstall: charset-normalizer
    Found existing installation: charset-normalizer 3.0.1
    Uninstalling charset-normalizer-3.0.1:
      Successfully uninstalled charset-normalizer-3.0.1
ERROR: Could not install packages due to an OSError: [WinError 5] Access is denied: 'C:\\Users\\uuuuu\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\Python\\Python311\\Lib\\site-packages\\~harset_normalizer\\md.cp311-win_amd64.pyd'
Consider using the `--user` option or check the permissions.

*** Error 1
Reading CMake configuration...
-- Building ESP-IDF components for target esp32
-- Configuring incomplete, errors occurred!
See also "C:/esphome/.esphome/build/emporiavue2/.pioenvs/emporiavue2/CMakeFiles/CMakeOutput.log".

fatal: not a git repository (or any of the parent directories): .git
CMake Error at C:/Users/uuuuu/.platformio/packages/framework-espidf/tools/cmake/build.cmake:454 (message):
  C:\Users\uuuuu\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python311\python.exe: Error
  while finding module specification for
  'idf_component_manager.prepare_components' (ModuleNotFoundError: No module
  named 'idf_component_manager')

Call Stack (most recent call first):
  C:/Users/uuuuu/.platformio/packages/framework-espidf/tools/cmake/project.cmake:384 (idf_build_process)
  CMakeLists.txt:3 (project)



============================================================================== [FAILED] Took 23.17 seconds ==============================================================================

This process creates a new ~harset_normalizer folder in C:\Users\uuuuu\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python311\Lib\site-packages\, and this folder has the same contents as the existing charset_normalizer folder that is installed with Python.

I attempted to run the esphome command with --user and it gets to the same point and outputs almost the same error. The difference is that now it says ~-arset_normalizer instead of ~harset_normalizer like the previous error, and it creates a new folder with the same name. I'm also running the command prompt as an administrator, so I'm not sure how many more permissions I can grant.

Here's my .yaml:

esphome:
  name: emporiavue2

external_components:
  - source: github://emporia-vue-local/esphome@dev
    components: [ emporia_vue ]

esp32:
  board: esp32dev
  framework:
    type: esp-idf
    version: recommended

# Enable logging
logger:

# Enable Home Assistant API
api:
  encryption:
    key: "xxx"

ota:
  password: "xxx"

wifi:
  ssid: xxx
  password: xxx

preferences:
  # the default of 1min is far too short--flash chip is rated
  # for approx 100k writes.
  flash_write_interval: "48h"
i2c:
  sda: 21
  scl: 22
  scan: false
  frequency: 200kHz  # recommended range is 50-200kHz
  id: i2c_a
time:
  - platform: sntp
    id: my_time

# these are called references in YAML. They allow you to reuse
# this configuration in each sensor, while only defining it once
.defaultfilters:
  - &moving_avg
    # we capture a new sample every 0.24 seconds, so the time can
    # be calculated from the number of samples as n * 0.24.
    sliding_window_moving_average:
      # we average over the past 2.88 seconds
      window_size: 12
      # we push a new value every 1.44 seconds
      send_every: 6
  - &invert
    # invert and filter out any values below 0.
    lambda: 'return max(-x, 0.0f);'
  - &pos
    # filter out any values below 0.
    lambda: 'return max(x, 0.0f);'
  - &abs
    # take the absolute value of the value
    lambda: 'return abs(x);'

sensor:
  - platform: emporia_vue
    i2c_id: i2c_a
    phases:
      - id: phase_a  # Verify that this specific phase/leg is connected to correct input wire color on device listed below
        input: BLACK  # Vue device wire color
        calibration: 0.022  # 0.022 is used as the default as starting point but may need adjusted to ensure accuracy
        # To calculate new calibration value use the formula <in-use calibration value> * <accurate voltage> / <reporting voltage>
        voltage:
          name: "Phase A Voltage"
          filters: [*moving_avg, *pos]
        frequency:
          name: "Phase A Frequency"
          filters: [*moving_avg, *pos]
      - id: phase_b  # Verify that this specific phase/leg is connected to correct input wire color on device listed below
        input: RED  # Vue device wire color
        calibration: 0.022  # 0.022 is used as the default as starting point but may need adjusted to ensure accuracy
        # To calculate new calibration value use the formula <in-use calibration value> * <accurate voltage> / <reporting voltage>
        voltage:
          name: "Phase B Voltage"
          filters: [*moving_avg, *pos]
        phase_angle:
          name: "Phase B Phase Angle"
          filters: [*moving_avg, *pos]
    ct_clamps:
      - phase_id: phase_a
        input: "A"  # Verify the CT going to this device input also matches the phase/leg
        power:
          name: "Phase A Power"
          id: phase_a_power
          device_class: power
          filters: [*moving_avg, *pos]
      - phase_id: phase_b
        input: "B"  # Verify the CT going to this device input also matches the phase/leg
        power:
          name: "Phase B Power"
          id: phase_b_power
          device_class: power
          filters: [*moving_avg, *pos]
      # Pay close attention to set the phase_id for each breaker by matching it to the phase/leg it connects to in the panel
      - { phase_id: phase_a, input:  "1", power: { name:  "Network Power", id:  cir1, filters: [ *moving_avg, *pos ] } }
      - { phase_id: phase_b, input:  "2", power: { name:  "Living Room, Outside Outlets, Fans Power", id:  cir2, filters: [ *moving_avg, *pos ] } }
      - { phase_id: phase_a, input:  "3", power: { name:  "Dining Room Outlets Power", id:  cir3, filters: [ *moving_avg, *pos ] } }
      - { phase_id: phase_a, input:  "4", power: { name:  "Office Outlets Power", id:  cir4, filters: [ *moving_avg, *pos ] } }
      - { phase_id: phase_a, input:  "5", power: { name:  "Sump Pump Power", id:  cir5, filters: [ *moving_avg, *pos ] } }
      - { phase_id: phase_a, input:  "6", power: { name:  "Furnace Power", id:  cir6, filters: [ *moving_avg, *pos ] } }
      - { phase_id: phase_a, input:  "7", power: { name:  "Oven Power", id:  cir7, filters: [ *moving_avg, *pos, multiply: 2 ] } }
      - { phase_id: phase_b, input:  "8", power: { name:  "Dishwasher Power", id:  cir8, filters: [ *moving_avg, *pos ] } }
      - { phase_id: phase_b, input:  "9", power: { name:  "Living Room Outlets Power", id:  cir9, filters: [ *moving_avg, *pos ] } }
      - { phase_id: phase_b, input: "10", power: { name: "Shed Power", id: cir10, filters: [ *moving_avg, *pos, multiply: 2 ] } }
      - { phase_id: phase_a, input: "11", power: { name: "Hot Water Heater Power", id: cir11, filters: [ *moving_avg, *pos ] } }
      - { phase_id: phase_a, input: "12", power: { name: "Kitchen Lighting Power", id: cir12, filters: [ *moving_avg, *pos ] } }
      - { phase_id: phase_a, input: "13", power: { name: "Microwave Power", id: cir13, filters: [ *moving_avg, *pos ] } }
      - { phase_id: phase_a, input: "14", power: { name: "Refrigerator Power", id: cir14, filters: [ *moving_avg, *pos ] } }
      - { phase_id: phase_b, input: "15", power: { name: "Master Bathroom Tub and Sub-Floor Heat Power", id: cir15, filters: [ *moving_avg, *pos ] } }
      - { phase_id: phase_a, input: "16", power: { name: "Washer, Dryer, and Freezer Power", id: cir16, filters: [ *moving_avg, *pos ] } }
  - platform: template
    name: "Total Power"
    lambda: return id(phase_a_power).state + id(phase_b_power).state;
    update_interval: 1s
    id: total_power
    unit_of_measurement: "W"
  - platform: total_daily_energy
    name: "Total Daily Energy"
    power_id: total_power
    accuracy_decimals: 0
  - { power_id:  cir1, platform: total_daily_energy, accuracy_decimals: 0, name:  "Network Daily Energy" }
  - { power_id:  cir2, platform: total_daily_energy, accuracy_decimals: 0, name:  "Living Room, Outside Outlets, Fans Power Daily Energy" }
  - { power_id:  cir3, platform: total_daily_energy, accuracy_decimals: 0, name:  "Dining Room Outlets Daily Energy" }
  - { power_id:  cir4, platform: total_daily_energy, accuracy_decimals: 0, name:  "Office Outlets Daily Energy" }
  - { power_id:  cir5, platform: total_daily_energy, accuracy_decimals: 0, name:  "Sump Pump Daily Energy" }
  - { power_id:  cir6, platform: total_daily_energy, accuracy_decimals: 0, name:  "Furnace Daily Energy" }
  - { power_id:  cir7, platform: total_daily_energy, accuracy_decimals: 0, name:  "Oven Daily Energy" }
  - { power_id:  cir8, platform: total_daily_energy, accuracy_decimals: 0, name:  "Dishwasher Daily Energy" }
  - { power_id:  cir9, platform: total_daily_energy, accuracy_decimals: 0, name:  "Living Room Outlets Daily Energy" }
  - { power_id: cir10, platform: total_daily_energy, accuracy_decimals: 0, name: "Shed Daily Energy" }
  - { power_id: cir11, platform: total_daily_energy, accuracy_decimals: 0, name: "Hot Water Heater Daily Energy" }
  - { power_id: cir12, platform: total_daily_energy, accuracy_decimals: 0, name: "Kitchen Lighting Daily Energy" }
  - { power_id: cir13, platform: total_daily_energy, accuracy_decimals: 0, name: "Microwave Daily Energy" }
  - { power_id: cir14, platform: total_daily_energy, accuracy_decimals: 0, name: "Refrigerator Daily Energy" }
  - { power_id: cir15, platform: total_daily_energy, accuracy_decimals: 0, name: "Master Bathroom Tub and Sub-Floor Heat Daily Energy" }
  - { power_id: cir16, platform: total_daily_energy, accuracy_decimals: 0, name: "Washer, Dryer, and Freezer Daily Energy" }

I've tried manually uninstalling and reinstalling the charset_normalizer package. I completely uninstalled and reinstalled python, esptool, and esphome. I'm not really sure what else to try.

[flaviut]

Try creating a venv, and installing esphome in there: https://mothergeo-py.readthedocs.io/en/latest/development/how-to/venv-win.html#create-a-virtual-python-environment

After activating the env, just do a pip install ... and esphome run ... as usual.

[nauticus25]

Great, thanks for the suggestion! I set up a venv per the instructions in your link, installed esphome in there, and ran the esphome command from there. Unfortunately, I get the same error when it gets to the charset_normalizer section.

(esphome) C:\esphome>esphome run emporiavue.yaml
INFO Reading configuration emporiavue.yaml...
INFO Detected timezone 'America/New_York'
INFO Generating C++ source...
INFO Compiling app...
Processing emporiavue2 (board: esp32dev; framework: espidf; platform: platformio/espressif32 @ 5.2.0)
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Verbose mode can be enabled via `-v, --verbose` option
CONFIGURATION: https://docs.platformio.org/page/boards/espressif32/esp32dev.html
PLATFORM: Espressif 32 (5.2.0) > Espressif ESP32 Dev Module
HARDWARE: ESP32 240MHz, 320KB RAM, 4MB Flash
DEBUG: Current (cmsis-dap) External (cmsis-dap, esp-bridge, esp-prog, iot-bus-jtag, jlink, minimodule, olimex-arm-usb-ocd, olimex-arm-usb-ocd-h, olimex-arm-usb-tiny-h, olimex-jtag-tiny, tumpa)
PACKAGES:
 - framework-espidf @ 3.40402.0 (4.4.2)
 - tool-cmake @ 3.16.4
 - tool-esptoolpy @ 1.40201.0 (4.2.1)
 - tool-idf @ 1.0.1
 - tool-mconf @ 1.4060000.20190628 (406.0.0)
 - tool-ninja @ 1.9.0
 - toolchain-esp32ulp @ 2.35.0-20220830
 - toolchain-xtensa-esp32 @ 8.4.0+2021r2-patch3
Installing ESP-IDF's Python dependencies
Collecting cryptography<35.0.0,>=2.1.4
  Using cached cryptography-3.4.8-cp36-abi3-win_amd64.whl (1.6 MB)
Collecting future>=0.15.2
  Using cached future-0.18.3-py3-none-any.whl
Collecting idf-component-manager~=1.0
  Using cached idf_component_manager-1.2.2-py3-none-any.whl (116 kB)
Collecting cffi>=1.12
  Using cached cffi-1.15.1-cp311-cp311-win_amd64.whl (179 kB)
Collecting packaging
  Using cached packaging-23.0-py3-none-any.whl (42 kB)
Collecting requests<3
  Using cached requests-2.28.2-py3-none-any.whl (62 kB)
Collecting requests-file
  Using cached requests_file-1.5.1-py2.py3-none-any.whl (3.7 kB)
Collecting requests-toolbelt
  Using cached requests_toolbelt-0.10.1-py2.py3-none-any.whl (54 kB)
Collecting schema
  Using cached schema-0.7.5-py2.py3-none-any.whl (17 kB)
Collecting six
  Using cached six-1.16.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl (11 kB)
Collecting tqdm<5
  Using cached tqdm-4.64.1-py2.py3-none-any.whl (78 kB)
Collecting colorama
  Using cached colorama-0.4.6-py2.py3-none-any.whl (25 kB)
Collecting pyyaml>5.2
  Using cached PyYAML-6.0-cp311-cp311-win_amd64.whl (143 kB)
Collecting cachecontrol[filecache]>0.12.6
  Using cached CacheControl-0.12.11-py2.py3-none-any.whl (21 kB)
Collecting contextlib2>0.6.0
  Using cached contextlib2-21.6.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl (13 kB)
Collecting click
  Using cached click-8.1.3-py3-none-any.whl (96 kB)
Collecting msgpack>=0.5.2
  Using cached msgpack-1.0.4-cp311-cp311-win_amd64.whl
Collecting lockfile>=0.9
  Using cached lockfile-0.12.2-py2.py3-none-any.whl (13 kB)
Collecting pycparser
  Using cached pycparser-2.21-py2.py3-none-any.whl (118 kB)
Collecting charset-normalizer<4,>=2
  Using cached charset_normalizer-3.0.1-cp311-cp311-win_amd64.whl (96 kB)
Collecting idna<4,>=2.5
  Using cached idna-3.4-py3-none-any.whl (61 kB)
Collecting urllib3<1.27,>=1.21.1
  Using cached urllib3-1.26.14-py2.py3-none-any.whl (140 kB)
Collecting certifi>=2017.4.17
  Using cached certifi-2022.12.7-py3-none-any.whl (155 kB)
Installing collected packages: msgpack, lockfile, charset-normalizer, urllib3, six, pyyaml, pycparser, packaging, idna, future, contextlib2, colorama, certifi, tqdm, schema, requests, click, cffi, requests-toolbelt, requests-file, cryptography, cachecontrol, idf-component-manager
  Attempting uninstall: msgpack
    Found existing installation: msgpack 1.0.4
    Uninstalling msgpack-1.0.4:
      Successfully uninstalled msgpack-1.0.4
  Attempting uninstall: lockfile
    Found existing installation: lockfile 0.12.2
    Uninstalling lockfile-0.12.2:
      Successfully uninstalled lockfile-0.12.2
  Attempting uninstall: charset-normalizer
    Found existing installation: charset-normalizer 3.0.1
    Uninstalling charset-normalizer-3.0.1:
      Successfully uninstalled charset-normalizer-3.0.1
ERROR: Could not install packages due to an OSError: [WinError 5] Access is denied: 'C:\\esphome\\Lib\\site-packages\\~harset_normalizer\\md.cp311-win_amd64.pyd'
Check the permissions.

*** Error 1
Reading CMake configuration...
-- Building ESP-IDF components for target esp32
-- Configuring incomplete, errors occurred!
See also "C:/esphome/.esphome/build/emporiavue2/.pioenvs/emporiavue2/CMakeFiles/CMakeOutput.log".

fatal: not a git repository (or any of the parent directories): .git
CMake Error at C:/Users/nauti/.platformio/packages/framework-espidf/tools/cmake/build.cmake:454 (message):
  C:\esphome\Scripts\python.exe: Error while finding module specification for
  'idf_component_manager.prepare_components' (ModuleNotFoundError: No module
  named 'idf_component_manager')

Call Stack (most recent call first):
  C:/Users/nauti/.platformio/packages/framework-espidf/tools/cmake/project.cmake:384 (idf_build_process)
  CMakeLists.txt:3 (project)



====================================================================================== [FAILED] Took 8.68 seconds ======================================================================================

(esphome) C:\esphome>

In this case, there's a temp folder that I'm guessing was created as part of the compiling process, the contents of which are three subfolders: ~harset_normalizer, charset_normalizer, and charset_normalizer-3.0.1.dist-info. The ~harset_normalizer folder has fewer files and subfolders than the charset_normalizer folder.

I'm not sure if there are permissions I can set somewhere, or if there's a typo in the code somewhere. Someone else has a similar issue thread in the main esphome page here: esphome/issues#4084. The current response suggests that there is clearly something wrong with the Python environment. I agree that there's clearly something wrong, but I don't understand enough about it to know where the actual issue is.

Any additional suggestions?

[flaviut]

Let's move the conversation over there, since this isn't vue-specific.

[nauticus25]

Solved. Per a suggestion in the other thread here: esphome/issues#4084 (comment), Running pip install -U --force-reinstall "idf-component-manager~=1.0" first fixed the error that occurred at the uninstall/reinstall charset-normalizer package phase of the process. The firmware compiled successfully and was written to the device. Time to go plug it in!