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I just bought and received my first NodeMCU ESP8266, I downloaded the ESP8266 Boards on Arduino following the instruccions (https://github.com/esp8266/Arduino) but when I turn on the NodeMCU and the leds light up, I can’t find it in the port section...

Hi, im just looking at the Board you have selected and see that the one you have chosen is what i think is an older Board, try changing that to the Board with "esp-12e" in it name, i think its the one just under the one that is selected here, hope this works for you.
Regards,
Melissa.

I virtually know nothing about Linux (I absolutely don't like it), but the procedure for installing a NodeMCU (or similar board) is pretty straight forward for all OS'es:

• Make sure the Arduino IDE is not running and the board is not connected
• Determine what USB -> UART convertor your board has:
  NodeMCU-USB.jpg
• Download and install the correct driver (i.e.. CP2102 or CH340G)
• Connect the board to the computer and make sure it is seen (preferably make a note of its COM- or dev-port)
• Done

To check if your computer can actually *talk* to the board:

• Open a terminal with, for instance, PuTTY and connect using the port noted earlier at 74880 Baud
• Press the RESET switch on the board and watch your terminal window, it should show something like this:
  Code: Select allets Jan 8 2013,rst cause:?, boot mode:(?,?)

load 0x4010f000, len 1264, room 16
tail 0
chksum 0x42
csum 0x42
~ld
  
  (The actual rst cause or boot mode will show some values instead of ?, but it's the general response that counts here)
• If it looks like above, all is fine and you can start up the Arduino IDE and select the port

Hmmm

could be a permission problem accessing the usb device
this is what I see in my case



checkout which groups your user belongs to



and eventually add dialout