Error compiling for board Generic ESP8266 Module

Hello! I’ve got a problem with ESP8266.

I tried to reinstall ESP8266 core, but it didn’t help.
Then I tried to update Blynk library, but it didn’t help too!

Whole error:

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Build options changed, rebuilding all
C:\Users\user\Documents\Arduino\libraries\Blynk\src\utility._BlynkDebug.cpp:1:2: error: stray ‘\5’ in program

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C:\Users\user\Documents\Arduino\libraries\Blynk\src\utility._BlynkDebug.cpp:1:2: error: stray ‘\26’ in program

C:\Users\user\Documents\Arduino\libraries\Blynk\src\utility._BlynkDebug.cpp:1:2: error: stray ‘\7’ in program

C:\Users\user\Documents\Arduino\libraries\Blynk\src\utility._BlynkDebug.cpp:1:2: error: stray ‘\2’ in program

C:\Users\user\Documents\Arduino\libraries\Blynk\src\utility._BlynkDebug.cpp:1:2: error: stray ‘\2’ in program

C:\Users\user\Documents\Arduino\libraries\Blynk\src\utility._BlynkDebug.cpp:1:2: error: stray ‘\16’ in program

C:\Users\user\Documents\Arduino\libraries\Blynk\src\utility._BlynkDebug.cpp:1:2: error: stray ‘\260’ in program

C:\Users\user\Documents\Arduino\libraries\Blynk\src\utility._BlynkDebug.cpp:1:2: error: stray ‘\2’ in program

C:\Users\user\Documents\Arduino\libraries\Blynk\src\utility._BlynkDebug.cpp:1:2: error: stray ‘\16’ in program

C:\Users\user\Documents\Arduino\libraries\Blynk\src\utility._BlynkDebug.cpp:1:2: error: stray ‘\342’ in program

C:\Users\user\Documents\Arduino\libraries\Blynk\src\utility._BlynkDebug.cpp:1:2: error: stray ‘\1’ in program

C:\Users\user\Documents\Arduino\libraries\Blynk\src\utility._BlynkDebug.cpp:1:2: error: stray ‘\36’ in program

C:\Users\user\Documents\Arduino\libraries\Blynk\src\utility._BlynkDebug.cpp:1:2: error: stray ‘\232’ in program

C:\Users\user\Documents\Arduino\libraries\Blynk\src\utility._BlynkDebug.cpp:1:2: error: stray ‘\311’ in program

C:\Users\user\Documents\Arduino\libraries\Blynk\src\utility._BlynkDebug.cpp:1:2: error: stray ‘\377’ in program

C:\Users\user\Documents\Arduino\libraries\Blynk\src\utility._BlynkDebug.cpp:1:2: error: stray ‘\16’ in program

C:\Users\user\Documents\Arduino\libraries\Blynk\src\utility._BlynkDebug.cpp:1:2: error: stray ‘\342’ in program

C:\Users\user\Documents\Arduino\libraries\Blynk\src\utility._BlynkDebug.cpp:1:2: error: stray ‘\230’ in program

C:\Users\user\Documents\Arduino\libraries\Blynk\src\utility._BlynkDebug.cpp:1:2: error: stray ‘\1’ in program

C:\Users\user\Documents\Arduino\libraries\Blynk\src\utility._BlynkDebug.cpp:1:2: error: stray ‘\230’ in program

C:\Users\user\Documents\Arduino\libraries\Blynk\src\utility._BlynkDebug.cpp:1:2: error: stray ‘\25’ in program

C:\Users\user\Documents\Arduino\libraries\Blynk\src\utility._BlynkDebug.cpp:1:153: error: invalid digit “8” in octal constant

C:\Users\user\Documents\Arduino\libraries\Blynk\src\utility._BlynkDebug.cpp:1:2: error: stray ‘\1’ in program

C:\Users\user\Documents\Arduino\libraries\Blynk\src\utility._BlynkDebug.cpp:1:2: error: stray ‘\1’ in program

C:\Users\user\Documents\Arduino\libraries\Blynk\src\utility._BlynkDebug.cpp:1:2: error: stray ‘\36’ in program

C:\Users\user\Documents\Arduino\libraries\Blynk\src\utility._BlynkDebug.cpp:1:2: error: stray ‘\1’ in program

C:\Users\user\Documents\Arduino\libraries\Blynk\src\utility._BlynkDebug.cpp:1:2: error: stray ‘\1’ in program

C:\Users\user\Documents\Arduino\libraries\Blynk\src\utility._BlynkDebug.cpp:1:2: error: stray ‘\36’ in program

C:\Users\user\Documents\Arduino\libraries\Blynk\src\utility._BlynkDebug.cpp:1:2: error: stray ‘\34’ in program

C:\Users\user\Documents\Arduino\libraries\Blynk\src\utility._BlynkDebug.cpp:1:2: error: stray ‘\36’ in program

C:\Users\user\Documents\Arduino\libraries\Blynk\src\utility._BlynkDebug.cpp:1:2: error: stray ‘\377’ in program

C:\Users\user\Documents\Arduino\libraries\Blynk\src\utility._BlynkDebug.cpp:1:2: error: stray ‘\377’ in program

C:\Users\user\Documents\Arduino\libraries\Blynk\src\utility._BlynkDebug.cpp:1:9: error: ‘Mac’ does not name a type

C:\Users\user\Documents\Arduino\libraries\Blynk\src\utility._BlynkDebug.cpp:1:104: error: expected unqualified-id before numeric constant

C:\Users\user\Documents\Arduino\libraries\Blynk\src\utility._BlynkDebug.cpp:1:158: error: expected unqualified-id before numeric constant

C:\Users\user\Documents\Arduino\libraries\Blynk\src\utility._BlynkDebug.cpp:1:167: error: ‘Chrome’ does not name a type

C:\Users\user\Documents\Arduino\libraries\Blynk\src\utility._BlynkDebug.cpp:1:174: error: expected unqualified-id before numeric constant

exit status 1
Error compiling for board Generic ESP8266 Module.

Here’s my code:



    #include <ESP8266WiFi.h>
    #include <BlynkSimpleEsp8266.h>

    char auth[] = "???????????????????????????????";
    char ssid[] = "????????????????";
    char pass[] = "????????????";

    void setup()
    {
      // Debug console
      Serial.begin(9600);
      Serial.setDebugOutput(true);

      Blynk.begin(auth, ssid, pass);
    }

    void loop()
    {
      Blynk.run();
    }

If you think there is corruption in a library, always best to completely remove it before reinstalling the latest version.

And your issue may have nothing to do with Blynk… what happens if you try to upload the basic blink.ino from the IDE built in examples?

It uploaded without any errors

Then you probably have a corrupted Blynk library… wipe all associated libraries and reload.

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Thanks a lot!!!

I really worried about that!