Need esp8266/Arduino library 2.5.0-beta2

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Hi: I’m new to platformIO. I am trying to switch from the Arduino IDE to PlatformIO. My project needs the esp8266/Arduino library 2.5.0-beta2. Is that available in PlatformIO and how to I specify it in my platformio.ini file?

I tried:

[env:nodemcuv2]
platform = espressif8266@2.5.0
lib_extra_dirs = ~/Documents/Arduino/libraries
board = nodemcuv2
framework = arduino

and:

[env:nodemcuv2]
platform = espressif8266@2.5.0-beta2
lib_extra_dirs = ~/Documents/Arduino/libraries
board = nodemcuv2
framework = arduino

But in both cases when I try to build I get: Error: Could not find a version that satisfies the requirement ‘2.5.0’ for your system ‘windows_amd64’

I am using PlatformIO IDE with VSCode.

Thanks for the help.

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Since PlatformIO doesn’t support beta versions of any software it’s unlikely that your 2.5.0-beta2 version is available within PIO’s repository. Indeed, the latest available stable version is on Releases · platformio/platform-espressif8266 · GitHub is 2.4.2 (which you would get by using PIOs release version, aka platform = espressif8266@1.8.0)

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You need Espressif 8266 — PlatformIO latest documentation