Re: [weewx-user] Re: Installing Weewx on a Raspberry Pi with a Weatherlink Live

2021-03-11 Thread troutwitted
all set, thanks. works. On Thursday, March 11, 2021 at 7:55:04 PM UTC-5 troutwitted wrote: > yessir, I did miss it. thank you so much. > > as you can tell, I have no idea what I'm doing. but when I ran the > command, I still got file not found. for what it's worth, I started to look > through

Re: [weewx-user] Re: Installing Weewx on a Raspberry Pi with a Weatherlink Live

2021-03-11 Thread troutwitted
yessir, I did miss it. thank you so much. as you can tell, I have no idea what I'm doing. but when I ran the command, I still got file not found. for what it's worth, I started to look through the files and noticed that the /weatherlink_link/ folder in the following path doesn't appear to

Re: [weewx-user] Re: Installing Weewx on a Raspberry Pi with a Weatherlink Live

2021-03-11 Thread vince
You might want to reread the usage. wee_extension --list or wee_extension --install [somepathnamehere] On Thursday, March 11, 2021 at 3:40:31 PM UTC-8 troutwitted wrote: > actually, I spoke too soon because when I tried to list extensions, > nothing appeared and I just realized I got this

Re: [weewx-user] Re: Installing Weewx on a Raspberry Pi with a Weatherlink Live

2021-03-11 Thread John Kline
Did you miss the period at the end of the line? It is required. > On Mar 11, 2021, at 3:40 PM, troutwitted wrote: > > actually, I spoke too soon because when I tried to list extensions, nothing > appeared and I just realized I got this error: > wee_extension: error: --install option requires

Re: [weewx-user] Re: Installing Weewx on a Raspberry Pi with a Weatherlink Live

2021-03-11 Thread troutwitted
actually, I spoke too soon because when I tried to list extensions, nothing appeared and I just realized I got this error: wee_extension: error: --install option requires 1 argument On Thursday, March 11, 2021 at 6:37:46 PM UTC-5 troutwitted wrote: > or cd to

Re: [weewx-user] Re: Installing Weewx on a Raspberry Pi with a Weatherlink Live

2021-03-11 Thread troutwitted
or cd to /home/foo/bar/weewx-weatherlink-live and then type: wee_extension --install . that one worked. bless you both. appreciate it. On Thursday, March 11, 2021 at 6:04:14 PM UTC-5 Artvd wrote: > > Perhaps you need to copy the path and paste that where after install. You > may also have to

Re: [weewx-user] Re: Installing Weewx on a Raspberry Pi with a Weatherlink Live

2021-03-11 Thread Artvd
Perhaps you need to copy the path and paste that where after install. You may also have to find the path to the wee_extension and use that. And use sudo. It would be something like this : sudo /usr/bin/wee_extension --install /home/pi/Downloads/weewx-weatherlinklive.zip Op donderdag 11

Re: [weewx-user] Re: Installing Weewx on a Raspberry Pi with a Weatherlink Live

2021-03-11 Thread John Kline
If you installed the latest release, the command is: wee_extension --install weewx-weatherlink-live-v1.0.5.tar.xz If you cloned the git repository into, for example, /home/foo/bar/weewx-weatherlink-live, use the command: wee_extension --install /home/foo/bar/weewx-weatherlink-live or cd to

Re: [weewx-user] Re: Installing Weewx on a Raspberry Pi with a Weatherlink Live

2021-03-11 Thread troutwitted
thanks, Vince. the problem I'm having is that when I issue what I think is the right command and path to install the extension, I'm still getting a file not found error and I'm stumped about how to fix it. basically, I'm looking for the right command to install /code/weewx-weatherlink-live On

Re: [weewx-user] Re: Installing Weewx on a Raspberry Pi with a Weatherlink Live

2021-03-11 Thread vince
On Thursday, March 11, 2021 at 11:00:23 AM UTC-8 troutwitted wrote: > I guess I'm curious what kind of file weewx-weatherlink-live is? I'd have > more confidence if I saw an extension from that name. > > Uncertain what you're asking or why. There is an extension named that at

Re: [weewx-user] Re: Installing Weewx on a Raspberry Pi with a Weatherlink Live

2021-03-11 Thread troutwitted
I guess I'm curious what kind of file weewx-weatherlink-live is? I'd have more confidence if I saw an extension from that name. On Thursday, March 11, 2021 at 1:37:51 PM UTC-5 kk44...@gmail.com wrote: > No, it was not. It is important, to *not *store the downloaded file(s) to >

Re: [weewx-user] Re: Installing Weewx on a Raspberry Pi with a Weatherlink Live

2021-03-11 Thread Karen K
No, it was not. It is important, to *not *store the downloaded file(s) to /usr/share/weewx/user. troutwitted schrieb am Donnerstag, 11. März 2021 um 19:29:13 UTC+1: > thanks, Karen. > > I downloaded the weatherlink extension package to just a new folder /code. > perhaps that was stupid. > >

Re: [weewx-user] Re: Installing Weewx on a Raspberry Pi with a Weatherlink Live

2021-03-11 Thread troutwitted
thanks, Karen. I downloaded the weatherlink extension package to just a new folder /code. perhaps that was stupid. On Thursday, March 11, 2021 at 12:23:27 PM UTC-5 kk44...@gmail.com wrote: > Where you stored the downloaded driver installation file? > > I am not sure if that is the case, but

Re: [weewx-user] Re: Installing Weewx on a Raspberry Pi with a Weatherlink Live

2021-03-11 Thread Karen K
Where you stored the downloaded driver installation file? I am not sure if that is the case, but you must not store that file in /usr/share/weewx/user. troutwitted schrieb am Donnerstag, 11. März 2021 um 18:10:16 UTC+1: > another stupid question: I've installed raspbian on a pi, then

Re: [weewx-user] Re: Installing Weewx on a Raspberry Pi with a Weatherlink Live

2021-03-11 Thread troutwitted
another stupid question: I've installed raspbian on a pi, then installed weewx and am now ready to install the weatherlink live extension. I'm using this command: wee_extension --install= but I don't know what the exact file that will execute the install because all I can see after getting

Re: [weewx-user] Re: Installing Weewx on a Raspberry Pi with a Weatherlink Live

2021-03-10 Thread troutwitted
I went through the weewx installation and things seemed to go okay until I tried to test it by entering variations on this: file:///home/weewx/public_html/index.html since I'm on a Mac, I also tried /Users/Sharedno joy. any ideas how I should troubleshoot this? I've looked at logs and can

Re: [weewx-user] Re: Installing Weewx on a Raspberry Pi with a Weatherlink Live

2021-03-10 Thread troutwitted
Yes, got it, thanks. On Wednesday, March 10, 2021 at 12:59:07 AM UTC-5 graha...@gmail.com wrote: > macos puts users under /Users, linux puts them under /home. windoze has > its convention for users too > > On 10 Mar 2021, at 3:51 pm, troutwitted wrote: > > To specify an install location

Re: [weewx-user] Re: Installing Weewx on a Raspberry Pi with a Weatherlink Live

2021-03-09 Thread Graham Eddy
macos puts users under /Users, linux puts them under /home. windoze has its convention for users too > On 10 Mar 2021, at 3:51 pm, troutwitted wrote: > > To specify an install location different from the default /home/weewx, modify > the parameter home in the setup.cfg file. Mac users will

[weewx-user] Re: Installing Weewx on a Raspberry Pi with a Weatherlink Live

2021-03-09 Thread troutwitted
ok, i'm just installing now and I've come upon this line: To specify an install location different from the default /home/weewx, modify the parameter home in the setup.cfg file. Mac users will want to change it to /Users/Shared/weewx. I'm a Mac user, largely a software idiot, but it's not clear

[weewx-user] Re: Installing Weewx on a Raspberry Pi with a Weatherlink Live

2021-03-08 Thread troutwitted
Thank you both. I’m sure I’ll be back. Appreciate it. On Monday, March 8, 2021 at 8:37:29 PM UTC-5 gjr80 wrote: > It really is just a two step process; first install WeeWX and make sure it > is working error free with the simulator and second install the Weather > Link Live driver of your

[weewx-user] Re: Installing Weewx on a Raspberry Pi with a Weatherlink Live

2021-03-08 Thread gjr80
It really is just a two step process; first install WeeWX and make sure it is working error free with the simulator and second install the Weather Link Live driver of your choice. The WeeWX install instructions should be pretty clear and are well trod. There are five Weather Link Live drivers

[weewx-user] Re: Installing Weewx on a Raspberry Pi with a Weatherlink Live

2021-03-08 Thread John Mora
There is no step by step installation instruction that I am aware of for weewx with the weather link live extension. I installed weewx for my Davis Vantage Vue and Weather Link Live by following the directions given by weewx and by the maker of the Weather Link Live extension that I used. It's