V5.0.0b17 pip install setup-daemon.systemd fails when run with sudo with this error Cannot find utility files at location '/root/weewx-data/util' Because when run with sudo UTIL_ROOT=$HOME/weewx-data/util Becomes UTIL_ROOT=/root/weewx-data/util
Paul On Thursday, December 14, 2023 at 5:52:51 PM UTC-5 Tom Keffer wrote: > Hopefully, we are getting very close to a final release for V5.0! > > *Warning!* > But, until then, this is still very much a beta release. You could break > your installation, and it might take skills to recover. If you're using pip > in a virtual environment, the risk is low of breaking other things, but you > will have to shut down your production instance temporarily. For a package > installer, try it in a VM, or on another computer, first. > > *Pip* > > For pip installs, please delete your old virtual environment, then install > from scratch by following the new pip install instructions > <https://weewx.com/docs/5.0/quickstarts/pip/#install-in-a-virtual-environment>. > > While upgrading should work, we are particularly interested in the > experience of a new install, including setting up a daemon and udev files. > Make sure to follow the new instructions that use a daemon setup script. > > > *Debian* > > For Debian package installs, modify /etc/apt/sources.list as follows: > > *echo "deb [arch=all] https://weewx.com/apt-test/python3 > <https://weewx.com/apt-test/python3> buster main" | sudo tee > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/weewx.list* > > Note the "apt-test". This tells apt to look there for the beta release, > instead of the normal repository. You may want to change it back when > you're done. > > > *Red Hat* > > For Red Hat package installs, put this in /etc/yum.repos.d/weewx.repo > > *[weewx] > name=weewx > baseurl=http://weewx.com/yum-test/weewx/el9 > <http://weewx.com/yum-test/weewx/el9> > enabled=1* > > Note the "yum-test". This tells yum to look there for the beta release, > instead of the normal repository. Again, you may want to change things back > when you're done. > > > *What we're looking for* > > 1. We are interested in your upgrade experience. Did the installers get > your configuration file right? Skins? Is the daemon configured correctly? > > 2. With this release, we have included udev rules to set the correct > permissions for devices. Did it work? If not, did unplugging then > replugging the device work? > > 3. How about logging? Version 5 will log to a dedicated weewx file, > generally /var/log/weewx/weewx.log. Is that what you're seeing? > > > *Thanks!* > > -Tom & Matt > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "weewx-development" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-development/9cdd016b-ecba-4ea6-9b08-45506f7d6cafn%40googlegroups.com.
