On Friday, February 3, 2017 at 2:25:17 PM UTC-5, Phil Green wrote: > > Hello > I have been using Weewx for many years on my Raspberry Pi. > I usually install using the setup.py method. However on my new Raspberry > Pi3 I used the apt-get method. > My question:- when a new version of Weewx is released how do I upgrade? > Do I download the .deb package and install from the command line, or use > an apt-get update/upgrade method? > Regards > Phil. >
phil, short anser: if you installed using apt-get, then all you have to do to upgrade is: sudo apt-get install weewx longer answer: dpkg operates directly on .deb files - it does not know how to download them. apt-get knows how to download and knows how to resolve dependencies, but cannot actually do the installation. so apt-get does the downloading for you, keeps track of dependencies, then invokes dpkg to do the actual installation. so if you installed using dpkg (by first downloading a .deb file), then you can upgrade by using dpkg or apt-get. but if you use apt-get, you must put the weewx apt repository in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/weewx.list first - that is how you tell apt-get where to look for weewx updates/upgrades. m -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "weewx-user" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
