Update was so easy, all I wanted was a wget command to bring the .tar.gz file down to the RPi - instead I copied it across from my PC. Shutdown at 13:43, a bit of thinking, copying & following instructions, restart at 13:59.
Now to try the Belchertown skin... On Monday, 4 November 2019 09:21:42 UTC, Auchtermuchty Weather wrote: > > I want to try the Belchertown skin. > > > On Sunday, 3 November 2019 16:13:40 UTC, Thomas Keffer wrote: >> >> No reason to upgrade unless you need the functionality of the newer >> versions. I have a station >> <https://www.wunderground.com/dashboard/pws/KORHOODR8> that is still >> running v2.6.2! >> >> However, the Python consortium will no longer support Python 2.x as of 1 >> January 2020. I suspect operating system providers will begin dropping it >> from their distributions soon after. So, there will be a reason to upgrade >> to V4 sometime next year. >> >> -tk >> >> On Sun, Nov 3, 2019 at 7:47 AM p q <peterq...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> I am in a similar boat. I am running 3.5.0 on my site. I have put off >>> upgrading it since it's running fine with no problems. I want to see if the >>> newer version would cause problems if I upgraded so I created a virtual >>> machine using Virtual Box and installed Raspian on it, put the latest Weewx >>> and copied my custom skin and other files. It took some tweaking but it was >>> fine. >>> >>> I haven't made the jump to moving my main site to 3.9.x yet. I have been >>> thinking of waiting for 4 but I could if I ran into some reason to upgrade. >>> The thing that might make me upgrade is getting a better forecasting >>> service. I was using WU but it stopped working and I switched to NWS. I >>> might look into one of the others which might mean I upgrade. >>> >>> Why do you want to upgrade? Unless you change skins you'll see no >>> difference. >>> >>> >>> On Sun, Nov 3, 2019 at 4:28 AM Auchtermuchty Weather <shunr...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Think doing some RTFM answered my question. It looks like I can >>>> install on top and run 'wee_database --update' and all should be well. >>>> >>>> Maybe I should keep more up-to-date with new versions of WeeWx, not to >>>> mention new versions of Raspberian! >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Sunday, 3 November 2019 11:55:54 UTC, Auchtermuchty Weather wrote: >>>>> >>>>> I've not updated the Pi running Weewx for quite some time hence it's >>>>> on what's now quite an old version, 3.6.2. >>>>> >>>>> Are there any gotchas about upgrading to the latest version? I will >>>>> of course take a backup first! >>>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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 weewx...@googlegroups.com. >>>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/6813a5b2-a436-4248-a57f-346e58ccc2aa%40googlegroups.com >>>> >>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/6813a5b2-a436-4248-a57f-346e58ccc2aa%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>>> . >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Peter Quinn >>> (415)794-2264 >>> >>> -- >>> 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 weewx...@googlegroups.com. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/CAA1SM217KEv%2BRn2WErNjpeT35cfVWzhrrx3bVMhTQDp8OxOxOA%40mail.gmail.com >>> >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/CAA1SM217KEv%2BRn2WErNjpeT35cfVWzhrrx3bVMhTQDp8OxOxOA%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >> -- 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 weewx-user+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/f00de67d-ae50-4a8c-ac3b-0859754449ab%40googlegroups.com.
