Matthew/Tom/Vince: Thank you all for you help.
- Paul VE1DX https://www.ve1dx.net On Thursday, June 4, 2020 at 5:07:11 PM UTC-3, mwall wrote: > > On Thursday, June 4, 2020 at 3:28:04 PM UTC-4, WindnFog wrote: >> >> That worked, Neville: >> >> python --version >> Python 3.7.3 >> >> However, weewx still grabs python 2.7 . . . perhaps it's a bit too early >> (new Raspberry Pi O/S and a new weewx version 4.1.1 for someone at my level >> of expertise to monkey around with this yet. It's working, and while I >> have a "just made" backup on a separate SD card, there seem to be a lot of >> threads discussing this. I don't run anything but weewx on the Pi (i.e. no >> other python scripts), but experience has taught me not to change too many >> things at the same time. I suspect this is more related to the O/S that's >> only a week or so old as opposed to weewx. 2.7 seems to be working OK. I >> don't understand why weewx is not picking up 3.7.3, but there's no rush. >>> >>> <https://www.ve1dx.net> >>>>> >>>> > if you install weewx using setup.py, then the python will be whatever > python you used when you did 'xxx setup.py install' > > if you install weewx using apt/yum/zypper, then the python will default to > whatever python is specified in the package you used. for example, the > python3-weewx deb package uses python3. however, for these installations > you can easily change the python by modifying /etc/default/weewx. > > if you do that, beware that you might not have the correct dependencies. > if that is the case, then just manually install the dependencies. > > this is independent of whatever mechanism the operating system might have > for specifying which python is 'default' > > so in your case, assuming that you installed the python-weewx package > using apt, you must manually install the python3 dependencies (you listed > the apt commands for that earlier in this thread), then modify the python > entry in /etc/default/weewx > > 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]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/671bdfa6-b2b8-41ef-b1d3-254a24276332o%40googlegroups.com.
