Don't know what you mean by "the same error message," but python3-cheetah is not available on all operating systems. In particular, it is not available on Debian 9 systems. In that case, you need to use pip3 to install.
On Thu, Aug 27, 2020 at 11:09 AM 'loonsailor' via weewx-user < [email protected]> wrote: > Well, I thought I had, but apparently not. Talk about a rookie mistake! > (Doh!) After the update, the python2 version updates properly to v4.1.1. > But, the python3 version (switched by 'wget -qO - > http://weewx.com/apt/weewx-python3.list | sudo tee > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/weewx.list', then another apt-get update) still > gives me the same error message , as does an attempted install of > python3-cheetah. > > On Thursday, August 27, 2020 at 9:55:13 AM UTC-7 [email protected] wrote: > >> Did you do a “sudo apt-get update”? >> >> On Aug 27, 2020, at 9:45 AM, 'loonsailor' via weewx-user < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >> I'm trying to update my weewx installation. When I use the python2 >> version, 'apt-get install weewx' gets me 'weewx is already the newest >> version (3.8.0-1).'. I know that we're up to 4.x. So I try the python3 >> version. That gets me the following: >> >> >> $ sudo apt-get install weewx >> Reading package lists... Done >> Building dependency tree >> Reading state information... Done >> Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have >> requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable >> distribution that some required packages have not yet been created >> or been moved out of Incoming. >> The following information may help to resolve the situation: >> The following packages have unmet dependencies: >> weewx : Depends: python3-cheetah but it is not installable >> E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages. >> >> I've tried to install Cheetah, but I get this: >> >> $ sudo apt-get install python3-cheetah >> >> Reading package lists... Done >> >> Building dependency tree >> >> Reading state information... Done >> >> Package python3-cheetah is not available, but is referred to by >> another package. >> >> This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or >> >> is only available from another source >> >> E: Package 'python3-cheetah' has no installation candidate >> >> I did the alternate installation ('pip3 install cheetah3'). That >> succeeds, but I still can't install a python3 version of weewx, with the >> same error message. What am I missing? >> >> (ubuntu 18.04LTS, python v2.7.17, python3 v 3.6.9) >> >> >> -- >> 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/04098d72-909f-4f7b-a4f3-8a92efe6c6f4n%40googlegroups.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/04098d72-909f-4f7b-a4f3-8a92efe6c6f4n%40googlegroups.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 [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/3a21d584-0831-4853-a1fe-ccbd3e9d6278n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/3a21d584-0831-4853-a1fe-ccbd3e9d6278n%40googlegroups.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 [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/CAPq0zEAk8Tb5jo3A8cPDr3NE8My2RnyOxLHDTmy%3Droi5nDzrDw%40mail.gmail.com.
