I changed /etc/default/weewx to use /usr/bin/python3
then 

sudo dpkg -i python-weewx_4.1.1-1_all.deb

but now weewx won't start and no logs in /var/log/syslog
On Monday, 31 August 2020 at 23:06:15 UTC+1 [email protected] wrote:

> I'm assuming you want to keep everything the same, except you want to run 
> under Python 3. So, all you have to do is make sure python3 gets invoked, 
> instead of python2. How to do that depends on your install method.
>
> A, If you did a *package install* using apt-get, you will need to go into 
> /etc/default/weewx and change option WEEWX_PYTHON to
>
> WEEWX_PYTHON=/usr/bin/python3
>
> B. If you did a *setup.py install*, you will have to change the very 
> first line of /home/weewx/bin/weewxd to read
>
> #!/usr/bin/python3
>
> Same with other utilities. 
>
> -tk
>
> On Mon, Aug 31, 2020 at 2:55 PM 'Season Ticket' via weewx-user <
> [email protected]> wrote:
>
>> if I choose these instructions  what do I change home to,  weewx.conf is 
>> in /etc/weewx?
>> To specify an install location different from the default /home/weewx, 
>> modify the parameter home in the setup.cfg file. Mac users will want to 
>> change it to /Users/Shared/weewx.  
>> On Monday, 31 August 2020 at 22:08:58 UTC+1 [email protected] wrote:
>>
>>> Take a look at the prerequisite requirements for the setup.py 
>>> instructions <http://www.weewx.com/docs/setup.htm>. Specifically:
>>>
>>> sudo apt update
>>>
>>> # Requiredsudo apt install python3-configobj
>>> sudo apt install python3-pil
>>> sudo apt install python3-serial
>>> sudo apt install python3-usb
>>>
>>> # The following tests for distutils and installs if not present:
>>> python3 -c "import distutils" 2>/dev/null || sudo apt install 
>>> python3-distutils
>>>
>>> # Install pip3 and cheetah3:
>>> sudo apt install python3-pip
>>> sudo pip3 install cheetah3
>>>
>>> # Optional: for extended almanac informationsudo apt install python3-ephem
>>>
>>> # Required if you are using MySQL (MariaDB):sudo apt install mysql-client
>>> sudo apt install python3-mysqldb
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Aug 31, 2020 at 1:55 PM 'Season Ticket' via weewx-user <
>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> i'm running weewx on raspbian v9,  with python 2.7 weewx 4.1.1,  and 
>>>> I'm trying to upgrade to python3.  I already have python version 3.5.3 
>>>> installed.
>>>>
>>>> what do I need to do to run weewx under python3?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> PRETTY_NAME="Raspbian GNU/Linux 9 (stretch)"
>>>> NAME="Raspbian GNU/Linux"
>>>> VERSION_ID="9"
>>>> VERSION="9 (stretch)"
>>>> ID=raspbian
>>>> ID_LIKE=debian
>>>> HOME_URL="http://www.raspbian.org/";
>>>> SUPPORT_URL="http://www.raspbian.org/RaspbianForums";
>>>> BUG_REPORT_URL="http://www.raspbian.org/RaspbianBugs";
>>>>
>>>> pi@raspberrypi:~ $ python --version
>>>> Python 2.7.13
>>>>
>>>> pi@raspberrypi:~ $ python3 --version
>>>> Python 3.5.3
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> wee_config --version
>>>> 4.1.1
>>>>
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