ok thanks I didn't know that the recompile would be done automatically. here is the content of /etc/default/weewx pi@raspberrypi:~ $ more /etc/default/weewx WEEWX_PYTHON=/usr/bin/python3 WEEWX_BINDIR=/usr/share/weewx WEEWX_BIN=/usr/bin/weewxd WEEWX_CFG=/etc/weewx/weewx.conf
and pi@raspberrypi:~ $ ls -altr /usr/bin/weewxd -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 279 Jun 1 23:16 /usr/bin/weewxd pi@raspberrypi:~ $ ls -altr /usr/bin/python3 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Jan 20 2017 /usr/bin/python3 -> python3.5 pi@raspberrypi:~ $ ls -altr /usr/bin/python2 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Jan 24 2017 /usr/bin/python2 -> python2.7 pi@raspberrypi:~ $ ls -altr /usr/share/weewx total 284 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 23741 Jun 1 23:16 wunderfixer -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 9840 Jun 1 23:16 weewxd -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 3806 Jun 1 23:16 wee_reports -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 38823 Jun 1 23:16 wee_import -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 3157 Jun 1 23:16 wee_extension -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2195 Jun 1 23:16 wee_device -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 16776 Jun 1 23:16 wee_debug -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 43183 Jun 1 23:16 wee_database -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 5637 Jun 1 23:16 wee_config -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 32452 Jun 1 23:16 six.py -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2888 Jun 1 23:16 daemon.py drwxr-xr-x 237 root root 12288 Aug 29 22:38 .. drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Sep 1 09:10 weeimport -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 31099 Sep 1 09:10 six.pyc -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2712 Sep 1 09:10 daemon.pyc drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Sep 1 09:11 weeplot drwxr-xr-x 11 root root 4096 Sep 1 09:14 . drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Sep 1 09:14 weecfg drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Sep 1 09:14 __pycache__ drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Sep 1 09:14 weeutil drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Sep 1 09:14 weedb drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 Sep 1 09:14 weewx drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 Sep 1 09:14 user drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Sep 1 09:14 schemas pi@raspberrypi:~ $ ls -altr /etc/weewx/weewx.conf -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 31815 Sep 1 09:22 /etc/weewx/weewx.conf On Tuesday, 1 September 2020 at 12:40:31 UTC+1 [email protected] wrote: > You're making things harder than it needs to be! No need to recompile > anything. That is done automatically by the interpreter. > > 1. What is in /etc/default/weewx? > > 2. In /etc/default/weewx, the variable WEEWX_BIN points to the copy of > weewxd to be used. *Make sure it exists*. If it does not, this will cause > /etc/init.d/weewx to exit without warning. > > -tk > > On Tue, Sep 1, 2020 at 1:39 AM 'Season Ticket' via weewx-user < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> thanks for your persistence with this. >> I reinstalled because I expected that the code would need to be >> recompiled with python3. >> I can revert back to python2 by, a) changing the /etc/defaults/weewx to >> reference python2 and then reinstall again using "sudo dpkg -i >> python-weewx_4.1.1-1_all.deb" >> I tried again this time with only changing the /etc/defaults/weewx file >> and running weewxd. >> >> This time I got some errors due to the following: >> user.alarm_multi.MyAlarm, >> user.opsgenie.OpsGenieAlerts, user.opsgenie.OpsGenieHeartbeat >> which I have removed and now weewxd works fine >> >> However when I start the daemon "sudo /etc/init.d/weewx start" I still >> get nothing, no process is started and no logs. Any ideas? >> >> >> On Monday, 31 August 2020 at 23:49:51 UTC+1 [email protected] wrote: >> >>> Any particular reason why you tried to reinstall weewx? And, the version >>> you reinstalled is for python2. >>> >>> NB: there is only one code base for weewx. There is no separate Python 2 >>> and Python 3 versions. The only difference between the two packages is in >>> which prerequisites get installed. But, the actually weewx code base is >>> identical. >>> >>> That is why you only needed to install the new prerequisites. >>> >>> Surely there is something in the logs. What happens if you try to run >>> weewxd directly from the command line? >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Aug 31, 2020 at 3:26 PM 'Season Ticket' via weewx-user < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> 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 >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>> 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/a8ad9b18-aaf9-4267-ae4a-0ab78337df6an%40googlegroups.com >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/a8ad9b18-aaf9-4267-ae4a-0ab78337df6an%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/4eb92ee2-a2a8-4f26-b6d4-032fb05ae5e9n%40googlegroups.com >>>>>> >>>>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/4eb92ee2-a2a8-4f26-b6d4-032fb05ae5e9n%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/51af5239-d94d-465f-a496-2274d8b1c984n%40googlegroups.com >>>> >>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/51af5239-d94d-465f-a496-2274d8b1c984n%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/4d685c57-58dd-4d1f-b613-fe45a60aac39n%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/4d685c57-58dd-4d1f-b613-fe45a60aac39n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "weewx-user" group. 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