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I followed the instructions at http://www.weewx.com/docs/apt-get.htm which did NOT differentiate the python versions. changing the repo and installing weewx now works! Thanks!!! rich On Sun, Oct 11, 2020 at 11:47 PM Greg from Oz <ubeau...@gmail.com> wrote: > I know nothing about python either. > The directions I used for 20.04 was here: > http://weewx.com/docs/debian.htm > That's why it says: > wget -qO - http://weewx.com/apt/weewx-python3.list | sudo tee > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/weewx.list > and not > wget -qO - http://weewx.com/apt/weewx.list | sudo tee > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/weewx.list > > and maybe that is why your install failed as what you were running was for > python 2? > > > > > On Monday, 12 October 2020 16:40:39 UTC+11, Rich Painter wrote: >> >> Tim, Greg, >> >> clean install of ubuntu mate 20.04.1 LTS Desktop, including dev tools. >> ssh, no apache >> this installs by default python3: >> Python 3.8.5 (default, Jul 28 2020, 12:59:40) >> [GCC 9.3.0] on linux >> >> all updates were run prior to attempt with weewx. then followed >> 1. wget -qO - http://weewx.com/keys.html | sudo apt-key add - >> 2. wget -qO - http://weewx.com/apt/weewx.list | sudo tee >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/weewx.list >> 3. apt-get update >> 4. apt-get install weewx >> >> where step 4 had the reported failures. >> weewx : Depends: python-configobj (>= 4.5) but it is not installable >> Depends: python-serial (>= 2.3) but it is not installable >> >> looking at the installed python3 components, apt reports in part: >> python3-configobj/focal,focal,now 5.0.6-4 all [installed,automatic] >> >> BUT NO python3-serial !! >> >> So, why is the installer complaining about python-configobj when ver >> 5.0.6-4 clearly is >= 4.5 >> And why is python3-serial missing from the standard python (and >> apparently not installable) if it is required by weewx? >> >> I'm a C and unix guy and know nothing about python.... >> >> thanks >> rich >> >> On Sun, Oct 11, 2020 at 10:49 PM Tim Tuck <ti...@skybase.net> wrote: >> >>> Hi Rich, >>> >>> Which Ubuntu 20 did you install on ? server or workstation ? >>> >>> I installed mine on server >>> >>> 1st thing.... >>> >>> sudo apt update >>> sudo apt upgrade -y >>> >>> then I checked that python was OK >>> >>> timt@metoffice:~$ python3 >>> Python 3.8.5 (default, Jul 28 2020, 12:59:40) >>> [GCC 9.3.0] on linux >>> Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>> >>> >>> timt@metoffice:~$ >>> >>> then >>> >>> wget -qO - http://weewx.com/keys.html | sudo apt-key add - >>> wget -qO - http://weewx.com/apt/weewx-python3.list | sudo tee >>> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/weewx.list >>> sudo apt install apache2 >>> sudo apt-get install weewx >>> >>> and it was good to go from there. >>> >>> cheers >>> >>> Tim >>> >>> >>> -- >>> 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/5ebc1cc9-dd42-bf46-6509-8ecdc0652d9a%40skybase.net >>> . >>> >> >> >> -- >> Richard A. Painter, P.E. Retired >> >> >> -- > 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/e6361451-1399-43b0-a0e0-b08a0e12727ao%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/e6361451-1399-43b0-a0e0-b08a0e12727ao%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- Richard A. Painter, P.E. Retired -- 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/CABh4ZQhs5eTo08zOnWNyovD1wr8j%3D%2BzKpg4V-nD3QnRj_SC--A%40mail.gmail.com.
