Instructions are fine. All users need to understand how $PATH works and when you need to use absolute paths to commands and when you don't.
In your case, you have a setup.py installation and /home/weewx/bin is not in your $PATH, so you need to use an absolute path for all commands so the shell finds the commands. If you had been running a dpkg installation, the commands would have been in /usr/bin and in your $PATH automatically. On Monday, April 19, 2021 at 9:49:29 AM UTC-7 eric.k...@gmail.com wrote: > Adding ./ appeared to work! > It appears the installation instructions need to be updated. > > weewx@Ubuntu20-WEEWX:~/bin$ sudo ./wee_extension --install weewx-sdr.zip > Request to install 'weewx-sdr.zip' > Extracting from zip archive weewx-sdr.zip > Saving installer file to /home/weewx/bin/user/installer/sdr > Finished installing extension 'weewx-sdr.zip' > > > On Monday, April 19, 2021 at 11:22:57 AM UTC-5 storm...@gmail.com wrote: > >> Try this but make sure you are using your path: >> pi@raspberrypi:/home/weewx/bin $ sudo ./wee_extension >> --install=/home/pi/Downloads/weewx-sdr.zip >> >> On Monday, April 19, 2021 at 12:13:35 PM UTC-4 eric.k...@gmail.com wrote: >> >>> I loaded weewx into a Ubuntu 20 vitrual machine I created just to run >>> weewx. >>> I created a Linux user called weewx, so the /home/weewx directory exists. >>> I installed the rtl-sdr and rtl-433 using apt-get (DEB packages). >>> For weewx, I followed the instructions for the "Installation using >>> setup.py" method, where you download the source, make and install it. >>> see: https://weewx.com/docs/setup.htm >>> That process appeared to work ok - no errors shown during the process. >>> >>> I'm following the weewx-sdr driver install process and it's falling flat >>> in several places. >>> Are the instructions incomplete, or out of date? >>> Is there an incompatibility with python 3.8? (the current version) >>> https://github.com/matthewwall/weewx-sdr >>> >>> *Installation * >>> 1) download the driver wget -O weewx-sdr.zip >>> https://github.com/matthewwall/weewx-sdr/archive/master.zip >>> *WORKED* >>> 2) install the driver sudo wee_extension --install weewx-sdr.zip >>> >>> *FAILS with: * >>> >>> *weewx@Ubuntu20-WEEWX:~/Downloads$ sudo wee_extension --install >>> weewx-sdr.zipsudo: wee_extension: command not found* >>> If I remove the sudo, the command runs, but bombs because of permission >>> errors! >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> *FAILS WITH: weewx@Ubuntu20-WEEWX:~/Downloads$ wee_extension --install >>> weewx-sdr.zipRequest to install 'weewx-sdr.zip'Extracting from zip archive >>> weewx-sdr.zipTraceback (most recent call last): File >>> "/home/weewx/bin/wee_extension", line 88, in <module>* >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> * main() File "/home/weewx/bin/wee_extension", line 80, in main >>> ext.install_extension(options.install) File >>> "/home/weewx/bin/weecfg/extension.py", line 125, in install_extension >>> self.install_from_dir(extension_dir) File >>> "/home/weewx/bin/weecfg/extension.py", line 183, in install_from_dir >>> shutil.copy(source_path, destination_path) File >>> "/usr/lib/python3.8/shutil.py", line 415, in copy copyfile(src, dst, >>> follow_symlinks=follow_symlinks) File "/usr/lib/python3.8/shutil.py", line >>> 261, in copyfile with open(src, 'rb') as fsrc, open(dst, 'wb') as >>> fdst:PermissionError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: >>> '/home/weewx/bin/user/sdr.py'* >>> >>> *CAN'T GO ANY FARTHER. HELP REQUESTED.* >>> 3) configure the driver sudo wee_config --reconfigure --driver=user.sdr >>> --no-prompt >>> 4) run the driver directly to identify the packets you want to capture >>> cd /home/weewx sudo PYTHONPATH=bin python bin/user/sdr.py --cmd="rtl_433 -M >>> utc -F json" >>> 5) modify the [SDR] section of weewx.conf using a text editor - create a >>> [[sensor_map]] for the data you want to capture - possibly modify the 'cmd' >>> parameter >>> 6) start weewx sudo /etc/init.d/weewx start >>> >> -- 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/1d507776-6472-42e5-af99-8134f13e3aa3n%40googlegroups.com.
