I'm sorry - that link is https://github.com/weewx/weewx/wiki/v5-upgrade above. Typo on my part.
On Friday, May 3, 2024 at 11:49:01 AM UTC-7 vince wrote: > Having a test pi is a good thing. Definitely use that to walk through the > steps and verify you know what'll happen. > > I followed the https://github.com/weewx/weewx/wiki/v5-upgrade steps and > found what seems to be one error in it. I 'did' need to do "sudo chown > -R pi:pi /home/weewx" before doing the pip installation step. Remember > - v5 pip runs as whatever user you run the pip command from. > > so: > i) nope - just install it as 'pi' without sudo > ii) yup - see above. I'll open an issue on github about that seeming > omission in the instructions > iii) nope - just do the steps as written (with that one addition) as user > 'pi' > > On Friday, May 3, 2024 at 8:40:22 AM UTC-7 mike.t...@noworries.plus.com > wrote: > >> Hi, >> I'm a little embarrassed to ask these most basic of questions but at >> least I'll get started on the right track so here goes; >> >> I have been running Weewx on a RPI since 2104 using setup.py >> It's currently v4.10.2, python 3 and on rpi4 >> I have made several changes to graphs, reports etc and have a few >> extensions installed. >> Everything is under /home/weewx >> I never created a weewx user I just sudo from the pi user >> root owns all the files >> I have no experience of running a virtual environment >> Yes I have read the upgrade guide and the v5 wiki >> I have searched the google group but my moist basic of questions don't >> look to be covered. >> I did do a test upgrade of my backup rpi but although it runs at v5 the >> upgrade couldn't have been clean as it wouldn't upgrade from v5.0 to >> v5.0.2 so I must have done something wrong in the initial upgrade. >> >> My queries are; >> i) should I create a weewx linux user and login as that use to execute >> the upgrade >> ii) if yes, do I need to change the file ownership on all the files to >> weewx user >> iii) if I don't need a weewx user do I just sudo from the pi user? >> >> Thanks in Advance >> Mike >> >> -- 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/fc82d512-9f85-4daa-b6ce-14b3ace8fb6an%40googlegroups.com.
