Hmm! found it ...but....
weatherpi@weatherpi:~ $ sudo weectl extension install
/usr/share/doc/weewx/examples/xstats
Using configuration file /etc/weewx/weewx.conf
Install extension '/usr/share/doc/weewx/examples/xstats' (y/n)? y
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/share/weewx/weectl.py", line 75, in <module>
main()
File "/usr/share/weewx/weectl.py", line 67, in main
namespace.func(namespace)
File "/usr/share/weewx/weectllib/__init__.py", line 90, in dispatch
namespace.action_func(config_dict, namespace)
File "/usr/share/weewx/weectllib/extension_cmd.py", line 116, in
install_extension
ext.install_extension(namespace.source, no_confirm=namespace.yes)
File "/usr/share/weewx/weecfg/extension.py", line 132, in install_extension
raise InstallError(f"Path {extension_path} does not exist.")
weecfg.extension.InstallError: Path /usr/share/doc/weewx/examples/xstats
does not exist.
weatherpi@weatherpi:~ $
On Wednesday 11 September 2024 at 21:21:49 UTC+12 Monica Mulholland wrote:
> Thank you Gary, do you have a favorite charity? I would like to make a
> donation to it for your constant helpfulness and kindness. You folks at
> weewx are indeed one of a kind!
>
> On Wednesday 11 September 2024 at 20:54:41 UTC+12 gjr80 wrote:
>
>> Some comments below.
>>
>> Gary
>>
>> On Wednesday 11 September 2024 at 17:25:25 UTC+10 [email protected]
>> wrote:
>>
>> Thanks Gary,
>>
>> sorry to bother you yet again with the same problem......having read back
>> through our correspondence in 2019...(i can't believe I was clever enough
>> to do this back then....I certainly didn't lean not much from it...coz I
>> don't feel so clever now!) I think that the steps I need to follow to get
>> back to there are to
>> 1. install xstats.py in the correct place and
>> 2. put the two files above (index.html.tmpl and alltime.html.tmpl) into
>> the skins folder and all should work fine.....have I missed anything?
>>
>>
>> That's about it, but you will also need to tell WeeWX to generate
>> alltime.html, I alluded to this further down my 2019 post but did not
>> give any specifics. All you need do is edit the skin config file for your
>> Standard skin and add a couple of lines to the [CheetahGenerator]
>> [[ToDate]] stanza. Where that file is will depend on how you installed
>> WeeWX. You've found weewx.conf, have a look in the directory containing
>> weewx.conf and you should find a skins/Standard directory, that is where
>> skin.conf should be. Edit skin.conf and insert the highlighted lines as
>> follows:
>>
>> [CheetahGenerator]
>> ....
>> [[ToDate]]
>> ....
>> [[[year]]]
>> template = year.html.tmpl
>>
>> [[[alltime]]]
>> template = alltime.html.tmpl
>>
>> Once you have installed xstats, created alltime.tmpl.html and modified
>> skin.conf WeeWX will automatically start generating alltime.tmpl - no
>> need for a restart.
>>
>>
>>
>> I should be able to find xstats.py in
>> /user/share/doc/weewx/examples.....but as you will see from the attached
>> screenshot.....that folder does not exist.....what am I missing?
>>
>>
>> Another v5 change I'm afraid. Again the location of the examples (and
>> xstats) depends on how you installed WeeWX. Have a look in the directory
>> containing weewx.conf, you should see a directory named examples; that
>> is where you should find the xstats directory. Read the readme.txt, it
>> has been updated for v5, and (again) I expect you will want to follow the
>> manual install instructions.
>>
>>
>
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