Probably a permissions problem. Try adding yourself to the 'weewx' group:

*sudo usermod -aG weewx my-user-name*
*exec bash*


-tk

On Tue, Oct 28, 2025 at 12:52 PM 'Ron Walker' via weewx-user <
[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> I have a fresh install of version 5.2.0 running on a Raspberry Pi running
> Trixie OS.  The installation went smoothly with no issues except I did have
> to add myself to the weewx group in order to access files.  The issues came
> when I attempted to use the fileparse driver.  I installed the driver using
> the following command:
>
> *weectl extension install /etc/weewx/examples/fileparse*
>
> When I executed the command I got the following error:
>
> pi@raspberrypi:~ $ weectl extension install /etc/weewx/examples/fileparse
> Using configuration file /etc/weewx/weewx.conf
> Install extension '/etc/weewx/examples/fileparse' (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 143, in
> install_extension
>     extension_name = self.install_from_dir(extension_path)
>   File "/usr/share/weewx/weecfg/extension.py", line 187, in
> install_from_dir
>     self._install_files(installer['files'], extension_dir)
>     ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>   File "/usr/share/weewx/weecfg/extension.py", line 271, in _install_files
>     shutil.copy(source_path, destination_path)
>     ~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>   File "/usr/lib/python3.13/shutil.py", line 429, in copy
>     copymode(src, dst, follow_symlinks=follow_symlinks)
>     ~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>   File "/usr/lib/python3.13/shutil.py", line 318, in copymode
>     chmod_func(dst, stat.S_IMODE(st.st_mode))
>     ~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> PermissionError: [Errno 1] Operation not permitted:
> '/etc/weewx/bin/user/fileparse.py'
>
> Can someone point me in the right direction?
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
> Ron
>
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