Hi Tom, I confirmed that I (user pi) am in the weewx group and ran the command as you suggested, but the outcome is the same! I tried running the command using sudo and it worked!
Any ideas? Ron On Tuesday, October 28, 2025 at 4:29:39 PM UTC-4 Tom Keffer wrote: > 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 >> >> -- >> 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 [email protected]. >> To view this discussion visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/1cb13cd9-8406-4662-bf00-926ddf2cd861n%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/1cb13cd9-8406-4662-bf00-926ddf2cd861n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- 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 [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/89135359-55ba-4bb3-9160-204e4d4199dbn%40googlegroups.com.
