Addtional information. After running the command the fileparse
installation appeared to finish successfully, however, when I started
weewx, it failed with the following:
weewx.service - WeeWX
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/weewx.service; enabled;
preset: enabled)
Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Tue 2025-10-28 16:43:39 EDT;
8s ago
Duration: 801ms
Invocation: 61d79b2574f2414689af666970c8e86a
Docs: https://weewx.com/docs
Process: 1844 ExecStart=weewxd /etc/weewx/weewx.conf (code=exited,
status=1/FAILURE)
Main PID: 1844 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
CPU: 702ms
Oct 28 16:43:39 raspberrypi weewxd[1844]: self.setupStation(config_dict)
Oct 28 16:43:39 raspberrypi weewxd[1844]: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Oct 28 16:43:39 raspberrypi weewxd[1844]: File
"/usr/share/weewx/weewx/engine.py", line 99, in setupStation
Oct 28 16:43:39 raspberrypi weewxd[1844]: driver =
config_dict[station_type]['driver']
Oct 28 16:43:39 raspberrypi weewxd[1844]:
~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Oct 28 16:43:39 raspberrypi weewxd[1844]: File
"/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/configobj/__init__.py", line 549, in
__getit>
Oct 28 16:43:39 raspberrypi weewxd[1844]: val = dict.__getitem__(self,
key)
Oct 28 16:43:39 raspberrypi weewxd[1844]: KeyError: 'fileparse'
Oct 28 16:43:39 raspberrypi systemd[1]: weewx.service: Main process exited,
code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Oct 28 16:43:39 raspberrypi systemd[1]: weewx.service: Failed with result
'exit-code'.
Sorry for the multiple messages!
On Tuesday, October 28, 2025 at 4:43:14 PM UTC-4 Ron Walker wrote:
> 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
>>>
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