Downloading weewx issue

Dale Huber

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Jul 30, 2020, 7:52:04 PM7/30/20

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I use the wget command and I get an error from the download site when using Linux. Not sure what to do, if i use a browser to download it will save to the DOWNLOAD folder. I need to have it in the HOME folder then extract, right? This is a little different than it was back in 2015, a lot simpler then.

Dale Huber

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Jul 30, 2020, 8:00:39 PM7/30/20

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On Thursday, July 30, 2020 at 7:52:04 PM UTC-4, Dale Huber wrote:

I use the wget command and I get an error from the download site when using Linux. Not sure what to do, if i use a browser to download it will save to the DOWNLOAD folder. I need to have it in the HOME folder then extract, right? This is a little different than it was back in 2015, a lot simpler then.

Forgot to mention I'm using a Raspberry Pi. What does this mean Tell apt where to find the WeeWX releases?

vince

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Jul 30, 2020, 8:21:18 PM7/30/20

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You're probably overthinking this one a bit...

That said, In the absence of what error messages you are seeing, we can't really help too much.

http://weewx.com/docs/debian.htm has the instructions for how to add weewx using the pre-packaged version. If it's a newly build raspi, you probably want to do this. Just follow the instructions on the web page.

But to answer - your pi doesn't magically know where to download weewx from. You have to run the first command under 'configure apt' to add the location of the weewx software repository to the built-in list of the sites (plural) where your pi will try to install software from. Then do the install steps. It works. Really.

gjr80

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Jul 30, 2020, 8:22:48 PM7/30/20

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Might help if you show us exactly what command you are trying to execute. I wget the tar.gz all the time into a variety of directories and have no problems.

Gary

Dale Huber

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Jul 31, 2020, 9:32:46 AM7/31/20

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On Thursday, July 30, 2020 at 7:52:04 PM UTC-4, Dale Huber wrote:

I use the wget command and I get an error from the download site when using Linux. Not sure what to do, if i use a browser to download it will save to the DOWNLOAD folder. I need to have it in the HOME folder then extract, right? This is a little different than it was back in 2015, a lot simpler then.

I have attached jpeg file 1237 to show my issue.

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rich T

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Jul 31, 2020, 9:43:53 AM7/31/20

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Need to add sudo in front of the command. Example sudo wget -qO - http://weewx.com.....

Tomasz Lewicki

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Jul 31, 2020, 9:57:51 AM7/31/20

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You should be in *your* home directory. So after opening terminal you can just paste wget and rest of command. Or, if you are in another directory, enter first:

cd ~

OR

cd /home/pi

and then wget...

Sudo isn't necessary at this stage.

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