Upgrading from 3.8.0 prior to going to xubuntu 20.04

Iain Simpson

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Jun 19, 2020, 8:42:09 AM6/19/20

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In preparation to a move to latest xubuntu (20.04.1) from 18.04 I am looking to upgrade to the latest version of weewx.

I am still running 3.8.0 and have made some additions (to interface with Conky).

Reading the upgrade documentation I was going to go via the 'setup.py' route.

Checking my current setup I am running from

/usr/share/weewx

/etc/weewx

/var/lib/weekx (sqlite)

The upgrade documentation says to change setup.cfg to 'previous installation' this presumably will be '/usr/share/weewx'

I am wondering whether this is the wisest route or whether to

a. use the '.deb' file and rebuild my customisation.

b. stick with Python 2

It's some years since I did the original weewx installation and a lot has been forgotten.

Can anyone advise please.

Tom Keffer

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Jun 20, 2020, 2:33:26 PM6/20/20

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This would not be a wise move. If you started with a deb install, you should stick with it. Changing to a setup.py install just by changing setup.cfg will not work (there are other differences).

Alternatively, you could switch installation methods, but this would require copying some files to their new place. Basically the reverse of the wiki article How to convert from setup.py install to debian install.

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vince

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Jun 20, 2020, 2:50:10 PM6/20/20

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On Friday, June 19, 2020 at 5:42:09 AM UTC-7, Iain Simpson wrote:

I am wondering whether this is the wisest route or whether to
a. use the '.deb' file and rebuild my customisation.

What customization are you referring to ?

Skins ?

Code ?

Or just your weewx.conf edits ?

Iain Simpson

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Jun 20, 2020, 5:18:43 PM6/20/20

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I'm having to double (or triple) check but I think it's just the 'conky skin and the .conf file that might need to be reconstituted.