On Friday, October 14, 2016 at 1:01:43 PM UTC-4, vince wrote: > > Confused - are talking about switching from setup.py to pre-packaged > weewx on an existing system ? >
fyi, the wiki has the outline of how to convert from setup.py to .deb: https://github.com/weewx/weewx/wiki/How%20to%20convert%20from%20setup.py%20install%20to%20debian%20install > One question we will keep getting on the Pi will be lack of a webserver in > Raspbian by default. Uncertain if the new apt-get package will gracefully > put the config file for apache into place in the right place anyway, but I > can test that on a pi here if Matthew needs that done.... > for weewx 3.0.0 up to and including 3.6.0, when you install weewx using apt-get, it will also install apache2. it will also install an ftp client and rsync. as of 3.6.1, a new install of weewx using apt-get will result in *only* weewx. the problem is that not everyone wants a web server, and not everyone wants apache. in fact, nginx or lighttpd are more appropriate web servers for many pi deployments. so if you want weewx and a web server, the recommended way to do it is: sudo apt-get install weewx apache2 and everything should just work. or, if you prefer nginx: sudo apt-get install weewx nginx m -- 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]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
