At the very top of that page I see this.... Install pre-requisites For Redhat 8: sudo yum install epel-release sudo yum install python3-cheetah For Redhat 7: sudo pip install pyserial pyusb
On Sunday, 22 November 2020 at 16:51:46 UTC-5 paint...@gmail.com wrote: > thanks Vince! > > But I'm really confused... IF there are prerequisites then A) they should > be bolted into the rpm process. that is what rpms are for and B) they > should be part of the WRITTEN instructions at the OFFICIAL weewx > http://weewx.com/docs/redhat.htm for rehat/centos distributions. > > I take it from your response that this is clearly a well-known (to some) > weewx problem so why has not the fixes been written into the weewx > http://weewx.com/docs/redhat.htm ?? > > I'm pleased and excited that you have responded with hope. I'm brand new > to weewx but have used Ubuntu and CentOS for a very long time. I'm a > 40-year C developer but have never known python. I have not been able to > get weewx to run on either U20 or C7 ! > > thanks! > rich > > > > > On Sun, Nov 22, 2020 at 2:34 PM vince <vince...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On Sunday, November 22, 2020 at 1:11:15 PM UTC-8 paint...@gmail.com >> wrote: >> >>> CentOS 7.9 64bit clean install >>> Directions on http://weewx.com/docs/redhat.htm don't result in a >>> workable weewx. >>> Note- those instructions do NOT have a step for wee_config --install >>> Starting weewx installation over from scratch.... >>> Below is a complete transcript. One IMPORTANT thing to notice is the >>> "installed drivers" output section seems to show there are a LOT of missing >>> driver components!!!! >>> ALL of these steps are 100% repeatable. Variants using "wee_config >>> --reconfigure" result in the SAME failures! >>> Anyone know who the creator of the rpm repo is?? >>> Any help would be appreciated. >>> >>> >> The rpm comes from the weewx team. >> >> Your 'no module named usb' and 'no module named serial' and the seemingly >> missing things are because you didn't have all the prerequisite python >> modules (rpms) installed. This is a longstanding known thing that has >> bitten many people over the years. You have to install the prerequisites. >> >> Unfortunately CentOS is weird a. I did a lot of testing of this in the >> v4 pre-release timeframe but did most of it using the setup.py (not rpm) >> method of installation. >> >> If you give me a couple hours I can probably do a quick test in a VM >> both ways to reverify vs. Centos-7.9 >> >> >> -- >> 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 weewx-user+...@googlegroups.com. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/7f1b816d-8c81-4eb3-8f96-0939384711cdn%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/7f1b816d-8c81-4eb3-8f96-0939384711cdn%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > > > -- > Richard A. Painter, P.E. Retired > > > -- 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 weewx-user+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/1bf910a5-2b25-4119-8d46-70b169101f89n%40googlegroups.com.
