Having a test pi is a good thing. Definitely use that to walk through the steps and verify you know what'll happen.
I followed the https://github.com/weewx/weewx/wiki/v5-upgrade steps and found what seems to be one error in it. I 'did' need to do "sudo chown -R pi:pi /home/weewx" before doing the pip installation step. Remember - v5 pip runs as whatever user you run the pip command from. so: i) nope - just install it as 'pi' without sudo ii) yup - see above. I'll open an issue on github about that seeming omission in the instructions iii) nope - just do the steps as written (with that one addition) as user 'pi' On Friday, May 3, 2024 at 8:40:22 AM UTC-7 mike.t...@noworries.plus.com wrote: > Hi, > I'm a little embarrassed to ask these most basic of questions but at least > I'll get started on the right track so here goes; > > I have been running Weewx on a RPI since 2104 using setup.py > It's currently v4.10.2, python 3 and on rpi4 > I have made several changes to graphs, reports etc and have a few > extensions installed. > Everything is under /home/weewx > I never created a weewx user I just sudo from the pi user > root owns all the files > I have no experience of running a virtual environment > Yes I have read the upgrade guide and the v5 wiki > I have searched the google group but my moist basic of questions don't > look to be covered. > I did do a test upgrade of my backup rpi but although it runs at v5 the > upgrade couldn't have been clean as it wouldn't upgrade from v5.0 to > v5.0.2 so I must have done something wrong in the initial upgrade. > > My queries are; > i) should I create a weewx linux user and login as that use to execute the > upgrade > ii) if yes, do I need to change the file ownership on all the files to > weewx user > iii) if I don't need a weewx user do I just sudo from the pi user? > > Thanks in Advance > Mike > > -- 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/c5068660-3f0a-4ad9-8287-d5052345fb11n%40googlegroups.com.
