Hello Matthew, yes this was a initially a version 4 install that I upgraded, then tried to wipe and then tried start from scratch in terms of both OS and the weewx application when the upgrade went sideways. Likely at one point I had two installation types working at cross purposes. Will purge and reinstall...
Cheers, TL -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of matthew wall Sent: Friday, October 3, 2025 7:49 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [weewx-user] Error installing 5.1 something is preventing apt from copying the weewx.rules file (as well as many others) from the .deb package into the new /etc/weewx directory. so when the postinst script tries to do a configure, it fails. you might be able to get more information from the apt log. take a look in /var/log/apt/term.log for signs of the weewx install/remove. it looks like you had weewx with rc (not systemd) installed before this installation - did you upgrade from an older version of weewx? was weewx installed using a non-apt method before you tried the apt install of weewx? did you upgrade the operating system or is this on a clean install of debian 12? try doing a complete purge of weewx, followed by an install. first make a backup copy of your weewx database if you have not done so already: sudo cp -p /var/lib/weewx/weewx.sdb ~ then you can purge weewx: sudo apt purge weewx sudo rm -r /var/www/html/weewx sudo rm -r /var/lib/weewx sudo rm -r /etc/weewx sudo rm /etc/default/weewx if an install after this still fails, then you might have to do an even deeper purge by doing those steps again, plus the following to remove the weewx user and group before doing a clean install: sudo gpasswd -d $USER weewx sudo userdel weewx sudo groupdel weewx the instructions for a complete purge are in the 'uninstall' section of the debian quick-start > On Oct 2, 2025, at 14:39, Ted Lavino <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello Mathew, your assistance is much appreciated. > > I removed weewx following the process I described above using "sudo apt > remove weewx" plus "sudo rm -r /etc/weewx" as the apt remove weewx process > did not remove all files, and then reinstalled weewx via "sudo apt install > weewx" > > Cheers, > > TL > > Removal: > > ted@weewx:~ $ sudo apt remove weewx > Reading package lists... Done > Building dependency tree... Done > Reading state information... Done > The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer > required: > python3-cheetah python3-configobj python3-ephem python3-usb Use > 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them. > The following packages will be REMOVED: > weewx > 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 0 not upgraded. > 1 not fully installed or removed. > After this operation, 5,754 kB disk space will be freed. > Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y > (Reading database ... 167316 files and directories currently > installed.) Removing weewx (5.1.0-4) ... > Stopping weewxd using systemd > Removing systemd units > weewx.service is not a native service, redirecting to systemd-sysv-install. > Executing: /lib/systemd/systemd-sysv-install disable weewx > update-rc.d: error: weewx Default-Start contains no runlevels, aborting. > Removing udev rules > > ted@weewx:~ $ sudo rm -r /etc/weewx > > Subsequent install: > > ted@weewx:~ $ sudo apt install weewx > Reading package lists... Done > Building dependency tree... Done > Reading state information... Done > Suggested packages: > sqlite ftp httpd > The following NEW packages will be installed: > weewx > 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. > Need to get 0 B/1,561 kB of archives. > After this operation, 5,754 kB of additional disk space will be used. > Preconfiguring packages ... > Selecting previously unselected package weewx. > (Reading database ... 166844 files and directories currently > installed.) Preparing to unpack .../archives/weewx_5.1.0-4_all.deb ... > Unpacking weewx (5.1.0-4) ... > Setting up weewx (5.1.0-4) ... > Found 0 running instances of weewxd > Using weewx:weewx as user:group > User ted is already in group weewx > Installing udev rules > sed: can't read /etc/weewx/udev/weewx.rules: No such file or directory > dpkg: error processing package weewx (--configure): > installed weewx package post-installation script subprocess returned > error exit status 2 Errors were encountered while processing: > weewx > E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) > > Contents of /etc/weewx: > > ted@weewx:~ $ ls -lR /etc/weewx > /etc/weewx: > total 32 > drwxr-xr-x 8 root root 4096 Oct 2 11:29 examples drwxr-xr-x 2 root > root 4096 Oct 2 11:29 import drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Oct 2 11:29 > init.d drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Oct 2 11:29 logrotate.d drwxr-xr-x > 4 root root 4096 Oct 2 11:29 logwatch drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Oct > 2 11:29 rsyslog.d drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Oct 2 11:29 systemd > drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Oct 2 11:29 udev > > /etc/weewx/examples: > total 24 > drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Oct 2 11:29 basic drwxr-xr-x 2 root root > 4096 Oct 2 11:29 colorize drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Oct 2 11:29 > fileparse drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 Oct 2 11:29 pmon drwxr-xr-x 2 > root root 4096 Oct 2 11:29 tests drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 Oct 2 > 11:29 xstats > > /etc/weewx/examples/basic: > total 4 > drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Oct 2 11:29 skins > > /etc/weewx/examples/basic/skins: > total 4 > drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Oct 2 11:29 Basic > > /etc/weewx/examples/basic/skins/Basic: > total 4 > drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Oct 2 11:29 lang > > /etc/weewx/examples/basic/skins/Basic/lang: > total 0 > > /etc/weewx/examples/colorize: > total 0 > > /etc/weewx/examples/fileparse: > total 4 > drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Oct 2 11:29 bin > > /etc/weewx/examples/fileparse/bin: > total 4 > drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Oct 2 11:29 user > > /etc/weewx/examples/fileparse/bin/user: > total 0 > > /etc/weewx/examples/pmon: > total 8 > drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Oct 2 11:29 bin drwxr-xr-x 3 root root > 4096 Oct 2 11:29 skins > > /etc/weewx/examples/pmon/bin: > total 4 > drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Oct 2 11:29 user > > /etc/weewx/examples/pmon/bin/user: > total 0 > > /etc/weewx/examples/pmon/skins: > total 4 > drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Oct 2 11:29 pmon > > /etc/weewx/examples/pmon/skins/pmon: > total 0 > > /etc/weewx/examples/tests: > total 0 > > /etc/weewx/examples/xstats: > total 8 > drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Oct 2 11:29 bin drwxr-xr-x 3 root root > 4096 Oct 2 11:29 skins > > /etc/weewx/examples/xstats/bin: > total 4 > drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Oct 2 11:29 user > > /etc/weewx/examples/xstats/bin/user: > total 0 > > /etc/weewx/examples/xstats/skins: > total 4 > drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Oct 2 11:29 xstats > > /etc/weewx/examples/xstats/skins/xstats: > total 0 > > /etc/weewx/import: > total 0 > > /etc/weewx/init.d: > total 0 > > /etc/weewx/logrotate.d: > total 0 > > /etc/weewx/logwatch: > total 8 > drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 Oct 2 11:29 conf drwxr-xr-x 3 root root > 4096 Oct 2 11:29 scripts > > /etc/weewx/logwatch/conf: > total 8 > drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Oct 2 11:29 logfiles drwxr-xr-x 2 root > root 4096 Oct 2 11:29 services > > /etc/weewx/logwatch/conf/logfiles: > total 0 > > /etc/weewx/logwatch/conf/services: > total 0 > > /etc/weewx/logwatch/scripts: > total 4 > drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Oct 2 11:29 services > > /etc/weewx/logwatch/scripts/services: > total 0 > > /etc/weewx/rsyslog.d: > total 0 > > /etc/weewx/systemd: > total 0 > > /etc/weewx/udev: > total 0 > > > On Thursday, October 2, 2025 at 7:21:22 AM UTC-7 matthew wall wrote: > there must have been some failure earlier in the installation process > resulting in no udev rules file (weewx.rules) copied into the > directory /etc/weewx/udev > > my first guess is that you tried to install over an existing > /etc/weewx directory, and a permissions/ownership problem prevent the > copy. however, you indicated that you deleted /etc/weewx > > were there any other warnings in the installer output? could you post all of > the installer output from when you invoked 'sudo apt install weewx'? > > is there anything else in the /etc/weewx directory after the failed > installation? could you do 'ls -lR /etc/weewx' and post the result? > > > > On Oct 2, 2025, at 08:26, Ted Lavino <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Folks, getting this error as well on a Rasberry Pi 3B running Raspian > > Bookworm (with current updates) after removing (via "sudo apt remove > > weewx", plus manually deleting /etc/weewx) and reinstalling via "sudo apt > > install weewx". Confirmed /etc/weewx/udev exists but is empty: > > > > Installing udev rules > > sed: can't read /etc/weewx/udev/weewx.rules: No such file or > > directory > > dpkg: error processing package weewx (--configure): > > installed weewx package post-installation script subprocess returned > > error exit status 2 Processing triggers for man-db (2.11.2-2) ... > > Errors were encountered while processing: > > weewx > > E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) > > > > -- > 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]. > To view this discussion visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/b2342c95-a02e-4bab-87c3-df6921f296e7n%40googlegroups.com. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the Google Groups "weewx-user" group. 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