The pip way is just beautiful and even easier than using apt. It saved me a lot of headache. On a WeeWX-only machine it can't play out all of it's advantages, but I still prefer it.
Auchtermuchty Weather schrieb am Mittwoch, 3. Dezember 2025 um 19:50:25 UTC+1: > OK the 'pip way' is being painful. I don't need a virtual environment - > this is a 'throw-away' installation to check the Pi and PSU are OK. Nothing > else. Afterwards the SD card will be used for something else. > > But I tried the normal installation method which worked this time!!!! > > That baffles me. Totally. > > On Wednesday, 3 December 2025 at 16:29:15 UTC [email protected] wrote: > >> Try doing it the pip way: https://www.weewx.com/docs/5.2/quickstarts/pip/ >> >> >> Mark Fraser schrieb am Mittwoch, 3. Dezember 2025 um 17:08:03 UTC+1: >> >>> Have you done a >>> sudo apt update >>> First? >>> >>> On Wed, 3 Dec 2025, 15:32 Auchtermuchty Weather, <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> I want to install it on an old Pi so I can test it for a period of time >>>> before trying to sell it. >>>> >>>> It's an old model B so arkware really. I've used the Raspberry Pi >>>> Installer to build a card with Bookworm Lite. >>>> >>>> When I try to install WeeWX it can't find the package: >>>> >>>> $ ls -l /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/weewx.gpg >>>> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4015 Dec 3 15:18 >>>> /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/weewx.gpg >>>> $ cat /etc/apt/sources.list.d/weewx.list >>>> deb [arch=all] https://weewx.com/apt/python3 buster main >>>> $ sudo apt install weewx >>>> Reading package lists... Done >>>> Building dependency tree... Done >>>> Reading state information... Done >>>> E: Unable to locate package weewx >>>> >>>> I've logged out & back in, and restarted it, with no joy. There is >>>> nothing in the system log that's to do with this - the last few entries >>>> just show me logging in & out. >>>> >>>> Is this no longer possible with such an old Pi? >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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/fc262e31-59ff-48f2-b038-b62d39a11c79n%40googlegroups.com >>>> >>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/fc262e31-59ff-48f2-b038-b62d39a11c79n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>>> . >>>> >>> -- 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/4fd6897e-875c-4c7b-8884-53acb30ebe1en%40googlegroups.com.
