I found this /etc/default WEEWX_PYTHON=python2
WEEWX_BINDIR=/usr/share/weewx WEEWX_BIN=/usr/bin/weewxd WEEWX_CFG=/etc/weewx/weewx.conf Changing it to python3 breaks weewx so I'll just leave well enough alone Colin On Sun, 3 May 2020 at 12:54, Colin Larsen <colin.lar...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Graham > > Thanks for that and I understand all of what you are saying - except I > have no idea whereabouts in /etc/init.d/weewx to change to make it use > Python3. I thought I might find the line command line containing weewxd in > there somewhere but alas no (or I've done a "boy look"). And I know enough > this part of the system to be dangerous, so I'll keep fingers off until I > can actually figure this out! Still learning lots here so appreciate the > patience and explanations :) > > Colin > > On Sun, 3 May 2020 at 12:44, Graham Eddy <graham.e...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> as others have already mentioned you can instruct use of python3 either >> (a) system-wide e.g. /etc/default or defaults >> (b) startup e.g. /etc/init.d/weewx or /Library/LaunchDaemons/com >> <http://LaunchDameons.com>.weewx.weewxd >> (c) embedded e.g. shebang (insert #!python3 in first line of weewxd) >> >> my platform (macos) provides python2.7 native not python3.7 and i >> hesitate to set system-wide in case it impacts some other platform-provided >> utilities. i find startup approach inconvenient on macos so i usually use >> embedded (shebang), in my case #!/opt/local/bin/python3.7 because that’s >> where macports puts python3 >> >> On 3 May 2020, at 10:30 am, Colin Larsen <colin.lar...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Thanks Tom >> >> Well /etc/init.d/weewx is there and the other one isn't so I'll go with >> that but to be honest the innards of that file is out of my depth. >> >> On Sun, 3 May 2020 at 12:20, Tom Keffer <tkef...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> You will have to edit whatever script you use to start weewx as a daemon. >>> >>> Look in /etc/init.d/weewx. If not there, then >>> /etc/systemd/system/weewx.service. >>> >>> -tk >>> >>> On Sat, May 2, 2020 at 5:13 PM Colin Larsen <colin.lar...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi all >>>> >>>> I know that this is buried somewhere in the threads of information, >>>> sorry apologies for not being able to find it. >>>> >>>> I've just upgraded my Pi based station to Weewx 4.0 using the apt-get >>>> method. Ihas Python3 installed but is still using Python2 as can be seen >>>> here. I thought I had read that if Python3 was already installed then the >>>> update would use that version - apparently not :) >>>> >>> >> -- >> 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/2BE0524D-D87A-45EB-8A45-A6ED93BD087B%40gmail.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/2BE0524D-D87A-45EB-8A45-A6ED93BD087B%40gmail.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 weewx-user+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/CACjxfUviu1eGsfs5hXO4wOeivJCN267BKYk74-kF_v5DvxRtHQ%40mail.gmail.com.
