Yes, that will work, but it also assumes that all the prerequisites have been installed. The Python 3 prereqs are different from Python 2.
On Tue, Jan 26, 2021 at 2:12 PM Colin Larsen <colin.lar...@gmail.com> wrote: > I remember I had to change /etc/default/weewx it to tell Weewx to start > with Python3 > > WEEWX_PYTHON=python2 <== change to python3 > > WEEWX_BINDIR=/usr/share/weewx > > WEEWX_BIN=/usr/bin/weewxd > > WEEWX_CFG=/etc/weewx/weewx.conf > > Colin > > On Wed, 27 Jan 2021 at 11:04, Tom Keffer <tkef...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Easiest is to just follow the install directions in the Debian guide >> <http://www.weewx.com/docs/debian.htm>: >> >> >> >> >> *wget -qO - https://weewx.com/apt/weewx-python3.list >> <https://weewx.com/apt/weewx-python3.list> | sudo tee >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/weewx.listsudo apt-get updatesudo apt-get install >> weewx* >> >> >> On Tue, Jan 26, 2021 at 1:58 PM Gordon Dickens <gldicke...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> How do I make weewx use python3 instead of python2? I initially >>> installed weewx on Debian using the Debian package over a year ago and it >>> was originally setup to use python2. I recently upgraded to weewx 4.3.0 >>> with the Belchertown skin version 1.2 and so I want to also upgrade to >>> python3. The normal way to change default packages in Debian is with the >>> update-alternatives command, however, when I set python3 as the default, >>> weewx continues to use python2 as seen from the command, "ps aux | grep >>> weewx" whose output contains: >>> >>> python2 /usr/share/weewx/weewxd --daemon --pidfile=/var/run/weewx.pid >>> /etc/weewx/weewx.conf >>> >>> So, the service is started with python2. How do I change the weewx >>> service to use python3? >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> Gordon >>> >>> -- >>> 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/807bfd14-5724-4116-b369-c7d2d49f15b9n%40googlegroups.com >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/807bfd14-5724-4116-b369-c7d2d49f15b9n%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 weewx-user+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/CAPq0zEA76i1OPAqpLZqC4AYf%2BxLY%3DTiu2FB%3DgD51Fc635PpHuQ%40mail.gmail.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/CAPq0zEA76i1OPAqpLZqC4AYf%2BxLY%3DTiu2FB%3DgD51Fc635PpHuQ%40mail.gmail.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/CACjxfUv6LcGyjQWjPKfD6hPfyLJj8NuHeBBfxMx2_nPdrauw_A%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/CACjxfUv6LcGyjQWjPKfD6hPfyLJj8NuHeBBfxMx2_nPdrauw_A%40mail.gmail.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/CAPq0zEC99a8DBc49jBKOeSeHD38UaOF8GZWNRDS-Ozt0ga%3DbuQ%40mail.gmail.com.
