Hi Doug, Thank you so much! That did the trick! I think it must have been the linking Python3 to to Python that I was missing. I really appreciate it!
I am in the middle of doing initial setup on the station now. I'll have to come back to interceptor and webserver tomorrow. Thanks! On Wednesday, September 22, 2021 at 5:27:13 PM UTC-4 do...@dougjenkins.com wrote: > > Evan: > > I got WeeWX to work in a TrueNAS jail today. I was able to set it up with > the simulator driver and ran it from the command line (./bin/weewxd + > ./bin/wee_reports) with no issues. This setup assumes you are going to use > the sqlite database as your datasource. I will list the instructions below > this note. > > One thing I noticed on your original thread is that you need to do a > symbolic link for python3 to python. so I ran this statement below after my > package installation to ease my install: > > ln -s /usr/local/bin/python3 /usr/local/bin/python. > > Here is the steps I did to get this to work. > > ===== WEEWX FREEBSD INSTALL INSTRUCTIONS ===== > 1. Install these packages: > > pkg install python3 > pkg install py38-pip > pkg install py38-configobj > pkg install py38-pillow > pkg install py38-pyserial > pkg install py38-pyusb > pkg install py38-cheetah3 > pkg install py38-sqlite3 > pkg install py38-mysqlclient > pkg install py38-ephem > > 2. create symbolic link for python3 to python > ln -s /usr/local/bin/python3 /usr/local/bin/python > > 3. Grab weewx and decompress it in your home folder. In this example > below, we are going to get WeeWX 4.5.1 > > fetch https://weewx.com/downloads/weewx-4.5.1.tar.gz > tar xvfz weewx-4.5.1.tar.gz > cd weewx-4.5.1 > ./setup.py build > ./setup.py install > > 4. Follow the installation prompts to configure your weewx.conf file. > > 5. Test out your installation by running these commands in the /home/weewx > directory: > > ./bin/weewxd > ./bin/wee_reports > > 6. Validate you have a /home/weewx/archive/weewx.sdb file and html files > located in /home/weewx/public_html directories. > > ===== END FREEBSD WEEWX INSTALL INSTRUCTIONS ===== > > let us know how you make out with this setup and if you need any more help. > > DDJ > > > On Wednesday, September 22, 2021 at 10:48:33 AM UTC-4 Doug Jenkins wrote: > >> Ok, that helps a bit. >> >> I have created a jail on my TrueNAS (v12.0.U05) and I will try to get >> WeeWX to work with a simulator first. My Jail will be based on FreeBSD 12.2 >> >> The challenge is getting dependencies installed in Python. I was able to >> get Python3 installed and configured by running the following statement in >> my new jail: >> >> pkg install python3. >> >> I will take a look at this in the afternoon and see if I am successful. >> If so, I will share the details. >> >> DDJ >> >> On Wednesday, September 22, 2021 at 10:26:40 AM UTC-4 Evan Kimberly wrote: >> >>> I tried writing a line in make.conf to point to python 3.8 >>> >>> PYTHON_DEFAULT_VERSION='python3.8' >>> >>> No luck still getting it to run. >>> >>> As for hardware access, i plan on using interceptor. From what I've read >>> on here, it sounds doable to run weewx in a jail on freebsd. I just need to >>> get the thing installed first! >>> >>> On Wednesday, September 22, 2021 at 10:16:42 AM UTC-4 >>> do...@dougjenkins.com wrote: >>> >>>> Evan: >>>> >>>> In your jail you will need to install python3 and the packaging through >>>> pkg first. You will need to find the FreeBSD equivalents of the required >>>> packages as listed in the setup doc ( WeeWX: Installation using >>>> setup.py <http://weewx.com/docs/setup.htm>) . >>>> >>>> Keep in mind that jails usually do not have access to the direct >>>> hardware, so USB/serial passthrough maybe tough. >>>> >>>> It may make sense to setup a VM of Debian Buster on TrueNAS than trying >>>> to run this through a jail. WeeWx does not need a lot of resources, so a >>>> small VM (2GB, 2 cores) could be sufficient. >>>> >>>> DDJ >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Wednesday, September 22, 2021 at 9:50:04 AM UTC-4 Evan Kimberly >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> I just tried that and it is telling me python3 command not found. >>>>> >>>>> On Wednesday, September 22, 2021 at 12:40:37 AM UTC-4 vince wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Try "python3 setup.py build" and see if that works any better. >>>>>> >>>>>> Basically your system does not have a default "python", which we see >>>>>> in some operating systems. >>>>>> >>>>>> On Tuesday, September 21, 2021 at 9:17:37 PM UTC-7 Evan Kimberly >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> I am still learning my way around bsd and command line in general >>>>>>> and am having difficulty getting this up and running. I was reading a >>>>>>> separate thread in this group 'FreeBSD / TrueNAS Jail Install Help' >>>>>>> and am now stuck. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> My current steps as follow: >>>>>>> Set up jail (In TrueNAS, 12.2-RELEASE-p9) >>>>>>> pkg install python38 >>>>>>> pkg install py38-cheetah3 >>>>>>> pkg install py38-configobj >>>>>>> pkg install py38-pillow >>>>>>> pkg install py38-sqlite3 >>>>>>> pkg install py38-ephem >>>>>>> fetch https://weewx.com/downloads/weewx-4.5.1.tar.gz >>>>>>> tar xvfz weewx-4.5.1.tar.gz >>>>>>> cd weewx-4.5.1 >>>>>>> ./setup.py build >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I get the title error at the last step. I am currently in the >>>>>>> directory that setup.py exists in. The thread I was following suggested >>>>>>> using python37, but I wasn't able to install those packages. When I run >>>>>>> pkg >>>>>>> search py37-(whatever) I don't get any results, so i changed up to 38. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Any suggestions? >>>>>>> >>>>>> -- 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/ee748916-71a4-4c20-a0df-b5b91644a507n%40googlegroups.com.
