This is true: you do not need a value for WEEWX_ROOT. The default value is the directory where weewx.conf is found. In fact, weewx.conf installed by V5 do not contain a value.
On Fri, Mar 1, 2024 at 7:21 AM Remy Lavabre <remy.lava...@gmail.com> wrote: > Yes Tom, as I told Matthew in my previous post, I installed V5 in a > virtual environment then copied the weewx.conf file from my version 4.10.2 > which works perfectly. > I took the precaution of changing a few variables like SKIN_ROOT = > skins, HTML_ROOT = public_html, version = 5.0.2 > but not WEEWX_ROOT = ~/weewx-data/… :-((((( > > From the tests I have carried out, it even seems possible to do without > defining this WEEWX_ROOT variable in weewx.conf of V5... Can you confirm > Tom? > > Many thanks for your software and your much appreciated help! ;-) > > Le vendredi 1 mars 2024 à 15:54:48 UTC+1, Tom Keffer a écrit : > >> Thank you, Matthew. I had totally forgotten that older weewx.conf files >> set WEEWX_ROOT=/ >> >> Remy: as Matthew asked, do you know how your weewx.conf came to be in its >> state? Did you copy it from a previous debian install? >> >> On Fri, Mar 1, 2024 at 6:38 AM Remy Lavabre <remy.l...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> SOLVED.... -->> Thank-you MATTHEW ! (and Tom of course...) >>> With *WEEWX_ROOT = ~/weewx-data/* >>> >>> Result -> >>> Saving installer file to >>> /home/remy/weewx-data/~/weewx-data/bin/user/installer/awekaswx >>> Saved copy of configuration as >>> /home/remy/weewx-data/weewx.conf.20240301153706 >>> Finished installing extension awekaswx from awekaswx.zip >>> >>> :ooo)))))))) >>> >>> Le vendredi 1 mars 2024 à 15:34:55 UTC+1, Remy Lavabre a écrit : >>> >>>> Hi Matthew, >>>> Thank you for your help ! >>>> >>>> *--->>> /etc/weewx does not exist* >>>> remy@remy-virtual-machine:/etc$ cd weewx >>>> bash: cd: weewx: Aucun fichier ou dossier de ce type >>>> >>>> >>>> ---->>> >>>> *# Root directory of the weewx data file hierarchy for this >>>> stationWEEWX_ROOT = /* >>>> >>>> ---->>>> *The weewx.conf file was recovered from version 4.10.2 which >>>> works perfectly and replaced the weewx.conf file from version 5 after >>>> installation in a virtual environment and by modifying:* >>>> >>>> >>>> *SKIN_ROOT = skinsHTML_ROOT = public_htmlversion = 5.0.2* >>>> >>>> >>>> Le vendredi 1 mars 2024 à 15:13:04 UTC+1, matthew wall a écrit : >>>> >>>> remy, >>>> >>>> does /etc/weewx exist? >>>> >>>> --->>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> does /etc/weewx/bin/user exist? >>>> >>>> in the file ~/weewx-data/weewx.conf, what is WEEWX_ROOT? >>>> >>>> how did the file ~/weewx-data/weewx.conf get to its current state? >>>> >>>> m >>>> >>>> -- >>> >> 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+...@googlegroups.com. >>> >> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/bf0d11a5-2d3e-4eb8-95b4-43821f035a5bn%40googlegroups.com >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/bf0d11a5-2d3e-4eb8-95b4-43821f035a5bn%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/a92df256-40f0-4042-bc87-cea709ac92a4n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/a92df256-40f0-4042-bc87-cea709ac92a4n%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/CAPq0zEBjxBB40F%3D5d7yx37qb4q1%2BZZuWPAJo%2B4CMq8ygFsb26Q%40mail.gmail.com.
