If you are using a Sqlite database, you should have no problems with the default install of weewx 5.2, which does not require a venv. However, I had been thinking about switching to using Mariadb (~= MySQL) on a local networked server and found that this required (at least on my Pi running the Trixie version of Raspios) that an additional library (pyMySQL, I think) be pip installed. The strong recommendation, if you are going to do this, is to use a venv and install the additional library in the venv. For now, I have used the deprecated pip flag to add the additional library to the base system, and everything seems to work, but anyone who uses a MySQL database with weewx and plans to upgrade needs to know this.
On Tuesday, November 18, 2025 at 3:52:28 PM UTC-5 salinois wrote: > thanks Vince, > > this a new installation on a RPi with a Hat BC Robotics. > > And I installed also Trixies. > > I'll do as usual; I haven't mastered Venv yet. > > Patrick > Le 18/11/2025 à 21:01, vince a écrit : > > See > https://www.weewx.com/docs/5.2/usersguide/installing/#installation-methods > for the various methods. If you have 5.1 installed and are using the > debian installation, you can easily upgrade to 5.2 if you wish. See > https://www.weewx.com/docs/5.2/quickstarts/debian/#upgrade for how to do > that. > > -- 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/d0a6f004-6016-4b36-80ac-1f04cefd74a5n%40googlegroups.com.
