It’s kind of crazy that forecast still depends on six. I just published v4.1 with six removed. It also details how to install xtide since xtide has been removed from current Linux distros. Thank you. That did solve my problem. On Saturday, February 28, 2026 at 9:42:11 PM UTC-6 John Smith wrote:
Feb 28 19:31:03 wxpi weewxd[8567]: CRITICAL __main__: **** import six.moves.http_client
Feb 28 19:31:03 wxpi weewxd[8567]: CRITICAL __main__: **** ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'six'
You need to install the six library
I'm trying to install the forecast extension with weewx 5.2. When I restart weewx I'm getting this error immediately. Any suggestions?
Feb 28 19:31:02 wxpi sudo[8562]: pam_unix(sudo:session): session closed for user root
Feb 28 19:31:02 wxpi weewxd[8567]: INFO __main__: Initializing weewxd version 5.2.0
Feb 28 19:31:02 wxpi weewxd[8567]: INFO __main__: Command line: /usr/share/weewx/weewxd.py /etc/weewx/weewx.conf
Feb 28 19:31:02 wxpi weewxd[8567]: INFO __main__: Using Python: 3.13.5 (main, Jun 25 2025, 18:55:22) [GCC 14.2.0]
Feb 28 19:31:02 wxpi weewxd[8567]: INFO __main__: Located at: /usr/bin/python3
Feb 28 19:31:02 wxpi weewxd[8567]: INFO __main__: Platform: Linux-6.12.47+rpt-rpi-v8-aarch64-with-glibc2.41
Feb 28 19:31:02 wxpi weewxd[8567]: INFO __main__: Locale: 'en_GB.UTF-8'
Feb 28 19:31:02 wxpi weewxd[8567]: INFO __main__: Entry path: /usr/share/weewx/weewxd.py
Feb 28 19:31:02 wxpi weewxd[8567]: INFO __main__: WEEWX_ROOT: /etc/weewx
Feb 28 19:31:02 wxpi weewxd[8567]: INFO __main__: Config file: /etc/weewx/weewx.conf
Feb 28 19:31:02 wxpi weewxd[8567]: INFO __main__: User module: /etc/weewx/bin/user
Feb 28 19:31:02 wxpi weewxd[8567]: INFO __main__: Debug: 0
Feb 28 19:31:02 wxpi weewxd[8567]: INFO __main__: User: weewx
Feb 28 19:31:02 wxpi weewxd[8567]: INFO __main__: Group: weewx
Feb 28 19:31:02 wxpi weewxd[8567]: INFO __main__: Groups: weewx
Feb 28 19:31:02 wxpi weewxd[8567]: INFO weewx.engine: Loading station type DavisConsoleAPI (user.davisconsoleapi)
Feb 28 19:31:03 wxpi weewxd[8567]: INFO user.davisconsoleapi: DavisConsoleAPI driver version is 0.43
Feb 28 19:31:03 wxpi weewxd[8567]: INFO user.davisconsoleapi: polling interval is 300
Feb 28 19:31:03 wxpi weewxd[8567]: INFO weewx.engine: StdConvert target unit is 0x1
Feb 28 19:31:03 wxpi weewxd[8567]: INFO weewx.wxservices: StdWXCalculate will use data binding wx_binding
Feb 28 19:31:03 wxpi weewxd[8567]: INFO weewx.engine: Archive will use data binding wx_binding
Feb 28 19:31:03 wxpi weewxd[8567]: INFO weewx.engine: Record generation will be attempted in 'hardware'
Feb 28 19:31:03 wxpi weewxd[8567]: INFO weewx.engine: Using archive interval of 300 seconds (specified in weewx configuration)
Feb 28 19:31:03 wxpi weewxd[8567]: /etc/weewx/bin/user/forecast.py:3423: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '\d'
Feb 28 19:31:03 wxpi weewxd[8567]: _LATLON = re.compile('[\d\+\-]+,[\d\+\-]+')
Feb 28 19:31:03 wxpi weewxd[8567]: CRITICAL __main__: Caught unrecoverable exception:
Feb 28 19:31:03 wxpi weewxd[8567]: CRITICAL __main__: **** No module named 'six'
Feb 28 19:31:03 wxpi weewxd[8567]: CRITICAL __main__: **** Traceback (most recent call last):
Feb 28 19:31:03 wxpi weewxd[8567]: CRITICAL __main__: **** File "/usr/share/weewx/weewxd.py", line 121, in main
Feb 28 19:31:03 wxpi weewxd[8567]: CRITICAL __main__: **** engine = weewx.engine.StdEngine(config_dict)
Feb 28 19:31:03 wxpi weewxd[8567]: CRITICAL __main__: **** File "/usr/share/weewx/weewx/engine.py", line 89, in __init__
Feb 28 19:31:03 wxpi weewxd[8567]: CRITICAL __main__: **** self.loadServices(config_dict)
Feb 28 19:31:03 wxpi weewxd[8567]: CRITICAL __main__: **** ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Feb 28 19:31:03 wxpi weewxd[8567]: CRITICAL __main__: **** File "/usr/share/weewx/weewx/engine.py", line 157, in loadServices
Feb 28 19:31:03 wxpi weewxd[8567]: CRITICAL __main__: **** obj = weeutil.weeutil.get_object(svc)(self, config_dict)
Feb 28 19:31:03 wxpi weewxd[8567]: CRITICAL __main__: **** ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^
Feb 28 19:31:03 wxpi weewxd[8567]: CRITICAL __main__: **** File "/usr/share/weewx/weeutil/weeutil.py", line 1404, in get_object
Feb 28 19:31:03 wxpi weewxd[8567]: CRITICAL __main__: **** module = importlib.import_module(module_name)
Feb 28 19:31:03 wxpi weewxd[8567]: CRITICAL __main__: **** File "/usr/lib/python3.13/importlib/__init__.py", line 88, in import_module
Feb 28 19:31:03 wxpi weewxd[8567]: CRITICAL __main__: **** return _bootstrap._gcd_import(name[level:], package, level)
Feb 28 19:31:03 wxpi weewxd[8567]: CRITICAL __main__: **** ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Feb 28 19:31:03 wxpi weewxd[8567]: CRITICAL __main__: **** File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1387, in _gcd_import
Feb 28 19:31:03 wxpi weewxd[8567]: CRITICAL __main__: **** File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1360, in _find_and_load
Feb 28 19:31:03 wxpi weewxd[8567]: CRITICAL __main__: **** File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1331, in _find_and_load_unlocked
Feb 28 19:31:03 wxpi weewxd[8567]: CRITICAL __main__: **** File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 935, in _load_unlocked
Feb 28 19:31:03 wxpi weewxd[8567]: CRITICAL __main__: **** File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap_external>", line 1026, in exec_module
Feb 28 19:31:03 wxpi weewxd[8567]: CRITICAL __main__: **** File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 488, in _call_with_frames_removed
Feb 28 19:31:03 wxpi weewxd[8567]: CRITICAL __main__: **** File "/etc/weewx/bin/user/forecast.py", line 531, in <module>
Feb 28 19:31:03 wxpi weewxd[8567]: CRITICAL __main__: **** import six.moves.http_client
Feb 28 19:31:03 wxpi weewxd[8567]: CRITICAL __main__: **** ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'six'
Feb 28 19:31:03 wxpi weewxd[8567]: CRITICAL __main__: **** Exiting.
Feb 28 19:31:03 wxpi weewxd[8567]: Traceback (most recent call last):
Feb 28 19:31:03 wxpi weewxd[8567]: File "/usr/share/weewx/weewxd.py", line 226, in <module>
Feb 28 19:31:03 wxpi weewxd[8567]: main()
Feb 28 19:31:03 wxpi weewxd[8567]: ~~~~^^
Feb 28 19:31:03 wxpi weewxd[8567]: File "/usr/share/weewx/weewxd.py", line 121, in main
Feb 28 19:31:03 wxpi weewxd[8567]: engine = weewx.engine.StdEngine(config_dict)
Feb 28 19:31:03 wxpi weewxd[8567]: File "/usr/share/weewx/weewx/engine.py", line 89, in __init__
Feb 28 19:31:03 wxpi weewxd[8567]: self.loadServices(config_dict)
Feb 28 19:31:03 wxpi weewxd[8567]: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Feb 28 19:31:03 wxpi weewxd[8567]: File "/usr/share/weewx/weewx/engine.py", line 157, in loadServices
Feb 28 19:31:03 wxpi weewxd[8567]: obj = weeutil.weeutil.get_object(svc)(self, config_dict)
Feb 28 19:31:03 wxpi weewxd[8567]: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^
Feb 28 19:31:03 wxpi weewxd[8567]: File "/usr/share/weewx/weeutil/weeutil.py", line 1404, in get_object
Feb 28 19:31:03 wxpi weewxd[8567]: module = importlib.import_module(module_name)
Feb 28 19:31:03 wxpi weewxd[8567]: File "/usr/lib/python3.13/importlib/__init__.py", line 88, in import_module
Feb 28 19:31:03 wxpi weewxd[8567]: return _bootstrap._gcd_import(name[level:], package, level)
Feb 28 19:31:03 wxpi weewxd[8567]: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Feb 28 19:31:03 wxpi weewxd[8567]: File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1387, in _gcd_import
Feb 28 19:31:03 wxpi weewxd[8567]: File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1360, in _find_and_load
Feb 28 19:31:03 wxpi weewxd[8567]: File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1331, in _find_and_load_unlocked
Feb 28 19:31:03 wxpi weewxd[8567]: File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 935, in _load_unlocked
Feb 28 19:31:03 wxpi weewxd[8567]: File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap_external>", line 1026, in exec_module
Feb 28 19:31:03 wxpi weewxd[8567]: File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 488, in _call_with_frames_removed
Feb 28 19:31:03 wxpi weewxd[8567]: File "/etc/weewx/bin/user/forecast.py", line 531, in <module>
Feb 28 19:31:03 wxpi weewxd[8567]: import six.moves.http_client
Feb 28 19:31:03 wxpi weewxd[8567]: ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'six'
Feb 28 19:31:03 wxpi systemd[1]: weewx.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Feb 28 19:31:03 wxpi systemd[1]: weewx.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Feb 28 19:31:03 wxpi systemd[1]: weewx.service: Consumed 1.701s CPU time.
Thank you.
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