dpkg --configure -a On Mon, 2 Mar 2026 at 22:12, Alex Edwards <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi, > > I'm having trouble getting this to update from 5.0.2 on Raspberry Pi. > Partly my terminal disconnected part-way through. > > I've tried Googling, and tried numerous Apt Remove, Purge, Clean etc > variants. I've also found a few previous posts with similar weewx topics, > but none helped. > > On install - > > The following NEW packages will be installed: > weewx > 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 608 not upgraded. > Need to get 0 B/1,564 kB of archives. > After this operation, 5,742 kB of additional disk space will be used. > Preconfiguring packages ... > Selecting previously unselected package weewx. > (Reading database ... 164040 files and directories currently installed.) > Preparing to unpack .../archives/weewx_5.3.0-1_all.deb ... > Unpacking weewx (5.3.0-1) ... > Setting up weewx (5.3.0-1) ... > Using weewx:weewx as user:group > Installing udev rules > Using configuration file /etc/weewx/weewx.conf > Processing configuration file /etc/weewx/weewx.conf > Saving configuration file /etc/weewx/weewx.conf > Configuring database directory /var/lib/weewx > Configuring reporting directory /var/www/html/weewx > dpkg: error processing package weewx (--configure): > installed weewx package post-installation script subprocess returned > error exit status 1 > Errors were encountered while processing: > weewx > E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) > > Running weewxd works, but as a daemon doesn't work. > > sudo systemctl start weewx > Failed to start weewx.service: Unit weewx.service not found. > > I can't find anything obvious in any log files in /var/log or what caused > the errror. > > Any help appreciated. > > Oh, while uninstalling and reinstalling, I accidentally ran weewx in > Simulator mode rather than the previous config file. This created some > duff data in my reports. It could be good if weewx needed to be "forced" > to run if the last database station_type differs from the current config > file station_type, or if the process tries to create new database "fields" > implying a change of station_type. I may have to find a way to clean out > this Simulator data. > > Thanks > > Alex > > On Monday, March 2, 2026 at 12:43:11 PM UTC+13 Tom Keffer wrote: > >> Available in the usual places. No breaking changes (that I know of!) >> >> See the Upgrade Guide <https://www.weewx.com/docs/5.3/upgrade/> for how >> to upgrade. >> >> >> *Change log* >> >> Set log-label in sysV init script to 'weewxd-XXX' instead of just 'XXX' >> >> Added rsyslog config example for making logs visible to the group weewx >> without >> having to use any privilege escalation. >> >> Allow extra command line options to be passed to an extension installer. >> Addresses Issue #1041 <https://github.com/weewx/weewx/issues/1041>. >> >> Added Astronomical Units as a unit of length. Added local_djd as a unit >> of *local* time. PR #998 <https://github.com/weewx/weewx/pull/998>. >> Thanks to user Karen! >> >> Moved database-specific code into the weedb module. This is in >> anticipation of allowing new databases to be installed as an extension. >> >> New action weectl database rebuild-daily NAME was added to allow the >> selective rebuilding of the daily summaries. Addresses Issue #1035 >> <https://github.com/weewx/weewx/issues/1035>. >> >> New action weectl station list-drivers was added to allow the listing of >> all available device drivers. Fixes Issue #1050 >> <https://github.com/weewx/weewx/issues/1060>. >> >> Language subdirectory lang is now recursively searched for additional >> translation files. This allows extensions to add any translations they >> might need. >> >> Converted test suites to use pytest <https://pytest.org/>. >> >> New Finish translation for the Seasons skin. Thanks to user iiseppi! PR >> #1059 <https://github.com/weewx/weewx/pull/1059>. >> >> Remove unnecessary UNIQUE index on PRIMARY KEY columns in SQLite, >> achieving size reduction of ~10%. Existing database schemas are not >> modified. Users desiring size reduction are advised to consider manually >> migrating. >> >> Fix problem that prevented weectl database reconfigure from working in >> cases where a schema was specified. >> >> Fix problem when importing data into a MySQL database. PR #1025 >> <https://github.com/weewx/weewx/pull/1025>. Thanks to user Robert! >> >> Fix problem that prevented weewxd from restarting reliably if a MySQL >> connection was lost. Fixes Issue #1036 >> <https://github.com/weewx/weewx/issues/1036>. >> >> Add support for kwargs when using .series() tags. PR #1042 >> <https://github.com/weewx/weewx/pull/1042>. >> >> Documentation now uses Zensical <https://zensical.org/>. >> >> Fix problem that caused expanded substitutions to be saved when using weectl >> station reconfigure. 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