Thanks for suggestion. I believe I've already tried that, but tried again
and same result.
I just tried some Google AI suggestions for debugging dpkg ... surprisingly
useful (scary?). Main conclusion is it suggests changing to #!/bin/sh -x
in the relevant dpkg install file in /var/lib/dpkg/info/weewx* then re-run
the install / fix.
This then came up with the following, which looks like a python error? My
python3 is 3.7.3
Cheers
Alex
Configuring reporting directory /var/www/html/weewx
+ mkdir -p /var/www/html/weewx
+ set_permissions weewx weewx /var/www/html/weewx
+ usr=weewx
+ grp=weewx
+ dir=/var/www/html/weewx
+ find /var/www/html/weewx -type f -exec chmod 664 {} ;
+ find /var/www/html/weewx -type d -exec chmod 2775 {} ;
+ chown -R weewx:weewx /var/www/html/weewx
+ precompile
+ python3 -m compileall -q -x user /usr/share/weewx
+ rc=*** Error compiling '/usr/share/weewx/weewx/tests/test_daily.py'...
File "/usr/share/weewx/weewx/tests/test_daily.py", line 191
with (weewx.manager.open_manager_with_config(config_dict, 'wx_binding')
as manager):
^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax
*** Error compiling '/usr/share/weewx/weewx/tests/test_templates.py'...
File "/usr/share/weewx/weewx/tests/test_templates.py", line 160
with (open(actual_filename_abs, 'r') as actual,
open(expected_filename_abs, 'r') as expected):
^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax
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)
On Tuesday, March 3, 2026 at 2:52:26 PM UTC+13 Tom Keffer wrote:
> I'm not a packaging expert, but could you try:
>
> *sudo apt --fix-broken install*
> *sudo dpkg --configure -a*
>
>
>
>
> On Mon, Mar 2, 2026 at 5:48 PM Alex Edwards <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Thanks, I believe I already tried that, but tried again and still same
>> error -
>>
>> pi@Pi:~ $ sudo dpkg --configure -a
>> Setting up weewx (5.3.0-1) ...
>> Using weewx:weewx as user:group
>> User pi is already in group weewx
>> 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
>>
>> I can't find a way to see what exactly is causing the weewx / dpkg
>> failure and error. I've tried a bunch of other things too.
>>
>> On Tuesday, March 3, 2026 at 12:21:34 AM UTC+13 John Smith wrote:
>>
>>> 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. Fixes Issue #1068
>>>>> <https://github.com/weewx/weewx/issues/1068>.
>>>>>
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