Alex can you describe your setup? You are trying to update 5.0.2 to 5.3.0
but what version of the os and python are you running ? We can’t try to
recreate your setup and try to recreate the problem otherwise.
On Monday, March 2, 2026 at 7:41:09 PM UTC-8 Alex Edwards wrote:
> 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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