Installation on SUSE systems¶
This is a guide to installing WeeWX from an RPM package systems based on SUSE, such as openSUSE Leap.
WeeWX V5 requires Python 3.7 or greater, which is only available on SUSE-15 or later. For older systems, either use WeeWX V4, or install Python 3.7 then install WeeWX V5 using pip.
Configure zypper¶
The first time you install WeeWX, you must configure zypper
so that it will
trust weewx.com, and know where to find the WeeWX releases.
-
Tell your system to trust weewx.com:
sudo rpm --import https://weewx.com/keys.html
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Tell
zypper
where to find the WeeWX repository.curl -s https://weewx.com/suse/weewx-suse15.repo | \ sudo tee /etc/zypp/repos.d/weewx.repo
Install¶
Install WeeWX using zypper
. When you are done, WeeWX will be running the
Simulator
in the background as a daemon.
sudo zypper install weewx
Verify¶
After 5 minutes, copy the following and paste into a web browser:
/var/www/html/weewx/index.html
You should see simulated data.
Check the system log /var/log/messages
for problems.
Configure¶
To switch from the Simulator
to real hardware, reconfigure the driver.
# Stop the daemon
sudo systemctl stop weewx
# Reconfigure to use your hardware
sudo weectl station reconfigure
# Delete the old database
sudo rm /var/lib/weewx/weewx.sdb
# Start the daemon
sudo systemctl start weewx
Customize¶
To enable uploads or to customize reports, modify the configuration file. See the Customization Guide for instructions, and the application and skin references for all of the options.
Use any text editor, such as nano
:
sudo nano /etc/weewx/weewx.conf
WeeWX must be restarted for the changes to take effect.
sudo systemctl restart weewx
Upgrade¶
Upgrade to the latest version like this:
sudo zypper update weewx
The upgrade process will not modify the WeeWX databases.
Unmodified files will be upgraded. If modifications have been made to the
configuration, rpm
will display a message about any differences between the
changes and the new configuration. Any new changes from the upgrade will be
noted as files with a .rpmnew
extension and the modified files will be left
untouched.
For example, if /etc/weewx/weewx.conf
was modified, rpm
will present a
message something like this:
warning: /etc/weewx/weewx.conf created as /etc/weewx/weewx.conf.rpmnew
Uninstall¶
To uninstall WeeWX, deleting configuration files but retaining data:
sudo zypper remove weewx
sudo rm -r /var/lib/weewx
sudo rm -r /var/www/html/weewx