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WeeWX: Installation on SuSE-based systems
This is a guide to installing WeeWX from an RPM package on systems such as SuSE or OpenSUSE.
This requires a version of the operating system based on SUSE 15 or newer.
Compatible Operating System Versions
WeeWX v5 requires python v3.7, which is only available on operating systems based on SUSE-15 or later. No packages for python2-only operating systems will be provided.
It is recommended that users of older operating systems continue to use WeeWX v4 until you can update your operating system to a more current version supporting python v3.7 at a minimum.
Configure zypper
Tell zypper where to find the WeeWX releases. This only has to be done once - the first time you install WeeWX.
Tell your system to trust weewx.com:
sudo rpm --import https://weewx.com/keys.html
Define the repo:
curl -s https://weewx.com/suse/weewx-suse15.repo | \
sudo tee /etc/zypp/repos.d/weewx.repo
Install WeeWX
Install WeeWX using zypper. When you are done, WeeWX will be running the Simulator in the background as a daemon.
sudo zypper install weewx
Status
Look in the system log for messages from WeeWX.
sudo tail -f /var/log/messages
Verify
After 5 minutes, open the station web page in a web browser. You should see generic station information and data. If your hardware supports hardware archiving, then how long you wait will depend on the archive interval set in your hardware.
file:///var/www/html/weewx/index.html
Configure
The default installation uses Simulator as the station_type. To use real hardware, stop WeeWX, change to the actual station type and station parameters, delete the simulation data, then restart WeeWX:
sudo systemctl stop weewx
sudo wee_config --reconfigure
sudo rm /var/lib/weewx/weewx.sdb
sudo systemctl start weewx
Start/Stop
To start/stop WeeWX:
sudo systemctl start weewx sudo systemctl stop weewx
Customize
To enable uploads such as Weather Underground or to customize reports, modify the configuration file /etc/weewx/weewx.conf. See the User Guide and Customization Guide for details.
WeeWX must be restarted for configuration file changes to take effect.
Uninstall
To uninstall WeeWX, removing configuration files but retaining data:
sudo zypper remove weewx
To remove data:
sudo rm -r /var/lib/weewx
sudo rm -r /var/www/html/weewx
Layout
The installation will result in the following layout:
executable: /usr/bin/weewxd
configuration file: /etc/weewx/weewx.conf
skins and templates: /etc/weewx/skins
sqlite databases: /var/lib/weewx/
generated web pages and images: /var/www/html/weewx/
documentation: /usr/share/doc/weewx-x.y.z/
examples: /usr/share/doc/weewx/examples/
utilities: /usr/bin/wee_*
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