weewx/docs_src/quickstarts/suse.md

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, install Python 3.7 then install WeeWX 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.

1. Tell your system to trust weewx.com:

   sudo rpm --import https://weewx.com/keys.html
   

2. 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.

sudo zypper install weewx

Verify

After 5 minutes, copy the following and paste into a web browser. You should see simulated data.

/var/www/html/weewx/index.html

If things are not working as you think they should, check the status:

sudo systemctl status weewx

and check the log file:

tail -50 /var/log/weewx/weewxd.log

See the Troubleshooting section of the User's guide for more help.

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 the options. Use any text editor, such as nano:

sudo nano /etc/weewx/weewx.conf

To install new skins, drivers, or other extensions, use the weectl utility and the URL to the extension.

sudo weectl extension install https://github.com/path/to/extension.zip

WeeWX must be restarted for the changes to take effect.

sudo systemctl restart weewx

Upgrade

The upgrade process will only upgrade the WeeWX software; it does not modify the database, configuration file, extensions, or skins.

Upgrade to the latest version like this:

sudo zypper update weewx

Unmodified files will be upgraded. If modifications have been made to any files, you will see a message about any differences between the modified files and the new files. 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, zypper 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

When you use zypper to uninstall WeeWX, it does not touch WeeWX data, logs, or any changes you might have made to the WeeWX configuration. It also leaves the weewx user, since data and configuration files were owned by that user. To remove the remaining WeeWX bits:

sudo zypper remove weewx
sudo rm -r /var/www/html/weewx
sudo rm -r /var/lib/weewx
sudo rm -r /var/log/weewx
sudo rm -r /etc/weewx
sudo userdel weewx