WeeWX: Installation on Debian-based systems

This is a guide to installing WeeWX from a DEB package on Debian-based systems, including Ubuntu, Mint, and Raspbian.

Configure apt

The first time you install WeeWX, you must configure apt so that it knows to trust weewx.com, and knows where to find the WeeWX releases.

Step one: tell your system to trust weewx.com. If you see any errors, please consult the FAQ.

wget -qO - https://weewx.com/keys.html | sudo gpg --dearmor --output /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/weewx.gpg

Step two: run one of the following two commands to tell apt where to find the appropriate WeeWX repository.

• For Debian10 and later, use Python 3:

  wget -qO - https://weewx.com/apt/weewx-python3.list | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/weewx.list

• or, for Debian9 and earlier, use Python 2:

  wget -qO - https://weewx.com/apt/weewx-python2.list | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/weewx.list

Install

Having configured apt, you can now use apt-get to install WeeWX. The installer will prompt for a location, latitude/longitude, altitude, station type, and parameters specific to your station hardware.

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install weewx

When you are done, WeeWX will be running in the background as a daemon.

Status

To make sure things are running properly look in the system log for messages from WeeWX.

sudo tail -f /var/log/syslog

Verify

After about 5 minutes, open the station web page in a web browser. You should see your 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

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.

Start/Stop

To start/stop WeeWX:

sudo /etc/init.d/weewx start
sudo /etc/init.d/weewx stop

Uninstall

To uninstall WeeWX but retain configuration files and data:

sudo apt-get remove weewx

To uninstall WeeWX, removing configuration files but retaining data:

sudo apt-get purge 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:

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