---
title: Upgrade my weatherstation to WeeWX 5
summary: >
# date: 2024-05-11T23:53:55+02:00
date: 2024-06-09T08:54:06+0200
# lastmod: 
coverCaption: Ecowitt WS69
categories:
- amateur-radio
tags:
  - Archlinux
  - WeeWX
  - WX
  - draft_post

draft: true

---

I will move the weatherstation software again to another computer, this time
a virtual one -- that means one Raspberry Pi less on the windowsill.

The installation process is also [covered in the 5.0 docs](https://weewx.com/docs/5.0/quickstarts/pip/).

## Creating the virtual environment

~~~console
$ sudo pacman -S python-pip
~~~

~~~console
$ python -m venv ~/weewx-venv
$ source ~/weewx-venv/bin/activate
$ python -m pip install weewx
~~~

The installation is complete, let's create the station. I like doing upgrades "from scratch"
because I can use an up-to-date configuration file -- although it is more work to add the
old changes to the new file.

## Create the new station

~~~console
$ weectl station create                                                                                                   took 8s via 🐍 v3.12.3 weewx-venv
~~~

Follow the instructions on the command line. Edit the freshly created configuration file.

~~~console
$ nvim ~/weewx-data/weewx.conf
~~~

Including my old settings and add the GW1000 configuration for the plugin that I will
soon install.

## Installing the extensions

Install the GW1000 driver:

~~~console
$ weectl extension install https://github.com/gjr80/weewx-gw1000/releases/latest/download/gw1000.zip
~~~

Install the WDC theme:

~~~console
$ wget -O "/tmp/weewx-wdc.zip" https://github.com/Daveiano/weewx-wdc/releases/download/v3.5.1/weewx-wdc-v3.5.1.zip
$ mkdir /tmp/weewx-wdc/
$ unzip /tmp/weewx-wdc.zip -d /tmp/weewx-wdc/
$ weectl extension install -y /tmp/weewx-wdc/
~~~

Install the XAGGS extension:

~~~console
$ weectl extension install https://github.com/tkeffer/weewx-xaggs/archive/master.zip
~~~

Install forecast plugin:

~~~console
$ wget https://github.com/chaunceygardiner/weewx-forecast/releases/download/v3.4.0b12/weewx-forecast-3.4.0b12.zip
$ weectl extension install weewx-forecast-3.4.0b12.zip
~~~

## Install Systemd and udev files

~~~console
$ sudo sh ~/weewx-data/scripts/setup-daemon.sh
~~~

## Adopt the configuration files

Again, to include the latest changes and themes.

~~~console
$ nvim ~/weewx-data/weewx.conf
$ nvim ~/weewx-data/skins/weewx-wdc/skin.conf
~~~

Start WeeWX and test the configuration:

~~~console
$ weewxd
~~~

If everything runs without problems we can now enable and start the
Systemd service.

~~~console
$ sudo systemctl enable weewx.service
~~~

I like to test it with a full reboot, if you just want to start the
daemon right away you can also run `sudo systemctl enable --now weewx.service`
instead.