How to Install WeeWX on NetBSD

Introduction

WeeWX is a free and open-source software package that allows you to collect and display weather data from various sources. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install WeeWX on NetBSD.

Prerequisites

Before we begin, you will need to have the following:

  • A NetBSD system up and running.
  • Internet access.

Install Required Packages

To install WeeWX on NetBSD, you will first need to install the following packages:

pkgin update
pkgin install python38 py38-pip
pkgin install py38-setuptools py38-wheel
pkgin install py38-openssl

Download and Install WeeWX

Once the required packages are installed, you can download and install WeeWX with the following steps:

  1. Download the latest WeeWX release:
cd /usr/local/src/
ftp https://weewx.com/downloads/weewx-X.Y.Z.tar.gz

NOTE: Replace "X.Y.Z" with the latest version number.

  1. Extract the downloaded archive:
tar -xzf weewx-X.Y.Z.tar.gz
  1. Change to the newly created directory:
cd weewx-X.Y.Z
  1. Install WeeWX:
python setup.py install

Configure WeeWX

After installation, you will need to configure WeeWX to collect weather data from your desired source(s). The main configuration file for WeeWX is weewx.conf, which is located in the /etc/weewx/ directory.

Edit weewx.conf

cp /usr/local/etc/weewx/weewx.conf /usr/local/etc/weewx/weewx.conf.orig
nano /usr/local/etc/weewx/weewx.conf
  • Replace localhost with the IP address or hostname of the weather station.

Start WeeWX

Finally, you can start WeeWX with the following command:

service weewx start

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we showed you how to install WeeWX on NetBSD. We then walked you through the process of configuring WeeWX to collect weather data from your desired sources. With WeeWX up and running, you can easily display your weather data on your website or your personal computer.