{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/weewx/weewx/issues/311","repository_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/weewx/weewx","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/weewx/weewx/issues/311/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/weewx/weewx/issues/311/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/weewx/weewx/issues/311/events","html_url":"https://github.com/weewx/weewx/issues/311","id":310625737,"node_id":"MDU6SXNzdWUzMTA2MjU3Mzc=","number":311,"title":"ubuntu 18.04 breaks dpkg packaging of weewx","user":{"login":"vinceskahan","id":603690,"node_id":"MDQ6VXNlcjYwMzY5MA==","avatar_url":"https://avatars1.githubusercontent.com/u/603690?v=4","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/vinceskahan","html_url":"https://github.com/vinceskahan","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/vinceskahan/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/vinceskahan/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/vinceskahan/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/vinceskahan/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/vinceskahan/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/vinceskahan/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/vinceskahan/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/vinceskahan/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/vinceskahan/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"assignees":[],"milestone":null,"comments":6,"created_at":"2018-04-02T21:59:37Z","updated_at":"2018-06-11T00:47:45Z","closed_at":null,"author_association":"COLLABORATOR","body":"weewx 3.8.0 is currently packaged for dpkg systems in a way that requires 'python-imaging' which is not available in ubuntu 18.04 (due out late April 2018).   In addition python 2.7 is not installed by default on ubuntu-18.04 either.  Result is the dpkg variant of weewx won't install currently.\r\n\r\nSuggest tweaking the dpkg requirements to require:\r\n\r\n- python-pil          (to replace python-imaging)\r\n- python-minimal (additional, in order to cause python 2.7 to install)\r\n\r\nI did a little research and these tweaks seem to be ok on ubuntu 16.04, 17.10, and the current pre-release 18.10, as well as on debian 8, 9\r\n\r\nVagrantfile and provisioner bash script available on request...\r\n\r\n"},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/weewx/weewx/issues/comments/396095556","html_url":"https://github.com/weewx/weewx/issues/311#issuecomment-396095556","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/weewx/weewx/issues/311","id":396095556,"node_id":"MDEyOklzc3VlQ29tbWVudDM5NjA5NTU1Ng==","user":{"login":"vinceskahan","id":603690,"node_id":"MDQ6VXNlcjYwMzY5MA==","avatar_url":"https://avatars1.githubusercontent.com/u/603690?v=4","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/vinceskahan","html_url":"https://github.com/vinceskahan","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/vinceskahan/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/vinceskahan/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/vinceskahan/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/vinceskahan/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/vinceskahan/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/vinceskahan/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/vinceskahan/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/vinceskahan/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/vinceskahan/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2018-06-11T00:47:45Z","updated_at":"2018-06-11T00:47:45Z","author_association":"COLLABORATOR","body":"Impossible to say what you're experiencing without debug=1 logs or\nsystemctl logs.\n\nIf you follow the debian setup.py instructions, it'll tell you which file\nto install from the sources to get startup files that should work.   Look\nunder the 'utils' directory in the sources for init.d and systemd variant\nstartup files.\n\nOn Sun, Jun 10, 2018 at 7:57 PM, Mordecai Kopel <notifications@github.com>\nwrote:\n\n> I have the same issue. Upgrading to Ubuntu 18.04 has bricked my weather\n> station for now. I followed @vinceskahan <https://github.com/vinceskahan>\n> 's advice above and installed the replacement imaging package with pip\n> install. But now /etc/init.d/weewx just immediately exits with no effect\n> whatever the command. I don't know how tot find a debian control file as\n> @jeremyb31 <https://github.com/jeremyb31> suggsted, but I'll start\n> crawling down that rabbit hole.\n>\n> Does anyone have any other suggestions for the \"MANY workarounds\" to this?\n>\n> Thanks for your work on this software. It's been running great for years,\n> until yesterday.\n>\n> —\n> You are receiving this because you were mentioned.\n> Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub\n> <https://github.com/weewx/weewx/issues/311#issuecomment-396092107>, or mute\n> the thread\n> <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AAk2KttOFE1nvdssR3ivdmT_35ycBB1kks5t7bJXgaJpZM4TEJmH>\n> .\n>\n\n\n\n-- \n-----  vinceskahan@gmail.com ----\n"}}
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