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Add YOUR city to the Gnome weather app [Solved]
(lemmy.eco.br)
cross-posted from: !linux@lemmy.eco.br | https://lemmy.eco.br/post/1969330
I've been using Gnome for about 10 months and it always bothered me that my city (with more than a million inhabitants) was not found in the Weather program.
I looked for solutions several times and never found them, until I found this thread yesterday. That the user Julian made a script that solves this problem. you just have to run and enter the name of your city and then confirm.
script
#!/bin/bash
if [[ ! -z "$(which gnome-weather)" ]]; then
system=1
fi
if [[ ! -z "$(flatpak list | grep org.gnome.Weather)" ]]; then
flatpak=1
fi
if [[ ! $system == 1 && ! $flatpak == 1 ]]; then
echo "GNOME Weather isn't installed"
exit
fi
if [[ ! -z "$*" ]]; then
query="$*"
else
read -p "Type the name of the location you want to add to GNOME Weather: " query
fi
query="$(echo $query | sed 's/ /+/g')"
request=$(curl "https://nominatim.openstreetmap.org/search?q=$query&format=json&limit=1" -s)
if [[ $request == "[]" ]]; then
echo "No locations found, consider removing some search terms"
exit
fi
read -p "If this is not the location you wanted, consider adding search terms
Are you sure you want to add $(echo $request | sed 's/.*"display_name":"//' | sed 's/".*//')? [y/n] : " answer
if [[ ! $answer == "y" ]]; then
echo "Not adding location"
exit
else
echo "Adding location"
fi
id=$(echo $request | sed 's/.*"place_id"://' | sed 's/,.*//')
name=$(curl "https://nominatim.openstreetmap.org/details.php?place_id=$id&format=json" -s | sed 's/.*"name": "//' | sed 's/".*//')
lat=$(echo $request | sed 's/.*"lat":"//' | sed 's/".*//')
lat=$(echo "$lat / (180 / 3.141592654)" | bc -l)
lon=$(echo $request | sed 's/.*"lon":"//' | sed 's/".*//')
lon=$(echo "$lon / (180 / 3.141592654)" | bc -l)
if [[ $system == 1 ]]; then
locations=$(gsettings get org.gnome.Weather locations)
fi
if [[ $flatpak == 1 ]]; then
locations=$(flatpak run --command=gsettings org.gnome.Weather get org.gnome.Weather locations)
fi
location="<(uint32 2, <('$name', '', false, [($lat, $lon)], @a(dd) [])>)>"
if [[ $system == 1 ]]; then
if [[ ! $(gsettings get org.gnome.Weather locations) == "@av []" ]]; then
gsettings set org.gnome.Weather locations "$(echo $locations | sed "s|>]|>, $location]|")"
else
gsettings set org.gnome.Weather locations "[$location]"
fi
fi
if [[ $flatpak == 1 ]]; then
if [[ ! $(flatpak run --command=gsettings org.gnome.Weather get org.gnome.Weather locations) == "@av []" ]]; then
flatpak run --command=gsettings org.gnome.Weather set org.gnome.Weather locations "$(echo $locations | sed "s|>]|>, $location]|")"
else
flatpak run --command=gsettings org.gnome.Weather set org.gnome.Weather locations "[$location]"
fi
fi
It occurred to me that some people might not know how to run scripts, so here's a brief tutorial:
How to run scripts in Linux
- Save the script to a text file and save with the
.shextension - Provide execute permission:
chmod u+x script.sh - run the script by double clicking or
./script.sh
Afaik the problem is solved within the code. I remember having compiled the app myself. It's just a matter of time that it's solved.
BUT it's weird that this is so low priority to all gnome devs. It seems like noone cares about the correct weather. The source of weather is also not really perfect.