Ubuntu mate 20.04 have had the clock applet showing weather temperature for a long time. I broke it and now no information displays. The applet appears to be running but has no information to display. Tried reinstalling applet and other things but no joy. Any suggestions much appreciated.
I've had the same problem since yesterday, so that's probably not your fault.
Also running 20.04, will be watching this thread for solutions.
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I have 20.04, all is fine with the clock applet.
are you seeing temperature?
Thanks, and thanks for the like as well! 
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This morning when I responded with my 20.04 desktop I did see temperature. I am now at a different location using 22.04 on a laptop and do not see temperature.
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The same problem with Ubuntu Mate 22.04.3
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Thank you for the link, Jay. 
I've just now tested it and it works.
For all people who are interested but struggle with the instructions, here are the details of how I followed the steps outlined in Jay's link :
First test if you have the right version of the library,
This is how you are supposed to check it:
sha256sum /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libmateweather.so.1.6.9
it should output this checksum:
d3f66b2ff019991eaffe1c8d5ed984173971030f5fb6b0dd506216f105ea7690
If they are the same you can download the patch
Unpack the patch.zip to your home folder.
Then use this command to generate a patched libmateweather:
bspatch /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libmateweather.so.1.6.9 ~/libmateweather.so.1.6.9 libmateweather.so.1.6.9.patch
( You might have to install bspatch first if the system complains about command not found
sudo apt install bsdiff
)
then replace the old libmateweather with the new one:
sudo mv -f ~/libmateweather.so.1.6.9 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/
Log out and log in again (or reboot) and it's done.
EDIT: Works on 22.04LTS. Also works on 23.04 and 23.10 (tested)
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Thanks for checking out and providing detailed installation instructions. Did the trick!
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May I presume that if the version is the same(running 23.04) all updates but the sha256 sum is different, the patch is a no go?
I can verify the patch (sed command) works fine on 23.10 but despite the old/new URLs matching perfectly, it doesn't work on old 20.04. Anyone have luck with 20.04?
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This patch fixed my 22.04 and it showed the weather for several days. But now it doesn't work again.
Tried to replace with a backed up copy. Then tried to patch the backup copy again but all with no luck.
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Mine is still there.
Exactly !
If your sha256sum is different, the patch will pretty much destroy libmateweather, rendering it completely unusable.
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Yes indeed.
My weatherinfo failed today on my UM 22.04 LTS install
The weird thing is that it is still working on my UM 23.10 install while both UM versions use the exact same libmateweather.
I do not understand this.
If I find something I'll report back
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This is a problem across the board with any distros based on Debian or Ubuntu. The source of the problem is the weather Metar people who provide the service. The forecast shows but not the current conditions. The weather METAR people changed their server again. Everytime they change servers this is what happens. It has happened a number of times in the past several years. There's not much that can be done about it at this time. Install the Weather addon by Tim Leland in Firefox. It is quite good and will replace the corrupted MATE weather icon in the panel. Plus it will give weather information for virtually any city/town which the MATE weather does not.
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