Please help !! ZM on Debian !!

[mapcym]

Please help me , what shold i do after i did " apt-get install zoneminder ? Thanks a lot !!!!

[cordel]

Read the documentation that is included in the package "README.deb"

[mapcym]

but i'm very new in linux , as a matter of fact it's zm that got me into linux . i don't even know where did it install to , sorry to say that , please , help me out here ! thanks !

[blink]

You can find where is install zoneminder by typing command like this

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monitor:~# whereis zoneminder
zoneminder: /usr/share/zoneminder

Now You know where is install zoneminder

Simple instruction howto run zoneminder on debian
1) Add line to apache configuration in /etc/apache2/apache2.conf

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Alias /zm/ "/usr/share/zoneminder/"

Add apache user to video group

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adduser www-data video

Then restart apache

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apache2ctl restart

Thats all

[mapcym]

Thank you so much ! i will give it a try !

[jameswilson]

or use a livecd then you wont have to do any of that

[Lee Sharp]

Also, look in the wiki for "installing from a .deb" and you will see it step by step. It is simple once you know how. It is that "knowing how" part that is tough!

[mapcym]

ZM is in now , next is how to get my cams workig, i'm using a old card i think it's a bt878, looking for infos on net , hope it will not be so hard to get it wroking ! haha !