Step-by-step installation of ZM v1.24.2 on Fedora-12 using the GUI as much as possible.
(Convention (1) parens circle the gotta-do steps [1] sq-brackets are optional.)
(1) load fc12 - I used the netinstall ISO - turn off 'office' and turn on 'server' and 'development' when given the option.
[2] Remove evolution from task bar (right click...) Since no-one should be using this terminal as a workstation.
[3] Set screensaver to NOT require password and set it to 20 minutes. (I just got annoyed at entering my password during loading.)
(4) Disable SELinux. (menu-system::Admin::SELinux Mgmnt) There are indications in the forums that this is required.
[5] Enable sudo for yourself. OK, had to use terminal here. Using sudo will avoid su-ing to root each time and remembering to exit afterwards. There may be other benefits I don't know of.... (and don't type the > or # signs!)
from a terminal (menu-Application::System Tools::Terminal),
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>su
>(enter root password)
#echo 'YourUserName ALL=(ALL) ALL' >> /etc/sudoers (put YOUR user name in place of YourUserName)
#exit
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>su
>(enter root password)
#RPM -ivh http://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-stable.noarch.rpm
#RPM -ivh http://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-stable.noarch.rpm
#exit
>exitmysql-server
mysql-devel
pcre-devel
ffmpeg
ffmpeg-devel
Hit the 'Apply' button, accept any added packages, type root password, and all the rest to let this stuff load.
[8] Install any updates that are available, its the yellow icon up by the time. For me, it was only an index from RPMFusion.
(9) Enable the services: web and db. (menu-System::Administration::Services) and find the following
httpd
mysqld
for each of them hit the 'enable button' so you can start them later.
(10) Reboot. This allows all the services to start and everyone else to settle in.
(11) Now we finally add Zoneminder (menu-System::Administration::Add/Remove Software) Type Zoneminder in the search field select it and apply.
[12] If theory, we should be done. But more to do. Much of this came from other instructions and the forum, RTFM.
[13] Bit of trivia, I like a gui editor, so how do I edit as root? In short, open a terminal, su to root, type 'gedit <path/filename>'. Now I have sufficient permissions to edit & save as root.
(14) Edit as root /etc/httpd/conf.d/zoneminder.conf to remove the 'Deny from All' line. It even says 'DELETE THIS LINE', so it should be easy to find. Save it.
(15) As root, [or with sudo] build the zm database. (again don't type the > or # signs at start of line!)
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>su
>(enter root password)
#mysql mysql < /usr/share/zoneminder/db/zm_create.sql
#mysqladmin reload
#mysql mysql
>>grant select,insert,update,delete on zm.* to 'zmuser'@localhost identified by 'zmpass';
>>\q
#exit
>exit[17] You can start it there too. But I wanted to see any errors, so I opened a terminal window, su-ed to root and typed:
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#service zoneminder start[18] Last thing - took me two days to find that you must edit the SECOND entry of short_open_tag down at line 229. Aurgh. Again as root, edit /etc/php.ini. Change short_open_tag from 'off' to 'on'. If you don't do this the console is blank!
[19] reboot. open browser, type 'localhost/zm' and you should be greeted with the zm-console!
Now since this took all of Valentines Day weekend - I owe my wife some (a lot of) flowers, If this helps you, send a note to candy at hiredguntech dot com with 'flowers' in the subject! thanks!
Note to admin - if'n you wish to format/edit this - please have at it!