NEED HELP to install ZoneMinder - compilation fails !!!

magix_ch · Post by **magix_ch** » Tue Aug 03, 2010 11:30 am

Dear all,

After unsucessful attempts to make ZoneMinder work on our main server (it was always crashing), we ordered a virtual server, dedicated for Zoneminder. But I cannot install it, I get errors while compiling :

I followed the following tutorial :
http://www.zoneminder.com/wiki/index.php/CentOS

but when I am in ZoneMinder-1.24.2 directory and type "make" I get many errors :

make[2]: Entering directory `/root/ZM/ZoneMinder-1.24.2/src'
if g++ -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I.. -I/usr/include -I/usr/include -Wall -Wno-sign-compare -fno-inline -I/usr/include -frepo -g -O2 -MT zm_local_camera.o -MD -MP -MF ".deps/zm_local_camera.Tpo" -c -o zm_local_camera.o zm_local_camera.cpp; \
then mv -f ".deps/zm_local_camera.Tpo" ".deps/zm_local_camera.Po"; else rm -f ".deps/zm_local_camera.Tpo"; exit 1; fi
zm_local_camera.h:96: error: 'PixelFormat' does not name a type
zm_local_camera.h:97: error: 'PixelFormat' does not name a type
zm_local_camera.h:98: error: ISO C++ forbids declaration of 'AVFrame' with no type
zm_local_camera.h:98: error: expected ';' before '*' token
zm_local_camera.cpp:40: error: 'PixelFormat' does not name a type
zm_local_camera.cpp:252: error: expected constructor, destructor, or type conversion before '*' token
zm_local_camera.cpp: In constructor 'LocalCamera::LocalCamera(int, const std::string&, int, int, const std::string&, int, int, int, int, int, int, int, bool)':
zm_local_camera.cpp:319: error: 'imagePixFormat' was not declared in this scope
zm_local_camera.cpp:319: error: 'PIX_FMT_GRAY8' was not declared in this scope
zm_local_camera.cpp:319: error: 'PIX_FMT_RGB24' was not declared in this scope
zm_local_camera.cpp:320: error: 'capturePixFormat' was not declared in this scope
zm_local_camera.cpp:320: error: 'getFfPixFormatFromV4lPalette' was not declared in this scope
zm_local_camera.cpp: In member function 'void LocalCamera::Initialise()':
zm_local_camera.cpp:336: error: 'AV_LOG_DEBUG' was not declared in this scope
zm_local_camera.cpp:336: error: 'av_log_set_level' was not declared in this scope
zm_local_camera.cpp:338: error: 'AV_LOG_QUIET' was not declared in this scope
zm_local_camera.cpp:338: error: 'av_log_set_level' was not declared in this scope
zm_local_camera.cpp:431: error: 'capturePictures' was not declared in this scope
zm_local_camera.cpp:431: error: expected type-specifier before 'AVFrame'
zm_local_camera.cpp:431: error: expected `;' before 'AVFrame'
zm_local_camera.cpp:455: error: 'imagePixFormat' was not declared in this scope
zm_local_camera.cpp:455: error: 'capturePixFormat' was not declared in this scope
zm_local_camera.cpp:457: error: 'avcodec_alloc_frame' was not declared in this scope
zm_local_camera.cpp:460: error: 'AVPicture' was not declared in this scope
zm_local_camera.cpp:460: error: expected primary-expression before ')' token
zm_local_camera.cpp:460: error: 'avpicture_fill' was not declared in this scope
zm_local_camera.cpp:594: error: 'capturePictures' was not declared in this scope
zm_local_camera.cpp:594: error: expected type-specifier before 'AVFrame'
zm_local_camera.cpp:594: error: expected `;' before 'AVFrame'
zm_local_camera.cpp:602: error: 'imagePixFormat' was not declared in this scope
zm_local_camera.cpp:602: error: 'capturePixFormat' was not declared in this scope
zm_local_camera.cpp:604: error: 'avcodec_alloc_frame' was not declared in this scope
zm_local_camera.cpp:607: error: 'AVPicture' was not declared in this scope
zm_local_camera.cpp:607: error: expected primary-expression before ')' token
zm_local_camera.cpp:607: error: 'avpicture_fill' was not declared in this scope
zm_local_camera.cpp: In member function 'virtual int LocalCamera::Capture(Image&)':
zm_local_camera.cpp:1576: error: expected initializer before '*' token
zm_local_camera.cpp:1578: error: 'imagePixFormat' was not declared in this scope
zm_local_camera.cpp:1578: error: 'capturePixFormat' was not declared in this scope
zm_local_camera.cpp:1582: error: 'SWS_BICUBIC' was not declared in this scope
zm_local_camera.cpp:1582: error: 'sws_getContext' was not declared in this scope
zm_local_camera.cpp:1586: error: 'tmpPicture' was not declared in this scope
zm_local_camera.cpp:1586: error: 'avcodec_alloc_frame' was not declared in this scope
zm_local_camera.cpp:1589: error: 'avpicture_get_size' was not declared in this scope
zm_local_camera.cpp:1590: error: 'av_malloc' was not declared in this scope
zm_local_camera.cpp:1593: error: 'AVPicture' was not declared in this scope
zm_local_camera.cpp:1593: error: expected primary-expression before ')' token
zm_local_camera.cpp:1593: error: 'avpicture_fill' was not declared in this scope
zm_local_camera.cpp:1595: error: 'capturePictures' was not declared in this scope
zm_local_camera.cpp:1595: error: 'tmpPicture' was not declared in this scope
zm_local_camera.cpp:1595: error: 'sws_scale' was not declared in this scope
make[2]: *** [zm_local_camera.o] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/root/ZM/ZoneMinder-1.24.2/src'
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/root/ZM/ZoneMinder-1.24.2'
make: *** [all] Error 2

Any help would be VERY APPRECIATED...

Details on the server :
# uname -a
Linux (host) 2.6.9-023stab051.3-smp #1 SMP Wed Nov 4 18:36:34 MSK 2009 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
# cat /etc/redhat-release
CentOS release 5.5 (Final)

Denis

Flash_ · Post by **Flash_** » Wed Aug 04, 2010 7:21 am

Daft question, but why aren't you using a precompiled package?

I don't know if Centos has one, but there are prebuilt packages that "just work" for several distros.

"apt-get install zoneminder" for debian and ubuntu, beats the hell out of faffing around compiling.

magix_ch · Post by **magix_ch** » Wed Aug 04, 2010 8:43 am

Dear Flash,

I already tried many things and ZoneMinder was crashing.

This time I even ordered this new server only for ZoneMinder but I didn't find a already compiled package for CentOS.
There is a link on ZomeMinder homepage but it is broken :

Not Found - The requested URL /pub/linux/zoneminder/ was not found on this server.)

And under CentOS :

No package zoneminder available.
Nothing to do

Really, I don't know what to do anymore to have ZoneMinder working. I see people saying it is working for them, but everything I tried is either failing either crashing ?

Or I found an old version :
http://rpm.pbone.net/index.php3/stat/4/ ... 4.rpm.html

I am quite despaired...

magix_ch · Post by **magix_ch** » Wed Aug 04, 2010 4:29 pm

Maybe this can help, during configuration I get plenty of "present but cannot be compiled"

configure: WARNING: libavutil/avutil.h: present but cannot be compiled
configure: WARNING: libavutil/avutil.h: check for missing prerequisite headers?
configure: WARNING: libavutil/avutil.h: see the Autoconf documentation
configure: WARNING: libavutil/avutil.h: section "Present But Cannot Be Compiled"
configure: WARNING: libavutil/avutil.h: proceeding with the preprocessor's result
configure: WARNING: libavutil/avutil.h: in the future, the compiler will take precedence
configure: WARNING: ## ------------------------------------- ##
configure: WARNING: ## Report this to support@zoneminder.com ##
configure: WARNING: ## ------------------------------------- ##
configure: WARNING: libavcodec/avcodec.h: present but cannot be compiled
configure: WARNING: libavcodec/avcodec.h: check for missing prerequisite headers?
configure: WARNING: libavcodec/avcodec.h: see the Autoconf documentation
configure: WARNING: libavcodec/avcodec.h: section "Present But Cannot Be Compiled"
configure: WARNING: libavcodec/avcodec.h: proceeding with the preprocessor's result
configure: WARNING: libavcodec/avcodec.h: in the future, the compiler will take precedence
configure: WARNING: ## ------------------------------------- ##
configure: WARNING: ## Report this to support@zoneminder.com ##
configure: WARNING: ## ------------------------------------- ##
configure: WARNING: libavformat/avformat.h: present but cannot be compiled
configure: WARNING: libavformat/avformat.h: check for missing prerequisite headers?
configure: WARNING: libavformat/avformat.h: see the Autoconf documentation
configure: WARNING: libavformat/avformat.h: section "Present But Cannot Be Compiled"
configure: WARNING: libavformat/avformat.h: proceeding with the preprocessor's result
configure: WARNING: libavformat/avformat.h: in the future, the compiler will take precedence
configure: WARNING: ## ------------------------------------- ##
configure: WARNING: ## Report this to support@zoneminder.com ##
configure: WARNING: ## ------------------------------------- ##
configure: WARNING: libswscale/swscale.h: present but cannot be compiled
configure: WARNING: libswscale/swscale.h: check for missing prerequisite headers?
configure: WARNING: libswscale/swscale.h: see the Autoconf documentation
configure: WARNING: libswscale/swscale.h: section "Present But Cannot Be Compiled"
configure: WARNING: libswscale/swscale.h: proceeding with the preprocessor's result
configure: WARNING: libswscale/swscale.h: in the future, the compiler will take precedence
configure: WARNING: ## ------------------------------------- ##
configure: WARNING: ## Report this to support@zoneminder.com ##
configure: WARNING: ## ------------------------------------- ##
configure: WARNING: Module::Load is required for PTZ camera control
configure: WARNING: X10::ActiveHome is required for X.10 support

timcraig · Post by **timcraig** » Wed Aug 04, 2010 5:23 pm

Zoneminder doesn't work with the latest version of ffmpeg on SVN. The SVN revision of ffmpeg I use is revision 21010. You can check out that version with the commend by using the argument "-r 21010" in you svn checkout command.

magix_ch · Post by **magix_ch** » Wed Aug 04, 2010 7:57 pm

Der Tim,

That looks very nice... I tried but after minutes of compiling I got an error. Do you know what the reason could be ?

libswscale/swscale.c:135: error: conflicting type qualifiers for 'ff_dither4'
libswscale/swscale_internal.h:447: error: previous declaration of 'ff_dither4' was here
libswscale/swscale.c:135: error: expected ',' or ';' before '[' token
libswscale/swscale.c:139: error: conflicting type qualifiers for 'ff_dither8'
libswscale/swscale_internal.h:448: error: previous declaration of 'ff_dither8' was here
libswscale/swscale.c:139: error: expected ',' or ';' before '[' token
libswscale/swscale.c:173: error: expected ',' or ';' before '[' token
libswscale/swscale.c:182: error: expected ',' or ';' before '[' token
libswscale/swscale.c:187: error: expected ',' or ';' before '[' token
libswscale/swscale.c:192: error: expected ',' or ';' before '[' token
libswscale/swscale.c:199: error: expected ',' or ';' before '[' token
libswscale/swscale.c:210: error: expected ',' or ';' before '[' token
libswscale/swscale.c:222: error: expected ',' or ';' before '[' token
libswscale/swscale.c: In function 'yuv2packedXinC':

Maybe also a bad version for libswscale ?

Pada · Post by **Pada** » Wed Aug 04, 2010 9:31 pm

timcraig, I've managed to compile ZM 1.24.2 (SVN rev. 3105) with the latest ffmpeg (SVN rev. 24577, with external checkout: libswscale SVN rev. 31866) on Ubuntu 10.04 x64.

magix_ch, you can always try and checkout ffmpeg & ZM via SVN instead of via git. The SVN instructions you can find here: http://www.zoneminder.com/wiki/index.ph ... ver_32-bit

timcraig · Post by **timcraig** » Thu Aug 05, 2010 7:04 pm

Oh ya, I totally forgot about that. swscale is a external definition, so the latest always gets checked out when you check out FFMPEG even if the version's are incompatible. Thanks Panda.

Magix_ch, if you still have that checkout of of 21010. Go to the ffmpeg folder you checked out and do the following:

Code: Select all

cd  libswscale 
svn switch svn://svn.ffmpeg.org/mplayer/trunk/libswscale -r 30172

Or you can try the revisions that Panda found to work (checkout the ffmpeg rev 3105 then switch libswscale to 31866).

I revisted an early thread where this ffmpeg problem with noted. I noticed someone has a solution with getting Zoneminder to complile with lasted version of ffmpeg. He found that adding CPPFLAGS="-D__STDC_CONSTANT_MACROS" to the ./configure arguments in Zoneminder's source installations fixes the original "configure: WARNING" messages you were having.

magix_ch · Post by **magix_ch** » Fri Aug 06, 2010 5:49 pm

Dear Tim,

You're a chief, compilation was successful, this time !

I will try some day with latest version and the solution you suggest, but first I will try to get a working install of ZoneMinder... If only this was possible once in my life after hundreds of hours passed on it and all this money paid in servers for nothing

))

Anyway, thank you VERY MUCH for your help until the solution

Denis

magix_ch · Post by **magix_ch** » Fri Aug 06, 2010 6:05 pm

It almost looks like a miracle :

service zm start
Starting ZoneMinder: [ OK ]

magix_ch · Post by **magix_ch** » Fri Aug 06, 2010 6:41 pm

Ok but I'm sorry, now that Zoneminder seems to be running, I cannot access the cameras because of the following problem :

08/06/10 20:40:06.377444 zmwatch[9583].ERR [Can't get shared memory id '7a6d0001', 1: No such file or directory]
08/06/10 20:40:16.380026 zmwatch[9583].ERR [Can't get shared memory id '7a6d0001', 1: No such file or directory]
08/06/10 20:40:26.382647 zmwatch[9583].ERR [Can't get shared memory id '7a6d0001', 1: No such file or directory]
08/06/10 20:40:36.385255 zmwatch[9583].ERR [Can't get shared memory id '7a6d0001', 1: No such file or directory]
08/06/10 20:40:46.387848 zmwatch[9583].ERR [Can't get shared memory id '7a6d0001', 1: No such file or directory]
08/06/10 20:40:56.390547 zmwatch[9583].ERR [Can't get shared memory id '7a6d0001', 1: No such file or directory]

bb99 · Post by **bb99** » Fri Aug 06, 2010 6:50 pm

Increase shared memory . Documentation settings are pretty much minimal. Keep increasing until everything works. Don't forget to reboot.

edit /etc/sysctl.conf too make changes permanent.