Problems installing ZM 1.28 from Build

[stevewrightnz1]

Hi guys,

I'm getting increasingly frustrated trying to install ZM by building it as described on https://github.com/ZoneMinder/ZoneMinder.

Some info:
Fresh install Ubuntu Desktop

Distribution ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS
Release: 14.04
Codename: trusty

Followed instructions under Ubuntu section installing needed packages as I go and minor changes as follows:

ln -s distros/ubuntu1204 debian; changed to ln -s distros/ubuntu1404 debian;

dpkg-checkbuilddeps; gave a list of things that needed installing - done one by one until dpkg-checkbuilddeps; gave null return

Ended up with the following files when I got to the end of the process:

zoneminder_1.28.1+1-trusty-SNAPSHOT2015071501_amd64.changes
zoneminder_1.28.1+1-trusty-SNAPSHOT2015071501_amd64.deb
zoneminder_1.28.1+1-trusty-SNAPSHOT2015071501.dsc
zoneminder_1.28.1+1-trusty-SNAPSHOT2015071501.tar.gz
zoneminder-dbg_1.28.1+1-trusty-SNAPSHOT2015071501_amd64.deb

I have tried both

dpkg -i zoneminder_1.28.1+1-trusty-SNAPSHOT2015071501_amd64.deb; apt-get install -f
and
gdebi zoneminder_1.28.1+1-trusty-SNAPSHOT2015071501_amd64.deb

to install it!

The install appears to fail to create any link in apache2 so I have tried manually creating /var/www/html/zm and creating a symlink like this ln -s /usr/share/zoneminder/index.php /var/www/html/zm/index.php

At this point when [IP Address]/zm is entered in a browser (Firefox) all I get is " Invalid skin '' "

I've tried the Iconner PPA to and that won't install properly either.

NB: I am upgrading from a Raspberry Pi 2 to a new box. I managed to get the Debian Wheezy version to install at 128.1.100 a couple of months ago on the Pi but have also had the same sort of issues with trying to upgrade that using Debian Jessie and the latest git version.

Looks like something might be broken somewhere or more likely I'm missing something important.

Anyone have any idea as to what I might be missing?

Steve

PS I installed a LAMP stack to run a web site first if that makes a difference??

S

[asker]

Why are going this route and not installing via a package?
https://wiki.zoneminder.com/Ubuntu

Ah, I see why - the main page of ZM leads people into this

[stevewrightnz1]

And I was looking to grab the most upto date version 1.28.109??

S

[asker]

https://wiki.zoneminder.com/Common_Issu ... _on_Ubuntu

or

https://github.com/pliablepixels/zmNinj ... r-with-API

[stevewrightnz1]

asker,

That worked. Took a while to sort out mysql though and had to make /etc/init.d/zoneminder executable.

Still working out how to get the pictures and video to work - I'm on firefox

How do I upgrade 1.28.1 to 1.28.109. the iconner repo doesn't seem to have the latest version built - I'm happy using the latest stuff as I was using 1.28.100 on a Pi2 with no real issues.

Can I just install the zoneminder_1.28.1+1-trusty-SNAPSHOT2015071501_amd64.deb I made above with dpkg without doing and damage?

Steve