newbie install help needed

[wexfordman]

Hi,

I am trying to install zoneminder on my linux mint machine and having some some problems. I have installed zm, apache2,mysql etc all ok (i beleive), I can start the apache and zm services, and I can get the "it works" page via local host, but when i get to go to localhost/zm, i get a 404 error "The requested URL /zoneminder was not found on this server".

Im sorry if this is a bit simple, ive gone through user guides for the install etc, and most of them are fairly ok to follow, but I am obviously missing something basic, and none of the guides give an indication as to where and how to start troubleshooting when I get this error. Would really appreciate some assistance, i'm a novice to apache etc, no completely unsure as to where to go from here!!

Regards,
Eamon

[badger_fruit]

It sounds to me like the installation of ZM is not complete, perhaps it didn't write the virtual directory configuration into your httpd.conf file or something ...

In my OpenSuSE installation, Apache will load all .conf files from its "conf.d" folder.

Within there there is a zm.conf file:

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# turn short open tags on for zm directory
<Directory /srv/www/htdocs/zm/>
        php_admin_flag short_open_tag On
        Options FollowSymLinks
</Directory> 

Check your Apache configuration for something similar - 404 simply means that the page you're looking for isn't there.
Also, check the path mentioned in the zm.conf exists and is accessible by the www user (apache or wwwrun usually).

Good luck!