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Posted: **Fri Oct 06, 2006 10:25 pm**

Dgsconseil was kind enough to write a step-by-step newbie kit to install ZoneMinder under SUSE 10.0 OSS. I copied it and modified it to for SuSE 10.1 with a GUI and the KDE.

This is only a short How-To on how I installed SuSE and ZoneMinder software on SUSE 10.1 OSS, it is not intended to be a reference because I do not specify any of the security rules or optimizations needed for a production server. I just specify the main steps to get Zone Minder Running.

By the way, this is not the smallest installation possible. It’s just what I used and it worked. It seemed that if I skipped any of the additional packages, I’d run into trouble. Although, you can probably do without the Open Office.

Fresh install Suse 10.1 OSS (CD install)
Base installation with KDE Desktop and additional packages

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Additional Software Packages chosen during install:
- Graphical Base system
- KDE Desktop Environment
- All of KDE
- Help and Supports Docs
- Office applications
- Multimedia
- Simple Web Server with Apache2
- LDAP Server and Tools
- Network and Server
- C/C++ Complier and Tools
- Kernel Development
- KDE Development
- TCL/TK development system
- Java
- Experienced user
- LaTex, SGML and XML

If using the firewall, add HTTP Server to the Allowed Services list, if you want to access ZoneMinder with a web browser.

Once the Installation is finished, open the YAST control center. (Under System)

If you have an internet connection: In YAST, add packman as an http installation source (used to install ffmpeg)

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  Type : HTTP 
  Server : packman.unixheads.com 
  Path : suse/10.1

Go into YAST Software Management

Verify that these packages are installed
Install any that are missing (Enter each name in Search box)

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  apache2
  apache2-worker  
  apache2-mod_perl 
  apache2-mod_php5 
  apache2-mod-apparmor
  php5 
  mysql 
  mysql-devel 
  gcc 
  gcc-c++ 
  libmpeg2
  libmpeg2-devel 
  ffmpeg
  libffmpeg0
  libffmpeg0-devel
  libjpeg
  libjpeg-devel 
  pcre-devel 
  xawtv  
  openssl-devel

Updating perl CPANand installing perl packages
I've done all off the perl related installation under user root because of problems with cpan packages installation. It seems like a slow process, have patience.

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(From a terminal window)
 perl -MCPAN -e shell 
 install Bundle::CPAN 
 reload CPAN 
 install Archive::Tar (seems to be optional => depend on the way you install yourdistro) 
 install Archive::Zip (seems to be optional => depend on the way you install yourdistro) 
 install MIME::Lite 
 install MIME::Tools 
 install DateTime 
 install Date::Manip updated 2006-03-04 thanx to mickecarlsson 
 install Bundle::libnet 
 install Device::SerialPort 
 install Astro::SunTime Updated 2006 03 24 correct spelling error on SunTime (thanx to mickecarlsson) 
 install X10

Configure servers to be started at boot time

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 (In a terminal window (command shell))
 su - cd /etc/rc.d/rc5.d 
 ln -s ../apache2 S98apache2 
 ln -s ../apache2 K01apache2 
 ln -s ../mysql S98mysql 
 ln -s ../mysql K01mysql

Start servers manually

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 (In a terminal window (command shell))
 sudo /etc/rc.d/apache2 start    
 sudo /etc/rc.d/mysql start

Downloading and installing latest Zoneminder release (v1.22.2) :

Download and save ZoneMinder tarball from:
http://www2.zoneminder.com/downloads/Zo ... 2.2.tar.gz

Extract tarball

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In a Terminal window, inside directory that ZoneMinder download was saved to
 tar zxvf ZoneMinder-1.22.2.tar.gz 
 cd ZoneMinder-1.22.2

Download and apply the v1.22.2 patch for ffmpeg from Wiki:
http://www.zoneminder.com/wiki/index.php/1.22.2_Patches

To apply the patch you should do the following :-

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 ·Download the patch and move a copy to your ZoneMinder build directory 
 · Open a command shell (terminal window)
 · Change directory to your ZoneMinder build directory 
 · Apply the patch by typing 
 patch -p0 < zm-1.22.2-ffmpeg.patch 
 · Check that the patch is applied correctly and you do not get any rejects 
 · If necessary rebuild, then reinstall

Now Configuration Time !

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(be sure you are in ZoneMinder-1.22.2 directory)
./configure --with-webdir=/srv/www/htdocs --with-cgidir=/srv/www/cgi-bin --with-webgroup=www --with-webuser=wwwrun ZM_DB_HOST=localhost ZM_DB_NAME=zm ZM_DB_USER=zm ZM_DB_PASS=zm

Make sure you’re in the ZoneMinder-1.22.2 directory and Login to MySQL (PW is blank)

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 mysql -h localhost -u root -p

Under MySQL prompt type

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 (Entering Each line may echo some additional lines, just ignore them)
 source db/zm_create.sql; 
 grant select,insert,update,delete on zm.* to 'zm'@localhost identified by 'zm'; 
 flush privileges; 
 quit

Now compile and install this nice piece of software !

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 (be sure you are in ZoneMinder-1.22.2 directory)
 make 
 sudo make install

Configure ZoneMinder to be started at boot time

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 su - 
 # from zoneminder source directory
 cp scripts/zm /etc/rc.d cd /etc/rc.d 
 chmod +x zm 
 cd rc5.d 
 ln -s ../zm S99zm 
 ln -s ../zm K00zm

Logoff and logon as root, or create a new session as root.

Edit /etc/rc.d/zm with your favorite text editor (kwrite ?)

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 remove the line related to include functions 
 replace all occurences of echo_success by echo success 
 replace all occurences of echo_failure by echo failure 
 save the changes

Copy the /srv/www/htdocs/zm.php file on top of the /srv/www/htdocs/index.php file.
Rename or delete the /srv/www/htdocs/index.html file

Deal with the Shared Memory problem
(I chose 256,000,000 because my cams are 640x480)
Add the following lines to your /etc/sysctl.conf file:

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 # Memory modifications for ZoneMinder
 kernel.shmall = 256000000 
 kernel.shmmax = 256000000

Now you can reboot your computer to apply changes

Start all servers if they are not allready started when you boot your computer :

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 (From within a Terminal window)
 sudo /etc/rc.d/apache2 start 
 sudo /etc/rc.d/mysql start 
 sudo zmpkg.pl start

Now open your web browser and point to http://localhost/
If that doesn’t work, try http://localhost/zm.php

Create your monitor and start playing !

Here are some options I use when configuring a monitor for my Axis IP camera at 640x480, color.:

Under the General Tab
Source Type = Remote
Function = Modetect
Enabled = Checked
Linked Monitors = (leave it blank)
Maximum FPS = 4.0
Alarm Maximum FPS = 8.0

Under the Source Tab
Remote host name = IP of camera (i.e. 192.168.3.2)
Remote Host Port = 80
Remote Host Path = /axis-cgi/jpg/image.cgi?resolution=640x480
Remote Image Colours = 24 bit colour
Capture Width = 640
Capture Height = 480

If you want to utilize mpeg instead of jpeg, use this for the host path:
Remote Host Path = /axis-cgi/mjpg/video.cgi?

Additional Information:
ZoneMinder Logs are in /tmp
zmaudit.log
zmupdate.log
zmwatch.log => take attention to this one because the shared memory problem is reported here
zmpkg.log
zmdc.log

Apache2 Logs are in /var/logs/apache2

Posted: **Mon Oct 09, 2006 4:10 pm**

Thanks for posting this. It would be really neat if you wouldn't mind putting it into the Wiki as well

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