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In the process of getting ZoneMinder to work properly on my Ubuntu computer I’ve installed and reinstalled both several times. It seems Ubuntu is really not the best Linux distribution for Zoneminder according to the support forums. It will work, but it will take some effort.

I’m pleased to say that this most recent attempt functions as it should, and I’ve yet to see any problems. To save myself the effort next time around I figured I’d record the installation procedure that worked for me. I know most readers don’t care about this, so the instructions are below the cut.

I’ve installed Zoneminder on Ubuntu 6.0.6 using these instructions from the ZoneMinder Wikis instructions for Ubuntu 6.06 alternate installation with a few minor changes.

Modify Synaptic to include all repositories, then search for and install the following;

• install
• apache2
• php5
• php5-mysql
• libapache2-mod-auth-mysql
• mysql-server
• g++
• make
• netpbm
• libssl-dev
• libjpeg62-dev
• libmime-perl
• libwww-perl
• libarchive-tar-perl
• libdate-manip-perl
• libarchive-zip-perl
• libmime-lite-perl
• libdbi-perl
• libdbd-mysql-perl
• libpcre3-dev
• libmysqlclient12-dev
• libcurl3-openssl-dev
• libjpeg-mmx-dev
• liblwp-protocol-http-socketunix-perl
• mc
• ffmpeg

[Note: Original instructions include xawtv on this list, but I've never used it in my various installs so I've omitted it here]

Restart apache: (for those unfamiliar with Ubuntu go to accessories and select terminal, you’ll need the command line for the rest of these instructions.)

sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart

Configure and Compile Zoneminder:

cd /usr/local/src
sudo wget http://www2.zoneminder.com/downloads/ZoneMinder-1.22.3.tar.gz
sudo tar -xvzf ZoneMinder-1.22.3.tar.gz
cd ZoneMinder-1.22.3
sudo ./configure –with-webdir=/var/www/zm –with-cgidir=/usr/lib/cgi-bin –with-webuser=www-data –with-webgroup=www-data

Configure MySql:

At the command line type the following;

sudo mysql < db/zm_create.sql
sudo mysql mysql
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON zm.* TO 'zmuser'@localhost identified by 'zmpass';
quit

Now reload the MySql databases;

sudo mysqladmin reload

Install Zoneminder:

cd /usr/local/src/ZoneMinder-1.22.3
sudo make install

Configure Zoneminder auto-start:

Create a file /etc/init.d/zm containing the following:

#!/bin/sh
# description: Control ZoneMinder as a Service
# chkconfig: 2345 99 00
# Source function library.
#. /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions

prog=ZoneMinder
ZM_VERSION=”1.22.3″
ZM_PATH_BIN=”/usr/local/bin”
ZM_CONFIG=”/usr/local/etc/zm.conf”
command=”$ZM_PATH_BIN/zmpkg.pl”

loadconf()
{
if [ -f $ZM_CONFIG ]; then
. $ZM_CONFIG
else
echo “ERROR: $ZM_CONFIG not found.”
return 1
fi
}

# Check for old config and update if needed
checkcfg()
{
# Check config
if [ "$ZM_DB_HOST" = "" -o "$ZM_DB_NAME" = "" -o "$ZM_DB_USER" = "" -o "$ZM_DB_PASS" = "" ]; then
if [ "$ZM_DB_SERVER" != "" -a "$ZM_DB_NAME" != "" -a "$ZM_DB_USERA" != "" -a "$ZM_DB_PASSA" != "" ]; then
echo -n “Converting $ZM_CONFIG”
cp $ZM_CONFIG $ZM_CONFIG.old && \
cat $ZM_CONFIG.old | \
grep -v ZM_DB_USERB | \
grep -v ZM_DB_PASSB | \
sed -e ’s/ZM_DB_USERA/ZM_DB_USER/’ | \
sed -e ’s/ZM_DB_PASSA/ZM_DB_PASS/’ >$ZM_CONFIG && \
rm -f $ZM_CONFIG.old
RETVAL=$?
[ $RETVAL = 0 ] && echo_success
[ $RETVAL != 0 ] && echo_failure
echo
fi
if [ "$ZM_DB_SERVER" != "" -a "$ZM_DB_NAME" != "" -a "$ZM_DB_USER" != "" -a "$ZM_DB_PASS" != "" ]; then
echo -n “Converting $ZM_CONFIG to 1.22.0″
cp $ZM_CONFIG $ZM_CONFIG.old
rm -f $ZM_CONFIG
cat $ZM_CONFIG.old | \
sed -e ’s/ZM_DB_SERVER/ZM_DB_HOST/’ >/tmp/$$
. /tmp/$$
cp $ZM_CONFIG.rpmnew $ZM_CONFIG && chmod 644 $ZM_CONFIG
for n in ZM_DB_HOST ZM_DB_NAME ZM_DB_USER ZM_DB_PASS; do
eval “val=\$$n”
if [ "$val" != "" ]; then
cp $ZM_CONFIG /tmp/$$.rpmnew &&
sed ’s/^’$n=’.*$/’$n=$val’/g’ /tmp/$$.rpmnew >$ZM_CONFIG
fi
done
rm /tmp/$$
RETVAL=$?
[ $RETVAL = 0 ] && echo_success
[ $RETVAL != 0 ] && echo_failure
echo
else
echo “In $ZM_CONFIG there should not be null values.”
return 1
fi
loadconf
fi
}

checkdb()
{
# Check database exisits and version
GetVer=”select Value from Config where Name=’ZM_DYN_DB_VERSION’”
OLD_VERSION=`echo $GetVer | mysql -B -h $ZM_DB_HOST -u $ZM_DB_USER -p$ZM_DB_PASS $ZM_DB_NAME | grep -v ‘^Value’`
if [ "$OLD_VERSION" = "" ]; then
GetVer=”select Value from Config where Name=’ZM_DYN_CURR_VERSION’”
OLD_VERSION=`echo $GetVer | mysql -B -h $ZM_DB_HOST -u $ZM_DB_USER -p$ZM_DB_PASS $ZM_DB_NAME | grep -v ‘^Value’`
if [ "$OLD_VERSION" = "" ]; then
echo -n “You must run zmupdate.pl manualy”
return 1
fi
fi
RETVAL=$?

if [ $RETVAL != 0 ]; then
tbls=`mysql -h $ZM_DB_HOST -u $ZM_DB_USER -p$ZM_DB_PASS -s -e ’show tables’ $ZM_DB_NAME`
RETVAL=$?
if [ $RETVAL = 0 ]; then
echo -n “Initialize $prog database: ”
echo tbls | grep Config >/dev/null 2>&1
RETVAL=$?
if [ $RETVAL != 0 ]; then
mysql -B -h $ZM_DB_HOST -u $ZM_DB_USER -p$ZM_DB_PASS $ZM_DB_NAME < $ZM_PATH_UPDATE/zm_create.sql
RETVAL=$?
[ $RETVAL = 0 ] && echo_success
[ $RETVAL != 0 ] && echo_failure
echo
return $RETVAL
fi
( cd $ZM_PATH_UPDATE; perl $ZM_PATH_BIN/zmupdate.pl -f )
RETVAL=$?
[ $RETVAL = 0 ] && echo_success
[ $RETVAL != 0 ] && echo_failure
echo
return $RETVAL
else
echo "No access to ZoneMinder database. Run $ZM_PATH_BIN/zminit manually."
return $RETVAL
fi
else
[ "$ZM_VERSION" = "$OLD_VERSION" ] && return 0
echo -n "Upgrade $prog database: "
$ZM_PATH_BIN/zmupdate.pl --version=$OLD_VERSION --noi && ( cd $ZM_PATH_UPDATE; perl $ZM_PATH_BIN/zmupdate.pl -f )
RETVAL=$?
[ $RETVAL = 0 ] && echo_success
[ $RETVAL != 0 ] && echo_failure
echo
return $RETVAL
fi
}

start()
{
loadconf || return $?
checkcfg || return $?
checkdb || return $?
#/usr/local/sbin/motd.sh > /etc/motd
echo -n “Starting $prog: ”
[ ! -d /var/run/zm ] \
&& mkdir -m 774 /var/run/zm \
&& chown $ZM_WEB_USER:$ZM_WEB_GROUP /var/run/zm
GetPath=”select Value from Config where Name=’ZM_PATH_SOCKS’”
ZM_PATH_SOCK=`echo $GetPath | mysql -B -h $ZM_DB_HOST -u $ZM_DB_USER -p$ZM_DB_PASS $ZM_DB_NAME | grep -v ‘^Value’`
[ ! -d $ZM_PATH_SOCK ] \
&& mkdir -m 774 $ZM_PATH_SOCK \
&&chown $ZM_WEB_USER:$ZM_WEB_GROUP $ZM_PATH_SOCK
$command start
RETVAL=$?
[ $RETVAL = 0 ] && echo success
[ $RETVAL != 0 ] && echo failure
echo
[ $RETVAL = 0 ] && touch /var/lock/zm
return $RETVAL
}

stop()
{
echo -n $”Stopping $prog: ”
$command stop
RETVAL=$?
[ $RETVAL = 0 ] && echo success
[ $RETVAL != 0 ] && echo failure
echo
[ $RETVAL = 0 ] && rm -f /var/lock/zm
}

status()
{
result=`$command status`
if [ "$result" = "running" ]; then
echo “ZoneMinder is running”
RETVAL=0
else
echo “ZoneMinder is stopped”
RETVAL=1
fi
}

case “$1″ in
’start’)
start
;;
’stop’)
stop
;;
‘restart’)
stop
start
;;
‘condrestart’)
loadconf
checkcfg
result=`$ZM_PATH_BIN/zmdc.pl check`
if [ "$result" = "running" ]; then
$ZM_PATH_BIN/zmdc.pl shutdown > /dev/null
start
fi
;;
’status’)
status
;;
*)
echo “Usage: $0 { start | stop | restart | condrestart | status }”
RETVAL=1
;;
esac
exit $RETVAL

Make the ZoneMinder startup executable, make it run at all default levels, and then start it up:

sudo chmod +x /etc/init.d/zm
sudo update-rc.d zm defaults
sudo /etc/init.d/zm restart

Install Cambozola:

sudo apt-get install ant
cd /usr/local/src
sudo wget http://www.charliemouse.com/code/cambozola/cambozola-latest.tar.gz
sudo tar xvfz cambozola-latest.tar.gz
sudo cp /usr/local/src/cambozola-0.68/dist/cambozola.jar /var/www/zm
sudo chmod 775 /var/www/zm/cambozola.jar

[You will need to check the box indicating Cambozola has been install in the ZoneMinder options page]

Now start your browser and point it to:

localhost/zm

You should be good to go.

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