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How Do I Put The Pieces Together?
Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2015 9:25 pm
by cwalins
I am currently using Ubuntu 15.04 MATE on a 32 bit AMD Sempron laptop. I downloaded Zoneminder 1.26.5-1ubuntu7 from the Software Center and it shows as installed on my computer. My question is how do get this program running? I understand that I need to run this from a terminal and I am using the MATE terminal. I tried to run the individual programs (zma, zmaudit.pl, and the others) from the terminal, but all I get are messages telling me that I need to specify options or a message telling me to specify a monitor. I believe I need a V4L program and I have VLC Media Player, which I think fulfils this requirement. Also, I believe I need a web browser and I have Firefox. What I do not understand is how to integrate all the individual components, which I seem to have, and get a working software system.
Re: How Do I Put The Pieces Together?
Posted: Sun Jul 12, 2015 4:05 pm
by Gary S
This page should help you get going.
https://bkjaya.wordpress.com/2014/04/27 ... 04-64-bit/
It is for 64 bit, but 32 bit works similar.
Once you have it running as a service in the background, you can view it by opening Firefox and putting 127.0.0.1/zm in the URL box.
Re: How Do I Put The Pieces Together?
Posted: Mon Jul 13, 2015 9:08 pm
by cwalins
Thanks, I will give that a try.
Re: How Do I Put The Pieces Together?
Posted: Wed Jul 15, 2015 1:54 am
by bbunge
See:
http://www.zoneminder.com/wiki/index.ph ... e_easy_way
Since you have already installed Zoneminder start after: Add delay to allow MySQL to start before Zoneminder
Oh, did you install LAMP? (PHP, Apache and MySQL?)
Re: How Do I Put The Pieces Together?
Posted: Wed Jul 15, 2015 6:26 pm
by cwalins
I did not know LAMP and the others existed. I guess I have more homework to do.
Re: How Do I Put The Pieces Together?
Posted: Wed Jul 15, 2015 6:30 pm
by mikb
It's not LAMP *and* the others, LAMP *is* the others
It stands for
Linux
Apache
MySQL
Perl
It looks like you've got a bit of reading ahead of you, but it will all be worthwhile.
You may well already have Apache and Perl installed, if you have linux. You may need to configure and switch Apache on ...
Re: How Do I Put The Pieces Together?
Posted: Sat Jul 18, 2015 3:25 pm
by cwalins
While I was installing MySQL I was given the option to make up a password and verify it, and I did. Now my question is should I have established a password? Will this be an issue with Zoneminder? Should I remove MySQL and re-install without a password?
Re: How Do I Put The Pieces Together?
Posted: Sun Jul 19, 2015 12:37 am
by cwalins
Ignore my last post. I got an image with a web cam connected to my computer. I thank all who helped me get to this point.