ZoneMinder is a free and open source system for monitoring and recording camera feeds. It allows you to monitor your home or office with multiple cameras, and watch footage either in real-time or recorded. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install ZoneMinder on EndeavourOS latest version.
Before starting with the installation process, make sure that you have:
The first step is to update your system to the latest available packages.
Open your terminal and execute the following commands:
sudo pacman -Syu
The system will automatically update to the latest version of all packages.
ZoneMinder is not available in the official Arch repositories. So, we will add the ZoneMinder repository to our system to install it.
Run the following command in the terminal to add the repository:
sudo pacman-key --recv-keys 34C5A3D6
sudo pacman-key --lsign-key 34C5A3D6
sudo nano /etc/pacman.conf
In nano, add the following line to the end of the file:
[zoneminder]
Server = https://zmrepo.zoneminder.com/arch/$arch
Save and exit the file by pressing ctrl + x and then y.
Now you can install ZoneMinder by using the following command:
sudo pacman -S zoneminder
Press y to confirm the installation of ZoneMinder and wait for the installation process to complete.
Next, enable and start the ZoneMinder service to start using it.
Use the following commands:
sudo systemctl enable zoneminder.service
sudo systemctl start zoneminder.service
Now you can open your web browser and navigate to http://localhost/zm to access the ZoneMinder web interface.
In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install ZoneMinder on EndeavourOS latest version. Once you have installed and configured ZoneMinder, you can start monitoring your cameras using its web interface.
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