Frigate is a free and open-source software that combines object detection, tracking, and classification. It is used in home automation systems for video surveillance and CCTV. In this tutorial, we will learn how to install Frigate on Manjaro Linux.
Before we start, make sure your Manjaro system is up-to-date by running the following command:
sudo pacman -Syu
Frigate runs as a Docker container. If you don't have Docker installed on your system, run the following commands:
sudo pacman -S docker
sudo systemctl start docker
sudo systemctl enable docker
Now that Docker is installed, we can proceed with installing Frigate. Follow the steps below:
Create a new directory to store the Frigate configuration files:
mkdir ~/frigate
Copy the sample Frigate configuration file to the new directory:
cd ~/frigate
curl -o config.yml https://raw.githubusercontent.com/blakeblackshear/frigate/master/config/sample.yml
Edit the configuration file with your preferred text editor, such as nano or vim:
nano config.yml
Update the file with your preferred settings. Refer to the Frigate documentation for details.
Start Frigate as a Docker container:
sudo docker run --name frigate --privileged --restart always \
-v ~/frigate:/config:ro \
-v /dev/video0:/dev/video0 \
-v /dev/shm:/dev/shm \
-p 5000:5000 \
blakeblackshear/frigate:stable
The above command starts Frigate in a Docker container and maps the configuration directory and video device to the container. It also exposes the Frigate web interface on port 5000.
If you want to run Frigate without a complete reboot (but still without the --restart always option), then you can use the docker start frigate and docker stop frigate commands to start and stop the container.
You can now access the Frigate web interface at http://localhost:5000. The interface allows you to configure and monitor Frigate.
In this tutorial, we learned how to install Frigate on Manjaro Linux. Frigate is a powerful tool for video surveillance and CCTV applications. With Frigate, you can detect and track objects in real-time, and it provides many useful features for home automation systems.
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