Ubuntu Server 19.10 Zoneminder 1.33.x

Zoneminder 1.33.x on Ubuntu 19.10

As of 31DEC19 there is no Zonemiinder 1.33.x package in the zoneminder-master PPA. This uses gdebi to install the Ubuntu Disco package.

After installing a basic Ubuntu 19.10 OS add LAMP with Mariadb. See: https://www.techsupportpk.com/2019/10/how-to-install-lamp-stack-ubuntu-1910.html

Become root

sudo su

Install Gdebi

apt install gdebi

Download the Zoneminder Disco .deb package

wget https://launchpad.net/~iconnor/+archive/ubuntu/zoneminder-master/+build/18492553/+files/zoneminder_1.33.16~20191229135312-disco_amd64.deb

Note: if the above wget download fails with a can't find the file... check the zoneminder-master PPA for the correct file name. This will happen when the Zoneminder package is updated.

Download libmp4v2-2

wget https://launchpad.net/~iconnor/+archive/ubuntu/zoneminder-master/+build/17493816/+files/libmp4v2-2_2.0.0~dfsg0-6_amd64.deb

Download libmysqlclient20

wget http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/m/mysql-5.7/libmysqlclient20_5.7.28-0ubuntu0.19.04.2_amd64.deb

Install libmysqlclient20

gdebi libmysqlclient20_5.7.28-0ubuntu0.19.04.2_amd64.deb

Install libmp4v2-2

gdebi libmp4v2-2_2.0.0~dfsg0-6_amd64.deb

Install Zoneminder

gdebi zoneminder_1.33.16~20191229135312-disco_amd64.deb

Fix permissions:

chmod 740 /etc/zm/zm.conf
chown root:www-data /etc/zm/zm.conf
chown -R www-data:www-data /usr/share/zoneminder/

Enable and start Zoneminder

systemctl enable zoneminder.service
systemctl start zoneminder 

Enable Apache Modules

a2enconf zoneminder
a2enmod rewrite

Restart Apache

service apache2 reload

Open Zoneminder console and set your timezone under Options/Timezone