Debian 10 Buster with Zoneminder 1.36.x from ZM Repo
Debian 10 Buster with Zoneminder 1.33.x from the ZM Master Repro
This install procedure was developed to use the Debian package developed by iconnor. This is from the Master development version of Zoneminder 1.33.x but is a bit more stable than Zoneminder 1.32.x version and, in my opinion, works better and is kept up to date better than Zoneminder on Debian repros.
NOTE: this guide should also work with Debian 9 / Devuan Ascii (with some superfluous errors, due to init script generators using systemctl. Those can be ignored.). Sysvinit users must manually run the db creation script, and procure an /etc/init.d/zoneminder script (for new installs).
To begin, install Debian 10 (Buster) along with Apache2, PHP and your favorite database (Mariadb recommended).
Add the repro
sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list
Add the following line to the end of the file
deb https://zmrepo.zoneminder.com/debian/master buster/
CTRL+o then [Enter] to save
CTRL+x to exit
Install the following and retrieve the key from the repro
sudo apt install apt-transport-https gnupg
wget -O - https://zmrepo.zoneminder.com/debian/archive-keyring.gpg | sudo apt-key add -
Important - Make sure the above "wget" process completes without error! If it does not complete you will not get the most recent Zoneminder version this procedure is written for.
sudo apt update
Install mariadb-server, apache and php
sudo apt install mariadb-server apache2 php
Install Zoneminder
sudo apt install zoneminder
Sysvinit only Configure user in mysql for ZM if this is a new install
cat /usr/share/zoneminder/db/zm_create.sql | sudo mysql --defaults-file=/etc/mysql/debian.cnf
echo 'grant lock tables,alter,create,select,insert,update,delete,index on zm.* to 'zmuser'@localhost identified by "zmpass";' | sudo mysql --defaults-file=/etc/mysql/debian.cnf mysql
The reason this is done, is because the init script generator is using systemctl, and those without systemd don't have this command in the dpkg script at /var/lib/dpkg/info/zoneminder.postinst. So it must be run manually. An /etc/init.d/zoneminder script will also need to be grabbed from an earlier ZM install.
If MySQL/MariaDB is not running during install run
sudo dpkg-reconfigure zoneminder
Enable Zoneminder
sudo systemctl enable zoneminder.service
Enable Apache Modules
sudo a2enconf zoneminder sudo a2enmod rewrite sudo a2enmod cgi
Add your timezone to PHP
Easy way
sed -i "s/;date.timezone =/date.timezone = $(sed 's/\//\\\//' /etc/timezone)/g" /etc/php/7.3/apache2/php.ini
Long way
sudo nano /etc/php/7.3/apache2/php.ini
Search for [Date] (Ctrl + w then type Date and press Enter) and change date.timezone for your time zone. Don’t forget to remove the ; from in front of date.timezone.
[Date] ; Defines the default timezone used by the date functions ; http://php.net/date.timezone date.timezone = America/New_York
CTRL+o then [Enter] to save
CTRL+x to exit
Restart Apache and start Zoneminder
sudo service apache2 reload sudo systemctl start zoneminder OR sudo service zoneminder restart
