[CentOS] ffmpeg and zoneminder install problems

Fri Jul 3 20:15:31 UTC 2009
Gregory P. Ennis <PoMec at PoMec.Net>

On Fri, 2009-07-03 at 20:44 +0100, Lucian at lastdot.org wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 3, 2009 at 7:23 PM, Gregory P. Ennis<PoMec at pomec.net> wrote:
> > CentOs zoneminder users,
> >
> > I have been trying to install zoneminder on Centos 5.3
> > (2.6.18-128.1.16.el5xen) and have hit a brick wall with ffmpeg
> > which zoneminder has as a dependancy.
> >
> > There were no rpm's in centos or rpmforge so I have followed the
> > instructions on the zoneminder website for a CentOs install.
> 
> ffmpeg is in rpmforge, look more carefully.
> rpm -Uhv http://apt.sw.be/redhat/el5/en/i386/rpmforge/RPMS/rpmforge-release-0.3.6-1.el5.rf.i386.rpm
> yum install ffmpeg
> 
> rpm -qi ffmpeg:
> 
> Name        : ffmpeg
> Version     : 0.4.9
> Vendor: Dag Apt Repository, http://dag.wieers.com/apt/
> 
> >
> > I have posted a note on the zoneminder list, but have not been able to
> > get any takers to assist me.  I am not a C programer so I have a lack of
> > understanding as to how to proceed.
> >
> > I have followed the steps outlined on zoneminder site as to how to
> > install on Centos 5.3
> >
> > http://www.zoneminder.com/wiki/index.php/CentOS
> >
> > The sequence step I have not been able to pass beyond with these
> > instructions is the following :
> >
> > svn checkout -r 11879 svn://svn.mplayerhq.hu/ffmpeg/trunk ffmpeg
> > cd ffmpeg/
> > ./configure
> > make
> >
> > When I execute the make command I get the following that results in an Error message.
> >
> > I noticed that some of you have been able to use zoneminder on Centos
> > 5.3, Can you help me get zoneminder installed.
> >
> > Thank you much,
> >
> > Greg Ennis
> > P.S.  here is the output of make
> >
> >

Lucian,

Thanks for your help.  What I should have said was that zoneminder does
not appear to be in the repositories.  Unfortunately, I obviously did
not look for ffmpeg.  

In trying to bypass my problem, I went to the ffmpeg website and
downloaded their source code and was able to get it installed.  However,
I still can not get zoneminder to install.  I wonder if zoneminder is
expecting something that would have been provided by the rpm install
instead of what I did?

Greg