how to start zoneminder server

Question

i install the zoneminder as per their instruction give by zone minder.After installation they gave a command to start zomeminder server

"zmpkg.pl start" but when i use this i got this error .

Warning, overriding installed ./zm.conf file with local copy
Bareword "ZM_PATH_LOGS" not allowed while "strict subs" in use at /usr/share/perl5/ZoneMinder/Debug.pm line 265.
Compilation failed in require at /usr/share/perl5/ZoneMinder.pm line 34.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/share/perl5/ZoneMinder.pm line 34.
Compilation failed in require at /usr/bin/zmpkg.pl line 45.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/bin/zmpkg.pl line 45.

Answer 1

Look if there is something wrong with SQL dump import

In my case, in installation manual for Ubuntu 14.04 it is asked to import database dump with

MySQL -uroot -p < /usr/share/zoneminder/db/zm_create.sql

this failed and halted due to error with creation of 'Logs' table. I then edited the SQL file to add

DROP TABLE IF EXISTS `Logs`;

before

CREATE TABLE `Logs` (

and then imported the dump successfully. The zm service then started correctly without errors

Answer 2

Zoneminder requires a web server and a background task:

 service httpd start
 service zoneminder start

From Start ZoneMinder