Install On Other Distributions

Before Proceeding

• Read the general Installation page first.
• If your distribution is based on one of the "officially supported" distros listed in the Installation article, you should probably follow those instructions instead.
• All commands require root; use sudo before each command or become root using sudo -i or su.

Instructions

1. Unless you configure your machine for a remote cameras-only hub, make sure you have motion, ffmpeg and v4l-utils installed on your system. This step depends on the distro you're using.

2. Make sure you have Installed a python 2.7 interpreter, pip, libcurl and libjpeg.

3. Install motioneye, which will automatically pull Python dependencies (tornado, jinja2, pillow and pycurl):

    pip install motioneye
   

   note: If your distro defaults to Python3, use pip2.

4. Prepare the configuration directory:

    mkdir -p /etc/motioneye
    cp /usr/share/motioneye/extra/motioneye.conf.sample /etc/motioneye/motioneye.conf
   

   note: The sample file path may differ. If the one above is wrong, you may try /usr/local/share/motioneye/extra/motioneye.conf.sample.

5. Prepare the media directory:

    mkdir -p /var/lib/motioneye
   

6. Add an init script, configure it to run at startup and start the motionEye server:

   • sysvinit-based:

       cp /usr/share/motioneye/extra/motioneye.init-debian /etc/init.d/motioneye
       chmod +x /etc/init.d/motioneye
       update-rc.d -f motioneye defaults
       /etc/init.d/motioneye start
     

     note: If at step (4) you used the path starting with /usr/local, you'll probably need to adjust this one as well.

   • systemd-based:

       cp /usr/share/motioneye/extra/motioneye.systemd-unit /etc/systemd/system/motioneye.service
       systemctl daemon-reload
       systemctl enable motioneye
       systemctl start motioneye
     

     note: If at step (4) you used the path starting with /usr/local, you'll probably need to adjust this one as well; also, use the motioneye.systemd-unit-local instead.

   • /etc/rc.local or other simple startup script:

     Just make sure to run the following command:

       meyectl startserver -b -c /etc/motioneye/motioneye.conf
     

7. To upgrade to the newest version of motionEye, just issue:

    pip install motioneye --upgrade