MP verison of ZoneMinder & How to Build

MP version of ZoneMinder is built against (newer) ffmpeg from Packman repositories.
OBS (Open Build Service) does not allow building against some "non-free" packages
nor 3rd party repositories like Packman. Here's how to rebuild ZoneMinder from source
 .rpm to the "-MP" version using 3rd party repositories.
This document expects the builder to have (advanced) knowledge of package management/repositories with openSUSE.

Add Packman repository & set lower than 99 (so it is preferred)
https://en.opensuse.org/Additional_package_repositories#Packman

Look at ZoneMinder.spec at the "BuildRequires" and make sure needed packages are installed on the build machine.

Packages like ffmpeg-6-* are what are needed from Packman.

Other notes:
libvncclient1 (libvnclient) comes from LibVNCServer-devel
gsoap-devel (needed for ONVIF support)
libjpeg-devel (lib-jpeg8-devel)
perl-macros installed as part of zypper in perl-docs
libmysqlclient-devel installed as part of libmariadb-devel
15.6 also needed "pipewire-jack"

Some packages (like perl-Sys-Mnap) only exist in in OBS projects. Add the "release" repository to your build machine.
(You'll likely need to do this for your ZM machine too, even when using the -MP version)
https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/home:joelgb:branches:home:Monex:stable/ZoneMinder
(click Download package & add the repository)

(recommended) add a new local user for the build (like rpmbuild)
(One-time set up of build environment)
su rpmbuild
cd ~
mkdir rpmbuild
cd rpmbuild
mkdir SRPMS OTHER RPMS BUILDROOT BUILD SPECS SOURCES
cd ~
make a "clean.sh" script to prep build environment:
	#!/bin/bash
	rm -rf /home/rpmbuild/rpmbuild/SOURCES/*
	rm /home/rpmbuild/rpmbuild/SPECS/*.spec
	rm -rf /home/rpmbuild/rpmbuild/BUILD/*/
	export PATH=/usr/bin:$PATH
chmod +x ~/clean.sh
exit
Note: export PATH above is needed so perl ends up as /usr/bin/perl if not
done, build will succeed but ZM will not run properly.


How to build:
Download the latest source .rpm (.src.rpm) from build.opensuse.org project.
https://build.opensuse.org/project/show/home:joelgb:branches:home:Monex:stable
(or for master/dev build: https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/home:joelgb:ZoneMinder-Master )
We are looking for a file like: ZoneMinder-1.38.1+git2.00779c6b-lp156.19.1.src.rpm
Click "Download package" from OBS web interface.
place this in rpmuser's home directory -> rpmbuild directory (/home/rpmbuild/rpmbuild) at the same level as the
directories created earlier - SPEC/ BUILD/ , etc.

su rpmbuild
cd ~
./clean.sh
(as non-root, rpmbuild user) rpm -i ZoneMinder-1.36.15+git3824.gdeca02c3e-0.src.rpm
(This did not install the rpm, but got it ready to be rebuilt)
cd SPECS
(optionally make any .spec changes) nano -w ZoneMinder.spec
rpmbuild -ba ZoneMinder.spec --with mp_package

When build is complete, it will be in the ~/rpmbuild/RPMS/x86_64/ directory.

Done!

Install by hand or by creating a local repository. new RPM is not signed (may have to accept/clear errors regarding unsigned rpm)