[SOLVED] Kamerka for Slackware

Ztcoracat · 04-08-2017, 08:15 PM

Hi:

A fresh installation of Kamerka works great with my Slackware os on my Sony Vaio.

It takes great pictures but from what I can tell looking through all of the settings I don't see record, stop or play anywhere.

Is anyone else using Kamerka and having this problem?

I downloaded Cheese so if I can't get Kamerka to work I'll install Cheese.

Trying to install Cheese and make is throwing an error.
I am not good with tar.bz and don't pretend to be.

Quote:

bash-4.3$ make
make: *** No targets specified and no makefile found. Stop.

There are 2 make files in the Cheese directory:
makefile.am and makefile.in

I'm in the right directory:
/home/zebracat/Downloads/cheese-3.24.0/

while running ./configure.

What gives?

montagdude · 04-08-2017, 09:25 PM

Did you run ./configure first, or just make?

Anyway, I downloaded the source for cheese-3.24.0 and tried running configure, and I got the following errors:

Code:

No package 'gstreamer-plugins-bad-1.0' found
No package 'gnome-desktop-3.0' found
No package 'clutter-1.0' found
No package 'clutter-gst-3.0' found

Those last three are going to be deal breakers on Slackware.

bassmadrigal · 04-08-2017, 09:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ztcoracat

Hi:

A fresh installation of Kamerka works great with my Slackware os on my Sony Vaio.

It takes great pictures but from what I can tell looking through all of the settings I don't see record, stop or play anywhere.

Is anyone else using Kamerka and having this problem?

Sorry, I've never used this, so I can't comment on it.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ztcoracat

I downloaded Cheese so if I can't get Kamerka to work I'll install Cheese.

Trying to install Cheese and make is throwing an error.
I am not good with tar.bz and don't pretend to be.

There are 2 make files in the Cheese directory:
makefile.am and makefile.in

I'm in the right directory:
/home/zebracat/Downloads/cheese-3.24.0/

while running ./configure.

What gives?

If it is roughly the same directory structure as this cheese repo, you'll need to run ./autogen.sh first. Then you'll need to run ./configure (although, sometimes this is run automatically after autogen.sh is ran). Finally, run make and make install.

If you're running into some other issue, please provide us some more copy/paste goodness. What files are there, what you've run, and what errors you get from it.

glorsplitz · 04-08-2017, 09:44 PM

Ztcoracat

maybe mjpg-streamer? been working for me, streaming and static

oops, doesn't record, if that's important to you

Ztcoracat · 04-08-2017, 10:07 PM

Very frustration because I don't understand what's wrong.

Code:

bash: cd: home/zebracat/Downloads/cheese-3.24.0/: No such file or directory
bash-4.3$ cd /home/zebracat/Downloads/cheese-3.24.0/
bash-4.3$ ./autogen.sh
**Warning**: I am going to run `configure' with no arguments.
If you wish to pass any to it, please specify them on the
`./autogen.sh' command line.

+ gtkdocize --copy
+ intltoolize --force --copy --automake
+ autoreconf --verbose --force --install -Wno-portability
autoreconf: Entering directory `.'
autoreconf: configure.ac: not using Gettext
autoreconf: running: aclocal --force --warnings=no-portability -I m4 ${ACLOCAL_FLAGS}
configure.ac:189: error: macro YELP_HELP_INIT is not defined; is a m4 file missing?
m4/ax_require_defined.m4:35: AX_REQUIRE_DEFINED is expanded from...
configure.ac:189: the top level
autom4te: /usr/bin/m4 failed with exit status: 1
aclocal: error: echo failed with exit status: 1
autoreconf: aclocal failed with exit status: 1
+ exit 1
bash-4.3$ ./configure
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/ginstall -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking for a thread-safe mkdir -p... /usr/bin/mkdir -p
checking for gawk... gawk
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
checking whether make supports nested variables... yes
checking whether to enable maintainer-specific portions of Makefiles... yes
checking whether make supports nested variables... (cached) yes
checking for gcc... gcc
checking whether the C compiler works... yes
checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out
checking for suffix of executables...
checking whether we are cross compiling... no
checking for suffix of object files... o
checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
checking for gcc option to accept ISO C89... none needed
checking whether gcc understands -c and -o together... yes
checking for style of include used by make... GNU
checking dependency style of gcc... gcc3
checking for a sed that does not truncate output... /usr/bin/sed
checking for valac... valac
configure: WARNING: no proper vala compiler found
configure: WARNING: you will not be able to compile vala source files
checking build system type... x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
checking host system type... x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
checking how to print strings... printf
checking for a sed that does not truncate output... (cached) /usr/bin/sed
checking for grep that handles long lines and -e... /usr/bin/grep
checking for egrep... /usr/bin/grep -E
checking for fgrep... /usr/bin/grep -F
checking for ld used by gcc... /usr/x86_64-slackware-linux/bin/ld
checking if the linker (/usr/x86_64-slackware-linux/bin/ld) is GNU ld... yes
checking for BSD- or MS-compatible name lister (nm)... /usr/bin/nm -B
checking the name lister (/usr/bin/nm -B) interface... BSD nm
checking whether ln -s works... yes
checking the maximum length of command line arguments... 1572864
checking how to convert x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu file names to x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu format... func_convert_file_noop
checking how to convert x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu file names to toolchain format... func_convert_file_noop
checking for /usr/x86_64-slackware-linux/bin/ld option to reload object files... -r
checking for objdump... objdump
checking how to recognize dependent libraries... pass_all
checking for dlltool... dlltool
checking how to associate runtime and link libraries... printf %s\n
checking for ar... ar
checking for archiver @FILE support... @
checking for strip... strip
checking for ranlib... ranlib
checking command to parse /usr/bin/nm -B output from gcc object... ok
checking for sysroot... no
checking for a working dd... /usr/bin/dd
checking how to truncate binary pipes... /usr/bin/dd bs=4096 count=1
checking for mt... mt
checking if mt is a manifest tool... no
checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E
checking for ANSI C header files... yes
checking for sys/types.h... yes
checking for sys/stat.h... yes
checking for stdlib.h... yes
checking for string.h... yes
checking for memory.h... yes
checking for strings.h... yes
checking for inttypes.h... yes
checking for stdint.h... yes
checking for unistd.h... yes
checking for dlfcn.h... yes
checking for objdir... .libs
checking if gcc supports -fno-rtti -fno-exceptions... no
checking for gcc option to produce PIC... -fPIC -DPIC
checking if gcc PIC flag -fPIC -DPIC works... yes
checking if gcc static flag -static works... yes
checking if gcc supports -c -o file.o... yes
checking if gcc supports -c -o file.o... (cached) yes
checking whether the gcc linker (/usr/x86_64-slackware-linux/bin/ld -m elf_x86_64) supports shared libraries... yes
checking whether -lc should be explicitly linked in... no
checking dynamic linker characteristics... GNU/Linux ld.so
checking how to hardcode library paths into programs... immediate
checking whether stripping libraries is possible... yes
checking if libtool supports shared libraries... yes
checking whether to build shared libraries... yes
checking whether to build static libraries... no
checking for cos in -lm... yes
checking for pkg-config... /usr/bin/pkg-config
checking pkg-config is at least version 0.24... yes
checking whether gcc understands -Wall... yes
checking whether gcc understands -Wstrict-prototypes... yes
checking whether gcc understands -Wnested-externs... yes
checking whether gcc understands -Werror=missing-prototypes... yes
checking whether gcc understands -Werror=implicit-function-declaration... yes
checking whether gcc understands -Werror=pointer-arith... yes
checking whether gcc understands -Werror=init-self... yes
checking whether gcc understands -Werror=format-security... no
checking whether gcc understands -Werror=format=2... yes
checking whether gcc understands -Werror=missing-include-dirs... yes
checking whether gcc understands -Werror=return-type... yes
checking what warning flags to pass to the C compiler... -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -Wnested-externs -Werror=missing-prototypes -Werror=implicit-function-declaration -Werror=pointer-arith -Werror=init-self -Werror=format=2 -Werror=missing-include-dirs -Werror=return-type
checking what language compliance flags to pass to the C compiler...
checking whether NLS is requested... yes
checking for intltool >= 0.50.0... 0.51.0 found
checking for intltool-update... /usr/bin/intltool-update
checking for intltool-merge... /usr/bin/intltool-merge
checking for intltool-extract... /usr/bin/intltool-extract
checking for xgettext... /usr/bin/xgettext
checking for msgmerge... /usr/bin/msgmerge
checking for msgfmt... /usr/bin/msgfmt
checking for gmsgfmt... /usr/bin/msgfmt
checking for perl... /usr/bin/perl
checking for perl >= 5.8.1... 5.22.2
checking for XML::Parser... ok
checking X11/extensions/XTest.h usability... yes
checking X11/extensions/XTest.h presence... yes
checking for X11/extensions/XTest.h... yes
checking for XTestFakeKeyEvent in -lXtst... yes
checking for CHEESE... no
configure: error: Package requirements (glib-2.0 >= 2.39.90
x11
gdk-pixbuf-2.0
gstreamer-pbutils-1.0 gstreamer-plugins-bad-1.0 >= 1.4
gnome-desktop-3.0
clutter-1.0 >= 1.13.2
clutter-gst-3.0 >= 3.0.0) were not met:

No package 'gnome-desktop-3.0' found
No package 'clutter-1.0' found
No package 'clutter-gst-3.0' found

Consider adjusting the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable if you
installed software in a non-standard prefix.

Alternatively, you may set the environment variables CHEESE_CFLAGS
and CHEESE_LIBS to avoid the need to call pkg-config.
See the pkg-config man page for more details.
bash-4.3$ make
make: *** No targets specified and no makefile found. Stop.
bash-4.3$

Ztcoracat · 04-08-2017, 10:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by glorsplitz

Ztcoracat

maybe mjpg-streamer? been working for me, streaming and static

oops, doesn't record, if that's important to you

Thanks but I need it to record.

BratPit · 04-09-2017, 02:52 AM

MAybe something like that with ffmpeg:

Quote:

ffmpeg -f v4l2 -video_size 1360x768 -framerate 25 i /dev/video0 -f pulse -i default -preset ultrafast -crf 18 -pix_fmt yuv420p out.mkv

Here some more working examples:

https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2354678

montagdude · 04-09-2017, 07:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ztcoracat

Very frustration because I don't understand what's wrong.

Code:

bash: cd: home/zebracat/Downloads/cheese-3.24.0/: No such file or directory
bash-4.3$ cd /home/zebracat/Downloads/cheese-3.24.0/
bash-4.3$ ./autogen.sh
**Warning**: I am going to run `configure' with no arguments.
If you wish to pass any to it, please specify them on the
`./autogen.sh' command line.

+ gtkdocize --copy
+ intltoolize --force --copy --automake
+ autoreconf --verbose --force --install -Wno-portability
autoreconf: Entering directory `.'
autoreconf: configure.ac: not using Gettext
autoreconf: running: aclocal --force --warnings=no-portability -I m4 ${ACLOCAL_FLAGS}
configure.ac:189: error: macro YELP_HELP_INIT is not defined; is a m4 file missing?
m4/ax_require_defined.m4:35: AX_REQUIRE_DEFINED is expanded from...
configure.ac:189: the top level
autom4te: /usr/bin/m4 failed with exit status: 1
aclocal: error: echo failed with exit status: 1
autoreconf: aclocal failed with exit status: 1
+ exit 1
bash-4.3$ ./configure
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/ginstall -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking for a thread-safe mkdir -p... /usr/bin/mkdir -p
checking for gawk... gawk
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
checking whether make supports nested variables... yes
checking whether to enable maintainer-specific portions of Makefiles... yes
checking whether make supports nested variables... (cached) yes
checking for gcc... gcc
checking whether the C compiler works... yes
checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out
checking for suffix of executables...
checking whether we are cross compiling... no
checking for suffix of object files... o
checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
checking for gcc option to accept ISO C89... none needed
checking whether gcc understands -c and -o together... yes
checking for style of include used by make... GNU
checking dependency style of gcc... gcc3
checking for a sed that does not truncate output... /usr/bin/sed
checking for valac... valac
configure: WARNING: no proper vala compiler found
configure: WARNING: you will not be able to compile vala source files
checking build system type... x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
checking host system type... x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
checking how to print strings... printf
checking for a sed that does not truncate output... (cached) /usr/bin/sed
checking for grep that handles long lines and -e... /usr/bin/grep
checking for egrep... /usr/bin/grep -E
checking for fgrep... /usr/bin/grep -F
checking for ld used by gcc... /usr/x86_64-slackware-linux/bin/ld
checking if the linker (/usr/x86_64-slackware-linux/bin/ld) is GNU ld... yes
checking for BSD- or MS-compatible name lister (nm)... /usr/bin/nm -B
checking the name lister (/usr/bin/nm -B) interface... BSD nm
checking whether ln -s works... yes
checking the maximum length of command line arguments... 1572864
checking how to convert x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu file names to x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu format... func_convert_file_noop
checking how to convert x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu file names to toolchain format... func_convert_file_noop
checking for /usr/x86_64-slackware-linux/bin/ld option to reload object files... -r
checking for objdump... objdump
checking how to recognize dependent libraries... pass_all
checking for dlltool... dlltool
checking how to associate runtime and link libraries... printf %s\n
checking for ar... ar
checking for archiver @FILE support... @
checking for strip... strip
checking for ranlib... ranlib
checking command to parse /usr/bin/nm -B output from gcc object... ok
checking for sysroot... no
checking for a working dd... /usr/bin/dd
checking how to truncate binary pipes... /usr/bin/dd bs=4096 count=1
checking for mt... mt
checking if mt is a manifest tool... no
checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E
checking for ANSI C header files... yes
checking for sys/types.h... yes
checking for sys/stat.h... yes
checking for stdlib.h... yes
checking for string.h... yes
checking for memory.h... yes
checking for strings.h... yes
checking for inttypes.h... yes
checking for stdint.h... yes
checking for unistd.h... yes
checking for dlfcn.h... yes
checking for objdir... .libs
checking if gcc supports -fno-rtti -fno-exceptions... no
checking for gcc option to produce PIC... -fPIC -DPIC
checking if gcc PIC flag -fPIC -DPIC works... yes
checking if gcc static flag -static works... yes
checking if gcc supports -c -o file.o... yes
checking if gcc supports -c -o file.o... (cached) yes
checking whether the gcc linker (/usr/x86_64-slackware-linux/bin/ld -m elf_x86_64) supports shared libraries... yes
checking whether -lc should be explicitly linked in... no
checking dynamic linker characteristics... GNU/Linux ld.so
checking how to hardcode library paths into programs... immediate
checking whether stripping libraries is possible... yes
checking if libtool supports shared libraries... yes
checking whether to build shared libraries... yes
checking whether to build static libraries... no
checking for cos in -lm... yes
checking for pkg-config... /usr/bin/pkg-config
checking pkg-config is at least version 0.24... yes
checking whether gcc understands -Wall... yes
checking whether gcc understands -Wstrict-prototypes... yes
checking whether gcc understands -Wnested-externs... yes
checking whether gcc understands -Werror=missing-prototypes... yes
checking whether gcc understands -Werror=implicit-function-declaration... yes
checking whether gcc understands -Werror=pointer-arith... yes
checking whether gcc understands -Werror=init-self... yes
checking whether gcc understands -Werror=format-security... no
checking whether gcc understands -Werror=format=2... yes
checking whether gcc understands -Werror=missing-include-dirs... yes
checking whether gcc understands -Werror=return-type... yes
checking what warning flags to pass to the C compiler... -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -Wnested-externs -Werror=missing-prototypes -Werror=implicit-function-declaration -Werror=pointer-arith -Werror=init-self -Werror=format=2 -Werror=missing-include-dirs -Werror=return-type
checking what language compliance flags to pass to the C compiler...
checking whether NLS is requested... yes
checking for intltool >= 0.50.0... 0.51.0 found
checking for intltool-update... /usr/bin/intltool-update
checking for intltool-merge... /usr/bin/intltool-merge
checking for intltool-extract... /usr/bin/intltool-extract
checking for xgettext... /usr/bin/xgettext
checking for msgmerge... /usr/bin/msgmerge
checking for msgfmt... /usr/bin/msgfmt
checking for gmsgfmt... /usr/bin/msgfmt
checking for perl... /usr/bin/perl
checking for perl >= 5.8.1... 5.22.2
checking for XML::Parser... ok
checking X11/extensions/XTest.h usability... yes
checking X11/extensions/XTest.h presence... yes
checking for X11/extensions/XTest.h... yes
checking for XTestFakeKeyEvent in -lXtst... yes
checking for CHEESE... no
configure: error: Package requirements (glib-2.0 >= 2.39.90
x11
gdk-pixbuf-2.0
gstreamer-pbutils-1.0 gstreamer-plugins-bad-1.0 >= 1.4
gnome-desktop-3.0
clutter-1.0 >= 1.13.2
clutter-gst-3.0 >= 3.0.0) were not met:

No package 'gnome-desktop-3.0' found
No package 'clutter-1.0' found
No package 'clutter-gst-3.0' found

Consider adjusting the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable if you
installed software in a non-standard prefix.

Alternatively, you may set the environment variables CHEESE_CFLAGS
and CHEESE_LIBS to avoid the need to call pkg-config.
See the pkg-config man page for more details.
bash-4.3$ make
make: *** No targets specified and no makefile found. Stop.
bash-4.3$

It tells you what's wrong right in the output of the configure command. It failed because you are missing gnome-desktop and other related packages, so no Makefile was generated. That's why `make` also fails. Unfortunately for you, we don't have gnome on Slackware, so you're not going to be able to build cheese.

Ztcoracat · 04-09-2017, 11:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by montagdude

It tells you what's wrong right in the output of the configure command. It failed because you are missing gnome-desktop and other related packages, so no Makefile was generated. That's why `make` also fails. Unfortunately for you, we don't have gnome on Slackware, so you're not going to be able to build cheese.

Thanks for pointing that out:-

I see it now--

Code:

No package 'gnome-desktop-3.0' found
No package 'clutter-1.0' found
No package 'clutter-gst-3.0' found

Looks like I'll have to install another distro along Slackware that has Gnome on this Vaio because I need Cheese. I'm not a fan of Gnome at all however; I need the webcam to record.

Shame Kamerka doesn't have this function.

bassmadrigal · 04-09-2017, 02:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ztcoracat

Looks like I'll have to install another distro along Slackware that has Gnome on this Vaio because I need Cheese. I'm not a fan of Gnome at all however; I need the webcam to record.

While Slackware doesn't come with Gnome, there are several projects that do provide it.

http://www.droplinegnome.org/
https://github.com/Dlackware/gnome

There's also Gnome alternatives, like Cinnamon and Mate that might provide the needed dependencies (Cinnamon states they provide Gnome Desktop -- however, I believe Mate is based on Gnome2, so the dependencies it provides might be too old for packages that rely on Gnome3 libraries). The below are a few projects to bring those to Slackware. I believe the first two are maintained by willysr and the other is by ivandi.

https://cinnamonslackbuilds.github.io/
https://mateslackbuilds.github.io/
http://www.bisdesign.ca/ivandi/slackware/SlackMATE/

Then you don't have to give up Slackware

Ztcoracat · 04-09-2017, 05:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bassmadrigal

While Slackware doesn't come with Gnome, there are several projects that do provide it.

http://www.droplinegnome.org/
https://github.com/Dlackware/gnome

There's also Gnome alternatives, like Cinnamon and Mate that might provide the needed dependencies (Cinnamon states they provide Gnome Desktop -- however, I believe Mate is based on Gnome2, so the dependencies it provides might be too old for packages that rely on Gnome3 libraries). The below are a few projects to bring those to Slackware. I believe the first two are maintained by willysr and the other is by ivandi.

https://cinnamonslackbuilds.github.io/
https://mateslackbuilds.github.io/
http://www.bisdesign.ca/ivandi/slackware/SlackMATE/

Then you don't have to give up Slackware

Thank you bassmadrigal for linking to Dropline Gnome 3.20. It's the first I've heard of it:-

I'm not a fan of Cinnamon or Mate but thank you.

On my other Linux Box I'm running a distro called 'Refracta' It's Devuan based built from Debian.
I'm thinking I should be able to install the GDM on that distribution. If that fails I'll consider Dropline.

Installing another disto alongside of Slackware on my Vaio has been on the 'To Do' list for a while. Just haven't had the time to get to it.

Thanks again for your help.

I'll never give up Slackware.-

montagdude · 04-09-2017, 05:29 PM

It seems like there must be some other software out there that does what you need. I just googled "Linux webcam recording software" and came up with this link that suggests VLC can do it:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Webcam

You can get a fully featured VLC most easily from Alien Bob's repos.

bassmadrigal · 04-09-2017, 05:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ztcoracat

Thank you bassmadrigal for linking to Dropline Gnome 3.20. It's the first I've heard of it:-

I'm not a fan of Cinnamon or Mate but thank you.

You don't have to use any of them... you just need them installed to be able to get the dependencies needed to build cheese. And you might not need to install everything, depending on what those dependencies need (but I have pretty much no experience with gnome, so who knows how much everything relies on).

But it might be worth looking into other programs as well. But I only use my webcam on my Windows laptop and only with skype (so we can chat with my wife's parents), so I haven't played with anything webcam related in Linux.

glorsplitz · 04-09-2017, 09:33 PM

Just throwing this out as hack/workaround.

There is another thread SimpleScreenRecorder so I decided to try it. Installed and worked as described.

With mjpg-streamer in a window streaming, using SimpleScreenRecorder I put a rectangle around the mjpg-streamer streaming window and recorded.

I've always wanted something like this, something simple, thanks for the nudge.

Ztcoracat · 04-10-2017, 01:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bassmadrigal

You don't have to use any of them... you just need them installed to be able to get the dependencies needed to build cheese. And you might not need to install everything, depending on what those dependencies need (but I have pretty much no experience with gnome, so who knows how much everything relies on).

But it might be worth looking into other programs as well. But I only use my webcam on my Windows laptop and only with skype (so we can chat with my wife's parents), so I haven't played with anything webcam related in Linux.

Right, agreed.

Not sure what I'm going to do at this point aside from installing another distro alongside Slack.

I'll look at other webcam programs tonight and see what else is out there.