Configure MotionPlus Environment and Install MotionPlus from GitHub Source

NOTE: This instruction assumes the installation is performed on a installed version of Raspberry Pi OS.

Step 1 - Install prerequsities

Install prerequisite packages on Raspberry Pi OS

sudo apt update -y && sudo apt upgrade -y && sudo apt-get install ffmpeg autoconf automake autopoint build-essential pkgconf libtool libzip-dev libjpeg-dev git libavformat-dev libavcodec-dev libavutil-dev libswscale-dev libavdevice-dev libopencv-dev libwebp-dev gettext libmicrohttpd-dev libmariadb-dev libcamera-dev libcamera-tools libcamera-v4l2 libasound2-dev libpulse-dev libfftw3-dev libpq-dev libsqlite3-dev mariadb-server mariadb-client

Step 2 - Add motion user and group.

sudo addgroup --system motion
sudo adduser --system --shell /usr/sbin/nologin --home /var/lib/motion --ingroup motion --no-create-home motion

Step 3 - Create video storage location and set permissions

sudo mkdir -p /home/motion && sudo chown motion:motion /home/motion/ && sudo chmod g+w /home/motion/
ln -s /home/motion /home/pi/Videos/cctv

Step 4 - Add motion and pi users to the motion group. Add the motion user to the video group to access the camera hardware.

sudo usermod -a -G motion pi
sudo usermod -a -G video motion
sudo usermod -a -G motion motion

Step 5 - Confirm group membership

groups pi
groups motion

Step 6 - Create the motionplus config and log directories

sudo mkdir -p /etc/motionplus
sudo mkdir /var/log/motionplus
sudo chown motion:root /var/log/motionplus

Step 7 - Clone the GitHub project, build, and install

Go to the build instructions to clone a local copy of the MotionPlus GitHub repository.

mkdir ~/src
cd ~/src
git clone https://github.com/Motion-Project/motionplus.git
cd motionplus
autoreconf -fiv
./configure
make
sudo make install

Next Step: Configure MotionPlus