How do I actually install Neolink after Gstreamer is installed on Ubuntu Server?

[aaronj1234]

Hello,
I don't really understand how to install the Neolink package with the configuration file that I made. It just says to open a shell and type in that command "neolink --config my_config.toml" but it just comes up with an error, even if I cd to the directory where I unzipped it.

[QuantumEntangledAndy]

Oh my apologies on ubuntu, could you try this

1. cd to the directory it was unzipped to
2. make it exceutable

chmod +x neolink

3. Copy the my_config.toml to same directory
4. Run it with this

./neolink --config my_config.toml

Note the ./ at the front

[QuantumEntangledAndy]

Yep that is exec. I think your download dir has the noexec security on it.

We copied it to /usr/local/bin because that is a special directory (it is part of $PATH by default). You can run programs in there from any folder without using the ./ prefix.

So just run

neolink --config my_config.toml

No need for ./ or even for neolink to be in the same folder because ubuntu will use the one from the /usr/local/bin

[aaronj1234]

Hello,
I got another few errors :(

The configuration file is correct, so I'm not really sure what's going on

[QuantumEntangledAndy]

I suspect there is something wrong with the config. Can you show it to us? just *** out the sensitive stuff. I suspect you have missed a closing " or something small

[aaronj1234]

Hello,
Here's my config file:

[QuantumEntangledAndy]

That looks ok but lets go back a step. Why did you copy

/Neolink

This is not the executable I think. I think this is something different.

The excutable should be about 15499080 bytes but the one in your /usr/local/bin/neolink is only 161 bytes

[QuantumEntangledAndy]

Please can you run this:

ls -lha ~/Downloads/neolink /usr/local/bin/neolink
ls -lha /usr/local/bin/neolink

They should have the same file size

[QuantumEntangledAndy]

It's getting late where I am going to sleep goodlucj and hopefully you can get it fixed.

[aaronj1234]

Thanks for your help Andy, and goodnight

[QuantumEntangledAndy]

How did it go any success?

[aaronj1234]

Hello,
Unfortunately, I've got a couple more errors:

[aaronj1234]

I also opened the neolink file in the usr/local/bin dir, and it looked normal:

[QuantumEntangledAndy]

You have gone back a step ToT. You have copied the neolink CONFIG into /usr/local/bin/neolink. The file at /usr/local/bin/neolink SHOULD BE THE BINARY. We fixed this yesterday and you have unfixed it since then! Please do this:

cd ~/Downloads/
cp /usr/local/bin/neolink my_config.toml
sudo cp neolink /usr/local/bin/neolink
sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/neolink
neolink --config my_config.toml

[QuantumEntangledAndy]

Confirm that this file at /usr/local/bin/neolink is the right one by showing me the output of:

ls -lah /usr/local/bin/neolink
ls -lah my_config.toml

[aaronj1234]

Good news: It's working!

The camera's internet connection is a little intermittent at times, but at least the command is working!
Thanks for your help :)

[QuantumEntangledAndy]

Oh good. Since you screen shoted your password please change it. Also if you want neolink to keep running in the background please consider reading these documents:

https://github.com/thirtythreeforty/neolink/blob/master/docs/unix_setup.md

https://github.com/thirtythreeforty/neolink/blob/master/docs/unix_service.md

[aaronj1234]

Oh gosh did I? I'll change it immediately :l

[aaronj1234]

Thanks!