Linux - Install NX Desktop & Server purely via CLI?

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Michael Carbone

November 03, 2020 03:04

Hi,

looking at this article https://support.networkoptix.com/hc/en-us/articles/360010535793-Ubuntu-Linux-OS-Installation-Guide

it shows some CLI, then swaps to GUI.

Is it possible to do the full install of both the linux server and the client software via CLI?

Thanks!

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  Wendy Chuang

  • Network Optix team

  November 03, 2020 05:33 Edited

  Hi Michael Carbone,

  Gdebi is a very convenient tool that will help you to solve all dependency problems while installing the package.

  Try the command below if you'd like to run without GUI operations:

  #sudo gdebi nxwitness-server-x.x.x.xxxxx-linux64.deb
  #sudo gdebi nxwitness-client-x.x.x.xxxxx-linux64.deb

  Besides, you could use dpkg tool to install all local Debian packages if you'd like to install dependency by yourself.

  #sudo dpkg -i nxwitness-server-x.x.x.xxxxx-linux64.deb
  #sudo dpkg -i nxwitness-client-x.x.x.xxxxx-linux64.deb

  Let me know if you have further questions, thank you.

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  Michael Carbone

  November 03, 2020 05:34

  Great, thank you.

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  Hugh Smith

  April 14, 2021 11:00

  Hi Michael

  I've always used SSH to configure my linux server builds remotely.

  The bits to make the nx install in particular work that I use are:

  Note: to get the download link go to the NX download page for the version you want, right-click the link, copy link address.

  sudo apt install gdebi-core
  sudo wget https://updates.networkoptix.com/default/4.2.0.32658/linux/nxwitness-server-4.2.0.32658-linux64.deb
  sudo wget https://updates.networkoptix.com/default/4.2.0.32658/linux/nxwitness-client-4.2.0.32658-linux64.deb
  sudo gdebi nxwitness-server-4.2.0.32658-linux64.deb
  sudo gedebi nxwitness-client-4.2.0.32658-linux64.deb

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  Adam Anderson

  July 08, 2022 01:54

  Hi All,

  This fails for version
  gdebi nxwitness-server-5.0.0.35064-linux_x64.deb

  Im installing on Ubuntu

  Here is the error log

  root@ip-172-26-0-156:/home/ubuntu# gdebi nxwitness-server-5.0.0.35064-linux_x64.debReading package lists... DoneBuilding dependency tree        Reading state information... DoneReading state information... DoneNetwork Optix Nx Witness Media ServerDo you want to install the software package? [y/N]:y/usr/bin/gdebi:113: FutureWarning: Possible nested set at position 1  c = findall("[[(](\S+)/\S+[])]", msg)[0].lower()(Reading database ... 91004 files and directories currently installed.)Preparing to unpack nxwitness-server-5.0.0.35064-linux_x64.deb ...dpkg-query: no packages found matching systemd-coredump/var/lib/dpkg/tmp.ci/preinst: 58: cannot create /lib/systemd/systemd-coredump: Operation not permitteddpkg: error processing archive nxwitness-server-5.0.0.35064-linux_x64.deb (--install): new networkoptix-mediaserver package pre-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 2Errors were encountered while processing: nxwitness-server-5.0.0.35064-linux_x64.deb

  gdebi nxwitness-server-4.2.0.32658-linux64.deb

  Works fine though

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  Norman

  • Network Optix team

  July 08, 2022 11:47

  Hi Adam anderson

  The output suggests you being root, but the output indicates an permission error.

  Can you tell us a bit more about your system?

  1. What kind of hardware do you use?
  2. Which version of Ubuntu
  3. Did you update and upgrade the operating system already?

   

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  Pravash Chandra

  December 06, 2023 22:47

  Hi

  One of the NX Witness server wont come online but you can ping the IP address. You can only get to cockpit with 9090 port but 7001 takes you no where. Any suggestions?

   

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