amstanley · May 4, 2023 11:34 · Feb 15, 2016 · Feb 15, 2016 · Feb 15, 2016 · Feb 14, 2016
diff --git a/gistfile1.txt b/gistfile1.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-# STATUS A/O 2016 02 13: tested, works
+# STATUS A/O 2016 02 14: tested, works
 
 # based on https://barclaysapps.wordpress.com/2014/07/06/openalpr-install-for-rpi-and-udoo-and-tre-and-yun/ ,
 # http://lukagabric.com/raspberry-pi-license-plate-recognition/, and updated for new packages.

diff --git a/gistfile1.txt b/gistfile1.txt
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
 
 
 # download this tutorial:
-# wget https://gist.github.com/amstanley/9da7febc9a3e3c2228ee/archive/7d19810e396619736105cb8a0ec4789567313c19.zip
+# wget https://gist.github.com/amstanley/9da7febc9a3e3c2228ee/archive/888d43a54c4edee09fc452f8daae593884013245.zip
 # unzip the resulting file, which should give you a doirectory with a file called gistfile1.txt inside it
 # cd to the directory and make gistfile1.txt executable (chmod +x filename) so it can run as a script and then run it. 
 # when it is done resume manual entry

diff --git a/gistfile1.txt b/gistfile1.txt
@@ -42,10 +42,9 @@
 
 
 # download this tutorial:
-# wget https://gist.github.com/amstanley/9da7febc9a3e3c2228ee/archive/adaf91953da46498f00c885230d1d198a45370c6.zip
-# unzip 655ca8d3ca8eb17a3376123950de8445fb83a404.zip
-
-# make it executable (chmod +x filename) so it can run as a script and then run it. 
+# wget https://gist.github.com/amstanley/9da7febc9a3e3c2228ee/archive/7d19810e396619736105cb8a0ec4789567313c19.zip
+# unzip the resulting file, which should give you a doirectory with a file called gistfile1.txt inside it
+# cd to the directory and make gistfile1.txt executable (chmod +x filename) so it can run as a script and then run it. 
 # when it is done resume manual entry
 
 # Create a log file of the build as well as displaying the build on the tty as it runs

diff --git a/gistfile1.txt b/gistfile1.txt
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 # diskutil unmountDisk /dev/disk3
 # sudo dd bs=1m if=/Users/malcolm/Desktop/2016-02-09-raspbian-jessie.img of=/dev/rdisk3
 
-# then remove fronm the reader, plug the card into the raspberry pi and connect it to your lkaptop using a usb power cord and an ethernet cable.
+# then remove fronm the reader, plug the card into the raspberry pi and connect it to your laptop using a usb power cord and an ethernet cable.
 # be sure to be sharing internet access on the mac for this to work
 
 # ping raspberrypi.local
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 
 # sudo raspi-config
 # expand the memory card in the menu items
-# enbvalke camera support in the menu items
+# enable camera support in the menu items
 # reboot
 
 

diff --git a/gistfile1.txt b/gistfile1.txt
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
 
 
 # download this tutorial:
-# wget https://gist.github.com/amstanley/9da7febc9a3e3c2228ee/archive/cce90783252f766d342b424d63a15777546b88db.zip
+# wget https://gist.github.com/amstanley/9da7febc9a3e3c2228ee/archive/adaf91953da46498f00c885230d1d198a45370c6.zip
 # unzip 655ca8d3ca8eb17a3376123950de8445fb83a404.zip
 
 # make it executable (chmod +x filename) so it can run as a script and then run it. 

diff --git a/gistfile1.txt b/gistfile1.txt
@@ -21,12 +21,32 @@
 # note that an 8GB card will fill before this tutorial ends, so you will need a card bigger than that.
 # Not tested on a 16GB card so no idea if that will work or not.
 
+# Alternatively you can do the whole thing without using noobs following these steps:
+# tested using a mac: your mileage on other systems may vary
+# insert the memory card into a reader and plug into your computer usb port
+# diskutil list
+# diskutil unmountDisk /dev/disk3
+# sudo dd bs=1m if=/Users/malcolm/Desktop/2016-02-09-raspbian-jessie.img of=/dev/rdisk3
+
+# then remove fronm the reader, plug the card into the raspberry pi and connect it to your lkaptop using a usb power cord and an ethernet cable.
+# be sure to be sharing internet access on the mac for this to work
+
+# ping raspberrypi.local
+# ssh pi@<ipaddfress>
+# pw: raspberry
+
+# sudo raspi-config
+# expand the memory card in the menu items
+# enbvalke camera support in the menu items
+# reboot
+
+
 # download this tutorial:
 # wget https://gist.github.com/amstanley/9da7febc9a3e3c2228ee/archive/cce90783252f766d342b424d63a15777546b88db.zip
 # unzip 655ca8d3ca8eb17a3376123950de8445fb83a404.zip
 
 # make it executable (chmod +x filename) so it can run as a script and then run it. 
-# when it is done resume manual entry at line 112.
+# when it is done resume manual entry
 
 # Create a log file of the build as well as displaying the build on the tty as it runs
 exec > >(tee build_alpr_pi.log)

diff --git a/gistfile1.txt b/gistfile1.txt
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 # Not tested on a 16GB card so no idea if that will work or not.
 
 # download this tutorial:
-# wget https://gist.github.com/amstanley/9da7febc9a3e3c2228ee/archive/62c2636facec38187781f610531f3a9e7e41a3c7.zip
+# wget https://gist.github.com/amstanley/9da7febc9a3e3c2228ee/archive/cce90783252f766d342b424d63a15777546b88db.zip
 # unzip 655ca8d3ca8eb17a3376123950de8445fb83a404.zip
 
 # make it executable (chmod +x filename) so it can run as a script and then run it. 

diff --git a/gistfile1.txt b/gistfile1.txt
@@ -199,6 +199,7 @@ alpr -c us ea7the.jpg
 #upload_address = http://localhost:9000/push/
 
 #Save the file, exit, and type:
+# sudo service uv4l_raspicam restart
 # alprd -f 
 # and see if the daemon connects to the stream.
 

diff --git a/gistfile1.txt b/gistfile1.txt
@@ -166,4 +166,40 @@ alpr -c us ea7the.jpg
 #    - EA7TBB	 confidence: 68.2095
 
 # wget http://plates.openalpr.com/h786poj.jpg
-# alpr -c eu h786poj.jpg
+# alpr -c eu h786poj.jpg
+
+#edit the alprd daemon config:
+# cd /etc/openalpr
+# sudo nano alprd.conf
+
+# below the line that says '[daemon]' add or edit the foloowing lines to look like this:
+
+# ; country determines the training dataset used for recognizing plates. Valid values are us, eu
+# country = us
+
+#; text name identifier for this location
+# site_id = raspberry_pi
+
+#; Declare each stream on a separate line
+#; each unique stream should be defined as stream = [url]
+
+#stream = http://127.0.0.1:8080/stream/video.mjpeg
+#;stream = http://127.0.0.1/example_second_stream.mjpeg
+#;stream = webcam
+
+#; topn is the number of possible plate character variations to report
+#topn = 10
+
+#; Determines whether images that contain plates should be stored to disk
+#store_plates = 0
+#store_plates_location = /var/lib/openalpr/plateimages/
+#
+#; upload address is the destination to POST to
+#upload_data = 0
+#upload_address = http://localhost:9000/push/
+
+#Save the file, exit, and type:
+# alprd -f 
+# and see if the daemon connects to the stream.
+
+
diff --git a/gistfile1.txt b/gistfile1.txt
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 # Not tested on a 16GB card so no idea if that will work or not.
 
 # download this tutorial:
-# wget https://gist.github.com/amstanley/9da7febc9a3e3c2228ee/archive/a670894f0c0162c3f2efdcd93e527c59628f6c90.zip
+# wget https://gist.github.com/amstanley/9da7febc9a3e3c2228ee/archive/62c2636facec38187781f610531f3a9e7e41a3c7.zip
 # unzip 655ca8d3ca8eb17a3376123950de8445fb83a404.zip
 
 # make it executable (chmod +x filename) so it can run as a script and then run it. 

diff --git a/gistfile1.txt b/gistfile1.txt
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 # when it is done resume manual entry at line 112.
 
 # Create a log file of the build as well as displaying the build on the tty as it runs
-exec > >(tee build_gstreamer.log)
+exec > >(tee build_alpr_pi.log)
 exec 2>&1
 
 # Set Up the camera to stream mjpeg. to do this follow this tutorial exactly:
@@ -51,8 +51,7 @@ sudo apt-get install -y --force-yes autoconf build-essential automake libtool  g
                                     libxvidcore-dev libx264-dev libgtk2.0-dev libatlas-base-dev          \
                                     gfortran python2.7-dev python3-dev                                   \
                                     libcurl4-openssl-dev liblog4cplus-1.0-4 liblog4cplus-dev uuid-dev    \
-                                    uv4l uv4l-raspicam uv4l-raspicam-extras uv4l-server uv4l-mjpegstream \
-                                    gstreamer1.0
+                                    uv4l uv4l-raspicam uv4l-raspicam-extras uv4l-server uv4l-mjpegstream
 
 # Clone openalpr:
 cd /home/pi 

diff --git a/gistfile1.txt b/gistfile1.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-# STATUS A/O 2016 02 13: untested, indeterminate
+# STATUS A/O 2016 02 13: tested, works
 
 # based on https://barclaysapps.wordpress.com/2014/07/06/openalpr-install-for-rpi-and-udoo-and-tre-and-yun/ ,
 # http://lukagabric.com/raspberry-pi-license-plate-recognition/, and updated for new packages.

diff --git a/gistfile1.txt b/gistfile1.txt
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 # Not tested on a 16GB card so no idea if that will work or not.
 
 # download this tutorial:
-# wget https://gist.github.com/amstanley/9da7febc9a3e3c2228ee/archive/f0b0688f616560a72d29c50c696e60c5cd045203.zip
+# wget https://gist.github.com/amstanley/9da7febc9a3e3c2228ee/archive/a670894f0c0162c3f2efdcd93e527c59628f6c90.zip
 # unzip 655ca8d3ca8eb17a3376123950de8445fb83a404.zip
 
 # make it executable (chmod +x filename) so it can run as a script and then run it. 

diff --git a/gistfile1.txt b/gistfile1.txt
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ sed -i '11 i SET(OpenCV_DIR "~/openalpr/libraries/opencv-3.1.0/build")' /home/pi
 cmake ./
 make -j4
 sudo make install
-# sudo cp -r /usr/local/lib/* /lib 
+sudo cp -r /usr/local/lib/* /lib 
 # sudo cp /home/pi/openalpr/libraries/opencv-2.4.11/release/lib/* /lib
 # note: seems like this last step is just a path issue... surely better way to do this)
 

diff --git a/gistfile1.txt b/gistfile1.txt
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ unzip opencv_contrib.zip
 # clean up the downloads
 rm leptonica-1.71.tar.gz
 # rm opencv-2.4.9.zip
-rm unzip opencv.zip
+rm opencv.zip
 rm opencv_contrib.zip
 
 # compile leptonica:

diff --git a/gistfile1.txt b/gistfile1.txt
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 # Not tested on a 16GB card so no idea if that will work or not.
 
 # download this tutorial:
-# wget https://gist.github.com/amstanley/9da7febc9a3e3c2228ee/archive/e83810da8761d2c72938a0241ab5b3753055d017.zip
+# wget https://gist.github.com/amstanley/9da7febc9a3e3c2228ee/archive/f0b0688f616560a72d29c50c696e60c5cd045203.zip
 # unzip 655ca8d3ca8eb17a3376123950de8445fb83a404.zip
 
 # make it executable (chmod +x filename) so it can run as a script and then run it. 

diff --git a/gistfile1.txt b/gistfile1.txt
@@ -139,8 +139,8 @@ cd /home/pi/openalpr/src
 # SET(OpenCV_DIR "/home/pi/openalpr/libraries/opencv-2.4.11/release")
 # SET(Tesseract_DIR "/home/pi/openalpr/libraries/tesseract")
 # do this using sed
+sed -i '11 i SET(Tesseract_DIR "/home/pi/openalpr/libraries/tesseract")' /home/pi/openalpr/src/CMakeLists.txt
 sed -i '11 i SET(OpenCV_DIR "~/openalpr/libraries/opencv-3.1.0/build")' /home/pi/openalpr/src/CMakeLists.txt 
-sed -i '12 i SET(Tesseract_DIR "/home/pi/openalpr/libraries/tesseract")' /home/pi/openalpr/src/CMakeLists.txt
 
 cmake ./
 make -j4

diff --git a/gistfile1.txt b/gistfile1.txt
@@ -139,8 +139,8 @@ cd /home/pi/openalpr/src
 # SET(OpenCV_DIR "/home/pi/openalpr/libraries/opencv-2.4.11/release")
 # SET(Tesseract_DIR "/home/pi/openalpr/libraries/tesseract")
 # do this using sed
-sed '11 i SET(OpenCV_DIR "~/openalpr/libraries/opencv-3.1.0/build")' /home/pi/openalpr/src/CMakeLists.txt > /home/pi/openalpr/src/CMakeLists.txt
-sed '12 i SET(Tesseract_DIR "/home/pi/openalpr/libraries/tesseract")' /home/pi/openalpr/src/CMakeLists.txt > /home/pi/openalpr/src/CMakeLists.txt
+sed -i '11 i SET(OpenCV_DIR "~/openalpr/libraries/opencv-3.1.0/build")' /home/pi/openalpr/src/CMakeLists.txt 
+sed -i '12 i SET(Tesseract_DIR "/home/pi/openalpr/libraries/tesseract")' /home/pi/openalpr/src/CMakeLists.txt
 
 cmake ./
 make -j4

diff --git a/gistfile1.txt b/gistfile1.txt
@@ -139,8 +139,8 @@ cd /home/pi/openalpr/src
 # SET(OpenCV_DIR "/home/pi/openalpr/libraries/opencv-2.4.11/release")
 # SET(Tesseract_DIR "/home/pi/openalpr/libraries/tesseract")
 # do this using sed
-sed '11 i SET(OpenCV_DIR "~/openalpr/libraries/opencv-3.1.0/build")' /home/pi/openalpr/src/CMakeLists.txt
-sed '12 i SET(Tesseract_DIR "/home/pi/openalpr/libraries/tesseract")' /home/pi/openalpr/src/CMakeLists.txt
+sed '11 i SET(OpenCV_DIR "~/openalpr/libraries/opencv-3.1.0/build")' /home/pi/openalpr/src/CMakeLists.txt > /home/pi/openalpr/src/CMakeLists.txt
+sed '12 i SET(Tesseract_DIR "/home/pi/openalpr/libraries/tesseract")' /home/pi/openalpr/src/CMakeLists.txt > /home/pi/openalpr/src/CMakeLists.txt
 
 cmake ./
 make -j4

diff --git a/gistfile1.txt b/gistfile1.txt
@@ -131,26 +131,27 @@ sudo ldconfig
 cd ~/.virtualenvs/cv/lib/python2.7/site-packages/
 ln -s /usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/cv2.so cv2.so
 
-### Can't automate from here down as you need to edit files manually
-
 # Compile openALPR:
-# cd /home/pi/openalpr/src
+cd /home/pi/openalpr/src
 
 # nano CMakeLists.txt
 # add the following lines in the section near the top that has SET() statements
 # SET(OpenCV_DIR "/home/pi/openalpr/libraries/opencv-2.4.11/release")
 # SET(Tesseract_DIR "/home/pi/openalpr/libraries/tesseract")
+# do this using sed
+sed '11 i SET(OpenCV_DIR "~/openalpr/libraries/opencv-3.1.0/build")' /home/pi/openalpr/src/CMakeLists.txt
+sed '12 i SET(Tesseract_DIR "/home/pi/openalpr/libraries/tesseract")' /home/pi/openalpr/src/CMakeLists.txt
 
-# cmake ./
-# make -j4
-# sudo make install
+cmake ./
+make -j4
+sudo make install
 # sudo cp -r /usr/local/lib/* /lib 
 # sudo cp /home/pi/openalpr/libraries/opencv-2.4.11/release/lib/* /lib
 # note: seems like this last step is just a path issue... surely better way to do this)
 
 # test the library (from https://github.com/openalpr/openalpr/wiki/Compilation-instructions-(Ubuntu-Linux)):
-# wget http://plates.openalpr.com/ea7the.jpg
-# alpr -c us ea7the.jpg
+wget http://plates.openalpr.com/ea7the.jpg
+alpr -c us ea7the.jpg
 
 # result: 
 # plate0: 10 results

diff --git a/gistfile1.txt b/gistfile1.txt
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ mkdir build
 cd build
 cmake -D CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RELEASE \
 	-D CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr/local \
-	-D INSTALL_C_EXAMPLES=ON \
+	-D INSTALL_C_EXAMPLES=OFF \
 	-D INSTALL_PYTHON_EXAMPLES=ON \
 	-D OPENCV_EXTRA_MODULES_PATH=/home/pi/openalpr/libraries/opencv_contrib-3.1.0/modules \
 	-D BUILD_EXAMPLES=ON ..

diff --git a/gistfile1.txt b/gistfile1.txt
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ cmake -D CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RELEASE \
 	-D CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr/local \
 	-D INSTALL_C_EXAMPLES=ON \
 	-D INSTALL_PYTHON_EXAMPLES=ON \
-	-D OPENCV_EXTRA_MODULES_PATH=/home/pi/openalpr/libraries/opencv_contrib-3.1.0 \
+	-D OPENCV_EXTRA_MODULES_PATH=/home/pi/openalpr/libraries/opencv_contrib-3.1.0/modules \
 	-D BUILD_EXAMPLES=ON ..
 make -j4
 sudo make install

diff --git a/gistfile1.txt b/gistfile1.txt
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ cmake -D CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RELEASE \
 	-D CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr/local \
 	-D INSTALL_C_EXAMPLES=ON \
 	-D INSTALL_PYTHON_EXAMPLES=ON \
-	-D OPENCV_EXTRA_MODULES_PATH=~/opencv_contrib-3.1.0/modules \
+	-D OPENCV_EXTRA_MODULES_PATH=/home/pi/openalpr/libraries/opencv_contrib-3.1.0 \
 	-D BUILD_EXAMPLES=ON ..
 make -j4
 sudo make install

diff --git a/gistfile1.txt b/gistfile1.txt
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ cmake -D CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RELEASE \
 	-D CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr/local \
 	-D INSTALL_C_EXAMPLES=ON \
 	-D INSTALL_PYTHON_EXAMPLES=ON \
-	-D OPENCV_EXTRA_MODULES_PATH=~/opencv_contrib-3.0.0/modules \
+	-D OPENCV_EXTRA_MODULES_PATH=~/opencv_contrib-3.1.0/modules \
 	-D BUILD_EXAMPLES=ON ..
 make -j4
 sudo make install

diff --git a/gistfile1.txt b/gistfile1.txt
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 # Not tested on a 16GB card so no idea if that will work or not.
 
 # download this tutorial:
-# wget https://gist.github.com/amstanley/9da7febc9a3e3c2228ee/archive/f0aa626d86b4dce3059a3b2928f59986bbb7a9e0.zip
+# wget https://gist.github.com/amstanley/9da7febc9a3e3c2228ee/archive/e83810da8761d2c72938a0241ab5b3753055d017.zip
 # unzip 655ca8d3ca8eb17a3376123950de8445fb83a404.zip
 
 # make it executable (chmod +x filename) so it can run as a script and then run it. 

diff --git a/gistfile1.txt b/gistfile1.txt
@@ -112,9 +112,11 @@ echo 'export WORKON_HOME=$HOME/.virtualenvs' >> ~/.profile
 echo 'source /usr/local/bin/virtualenvwrapper.sh' >> ~/.profile
 source ~/.profile
 mkvirtualenv cv
-pip install numpy
+source ~/.profile
 workon cv
-cd ~/opencv-3.0.0/
+pip install numpy
+
+cd /home/pi/openalpr/libraries/opencv-3.1.0
 mkdir build
 cd build
 cmake -D CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RELEASE \

diff --git a/gistfile1.txt b/gistfile1.txt
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 # Not tested on a 16GB card so no idea if that will work or not.
 
 # download this tutorial:
-# wget https://gist.github.com/amstanley/9da7febc9a3e3c2228ee/archive/a4ba8757e4216a4a01714dca974b2317aebd1e2c.zip
+# wget https://gist.github.com/amstanley/9da7febc9a3e3c2228ee/archive/f0aa626d86b4dce3059a3b2928f59986bbb7a9e0.zip
 # unzip 655ca8d3ca8eb17a3376123950de8445fb83a404.zip
 
 # make it executable (chmod +x filename) so it can run as a script and then run it. 

diff --git a/gistfile1.txt b/gistfile1.txt
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 # Not tested on a 16GB card so no idea if that will work or not.
 
 # download this tutorial:
-# wget https://gist.github.com/amstanley/9da7febc9a3e3c2228ee/archive/655ca8d3ca8eb17a3376123950de8445fb83a404.zip
+# wget https://gist.github.com/amstanley/9da7febc9a3e3c2228ee/archive/a4ba8757e4216a4a01714dca974b2317aebd1e2c.zip
 # unzip 655ca8d3ca8eb17a3376123950de8445fb83a404.zip
 
 # make it executable (chmod +x filename) so it can run as a script and then run it. 

diff --git a/gistfile1.txt b/gistfile1.txt
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ exec 2>&1
 curl http://www.linux-projects.org/listing/uv4l_repo/lrkey.asc | sudo apt-key add -
 
 # Add the following line to the file /etc/apt/sources.list (type sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list) :
-sudo sh -c "echo 'deb http://www.linux-projects.org/listing/uv4l_repo/raspbian/ wheezy main' >> /etc/apt/sources.list"
+sudo -- sh -c "echo deb http://www.linux-projects.org/listing/uv4l_repo/raspbian/ wheezy main >> /etc/apt/sources.list"
 
 # Update and Upgrade the Pi, otherwise the build may fail due to inconsistencies
 sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade -y --force-yes

diff --git a/gistfile1.txt b/gistfile1.txt
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ exec 2>&1
 curl http://www.linux-projects.org/listing/uv4l_repo/lrkey.asc | sudo apt-key add -
 
 # Add the following line to the file /etc/apt/sources.list (type sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list) :
-sudo echo 'deb http://www.linux-projects.org/listing/uv4l_repo/raspbian/ wheezy main' >> /etc/apt/sources.list
+sudo sh -c "echo 'deb http://www.linux-projects.org/listing/uv4l_repo/raspbian/ wheezy main' >> /etc/apt/sources.list"
 
 # Update and Upgrade the Pi, otherwise the build may fail due to inconsistencies
 sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade -y --force-yes