Errors during webcam setup

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Camera model
RPi camera
What is the problem?
Trying to set it up using the Wiki...
What did you already try to solve it?
Just using the Wiki and hitting a barrier
Logs (/var/log/webcamd.log, syslog, dmesg, ... no logs, no support)
not applicable, commands below
Additional information about your setup (OctoPrint version, OctoPi version, ...)
OctoPrint 1.3.12, OctoPi 0.17.0, running on Raspberry Pi 3 Model B Rev 1.2

I'm following the Wiki for setup. Here's what I've entered, and the subsequent errors; I've looked through the thread for similar problems but found none:

pi@OctoPi:/ $ cd ~
pi@OctoPi:~ $ sudo apt install subversion libjpeg62-turbo-dev imagemagick ffmpeg libv4l-dev cmake
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
cmake is already the newest version (3.13.4-1).
imagemagick is already the newest version (8:6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1).
libjpeg62-turbo-dev is already the newest version (1:1.5.2-2+b1).
libv4l-dev is already the newest version (1.16.3-3).
subversion is already the newest version (1.10.4-1+deb10u1).
ffmpeg is already the newest version (7:4.1.4-1+rpt7~deb10u1).
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
pi@OctoPi:~ $ git clone https://github.com/jacksonliam/mjpg-streamer.git        fatal: destination path 'mjpg-streamer' already exists and is not an empty directory.
pi@OctoPi:~ $ cd mjpg-streamer/mjpg-streamer-experimental
pi@OctoPi:~/mjpg-streamer/mjpg-streamer-experimental $ export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=. pi@OctoPi:~/mjpg-streamer/mjpg-streamer-experimental $ make
**make: *** No targets specified and no makefile found.  Stop.**
pi@OctoPi:~/mjpg-streamer/mjpg-streamer-experimental $ ./mjpg_streamer -i "./input_uvc.so" -o "./output_http.so"
**-bash: ./mjpg_streamer: No such file or directory**
pi@OctoPi:~/mjpg-streamer/mjpg-streamer-experimental $

Any ideas?

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Try

cd ~
rm -rf mjpg-streamer

an then start over

But why are you doing that? OctoPi comes with mjpg-streamer preinstalled.

:warning:You should run my commands only if you want to delete the existing mjpg-streamer and compile your own. :warning:

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I was just following the instructions in the Wiki to get the camera going.

I should say out front that I'm not a coder. I muddle my way through with liberal use of CTRL-C and CTRL-V.

4

Oh okay. That wiki tutorial is for stock raspbian images. You got an OctoPi image which got everything you need preinstalled.

This answer might help you

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Thanks, I appreciate the comments. It's working fine now.

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