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SABnzbd+ Install, Setup, and Configuration Guide for Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid Lynx)

Introduction

This is my long time coming, (updated) Install, Setup, and Configuration guide for SABnzbd+ on Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid Lynx). This guide should be easily adaptable for Linux Mint 9 (Isadora), and somewhat close for Debian Squeeze and Sidux.

This guide will be actively maintained and updated throughout the life of the Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid Lynx) Long Term Support release (two years). This is my supported and recommended operating system so I will not be doing specific guides for Ubuntu 10.10 (Maverick Meerkat) or for any subsequent releases until Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (though this guide will likely be easily adaptable for the interim releases).

Since my last guide it’s become a lot easier to get SABnzbd+ up and running on an Ubuntu based system. To reflect that I’ve expanded this guide to include installing a multi-threaded par2 file checker, added a supplemental software list, and I have worked to polish up the guide even further (like adding select screen shots!).

For those that are not familiar, SABnzbd+ which, I read as “SAB-newzbin” (though “SAB-nzb-daemon plus” is probably much closer to correct!), is an Usenet client. It is highly automated, robust, and once set up can run and run with minimal user intervention.

Like my last, this guide avoids the command line as much as possible and is written in casual English in an effort to be accessible by as many as possible. I do not think Ubuntu is a nerds only operating system, and I write guides that even novices should be able to understand (see my About page for more information).

So, without further ado, lets move on to the… Read the rest of this entry »

Linux Mint & Ubuntu SABnzbd+ Install, Setup, & Configuration Guide

Note: This guide is now deprecated. I have created a new guide for Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid Lynx), Linux Mint 9 (Isadora), and Debian Squeeze and Sidux. It can be found here on this site. Enjoy!

Introduction

Welcome! This is my little (but long!) write up on how to install and configure SABnzbd+ (I pronounce this, undoubtedly incorrectly, as “sab-newzbin-plus”) 0.5.0 under Linux Mint 8 (Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala).

This should work pretty well for Linux Mint 7 and probably for Linux Mint 9 (Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope/10.04 Lucid Lynx), changing the relevant repositories as necessary (for LM 7 use “jaunty” in place of “karmic” and for LM 9 use “lucid”).

For this tutorial I’ll be sticking to the GUI as much as possible to make it easier for new GNU/Linux users. We’ll only hop onto the terminal for one command and only then so we can open up a GUI text editor. However, if you know a quicker way to do any of the below steps via the CLI please improvise as you will. I have written this in a relaxed, casual manner so it should be easy enough for anyone to work through so long as they are capable of following directions and are able to navigate around a modern computer desktop. Read the rest of this entry »