Installation

SABnzbd+

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Now that we have access to the latest and greatest SABnzbd+ build it’s time to install it. To do so, go up to the Applications menu and down to (and click on) the Ubuntu Software Center.

Once this has loaded in the top right search box type in

sabnzbdplus

The first entry should be sabnzbdplus. If so, click on Install and enter your password if prompted. The Ubuntu Software Center should now have an In Progress entry below the Get Software and Installed Software ones.

Once this has gone SABnzbd+ will now be installed (along with the smpl, plush, and classic themes)! You can verify this by clicking back on the Get Software entry and your previous search should still be there and sabnzbdplus (as well as the themes) should have a green check mark next to it with an option to Remove instead of Install.

Optional: You may also want to Install the sabnzbdplus-theme-mobile theme. Currently, however, this is outside the scope of this guide. I will however happily add it if someone wants to send me a free compatible mobile device (preferably something with Maemo or Android)!

Once finished Close out of the Ubuntu Software Center and move on to the multi-threaded par2 installation.

PAR2

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Now, we’ll need to launch a file manager (nautilus) with root (or administrative) privileges so we can copy those files over the existing single threaded par2 utility. To do so hit Alt-F2. A little Run Application box should pop-up. Now, type in:

gksudo nautilus

Type in your password when prompted and hit Enter. This should launch a file browser. This file browser will have root access to your system so be VERY CAREFUL not to delete or do anything other than the following steps.

In this Root File Manager browse to the /usr/bin folder (to do so you can hit Control-l and then type in the path). Once at /usr/bin, if you type in par2 (or manually browse) you should have a par2 file in this directory. If not go back and verify your SABnzbd+ installation.

If you do have the par2 file, copy the three files that were mentioned in the PAR2 Pre-Installation section (par2, libtbb.so, libtbb.so.2) into the /usr/bin directory (I recommend dragging them from a “Normal” File Manager and dropping them into the Root File Manager). When prompted Replace the existing par2 file. After the copying has finished Close out of the Root File Manager.

Congratulations! You now have a multi-threaded par2 utility that SABnzbd+ can utilize!

Auto-run

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One of the nicest features of SABnzbd+ is the ability to set it and forget it, but to do that we need to set it to automatically start-up and shutdown (cleanly!). Luckily, this is easy (thanks again to JCFP!).

First off, we need to launch a text editor (gedit) with root privileges. To do so we’ll need to hit Alt-F2 again and in the In the terminal type in the following:

gksudo gedit /etc/default/sabnzbdplus

Type in your password and hit Enter. A text editor should launch with a bunch of configuration options. We only need to add one thing to this file.

Find the section that says USER=, here you will need to enter in your Ubuntu user name (this is not your full name but the short login name) See the image to the right for what it should look like.

If you are not sure what this is go back to the System and Administration menus and select Users and Groups. Your user name should be greyed out and in italics just below your full name.

Once you have entered your name the configuration file should look something like this (using ainer as an example):

# [required] user or uid of account to run the program as:
USER=daemox

Be sure to note that there is no space between the equal sign and the user name.

Once this is done, hit the Save button and close the text editor (and anything else you still have open). Now, reboot your system to test.