Install CouchPotato Qnap nas to download movies

We are going to install CouchPotato Qnap in this manual. Install CouchPotato on a QNAP Nas. So that you can automatically download your films. This has been tested on QTS 4.2.x to 4.4.x. If you have a different version. Then this might not work.

Install CouchPotato via Putty

I use Putty. To set up an SSH connection to my Qnap.

Start Putty, and make a connection to your QNAP. Then log in with your ADMIN account on your QNAP.

Go to the correct folder.

cd /share/Public

Download the installation script. And set the permissions correctly on the installation script.

curl -skLO https://git.io/sherpa.sh && chmod +x sherpa.sh

Now we are going to install CouchPotato.

./sherpa.sh CouchPotato

When the installation is complete. Then remove the installation package.

rm sherpa.*

You are now done installing CouchPotato on your QNAP system. It is now time to start configuring CouchPotato.

Known issues while installing CouchPotato

Below a number of useful tips. If the installation of CouchPotato fails, on your Qnap.

View the log file.

cat sherpa.debug.log

Check whether all requirements are installed.

./sherpa.sh –check

If you run into another problem. then leave a message. Maybe someone can help you further.

Qnap CouchPotato tutorial

1. CouchPotato tutorials.
2. Install Qnap CouchPotato.
3. Qnap configure CouchPotato.