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In this Radarr install Ubuntu manual. Are we going to install Radarr and the necessary software to get Radarr working. We do this via the command line.

Install radarr on a Ubuntu system

We need to update first.

sudo apt-get update

Run the command below. To install the necessary software.

sudo apt-get install libmono-cil-dev curl mediainfo

Now we are going to download Radarr. Beware! This link may have changed. If a new version is out. See https://github.com/Radarr/Radarr/releases/ for the correct link.

sudo wget https://github.com/Radarr/Radarr/releases/download/v0.2.0.870/Radarr.develop.0.2.0.870.linux.tar.gz

Extract radarr to the radarr hidden folder. By a dot “.” the folder is hidden.

sudo tar -xf Radarr* -C /.radarr/

Set the folder rights correctly. Otherwise it may be that, Radarr cannot be updated to a recent version.

sudo chown -R username:username /.radarr/Radarr

Now we have to, go to the Radarr installation directory.

cd /.radarr/Radarr

Now we are going to start Radarr.

mono Radarr.exe

You can now acces Radarr on http: //server.ip.address: 7878.

Radarr auto start init.d

We are now going to add Radarr to the init.d startup script. So that Radarr is started. If Ubuntu starts.

sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/radarr.service

If you get a notification that Nano is not installed. Run the command below.

sudo apt-get install nano

Then copy and paste the script below. Beware! Adjust the username to your own Ubuntu username.

[Unit]
Description=Radarr Daemon
After=syslog.target network.target

[Service]
User=yourusername
Group=user
Type=simple
ExecStart=/usr/bin/mono /.radarr/Radarr/Radarr.exe -nobrowser
TimeoutStopSec=20
KillMode=process
Restart=on-failure

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

Now Ctrl+X, Y and Enter to save the script.

Now we need to activate the scipt.

sudo systemctl enable radarr

Now we can start Radarr.

sudo service radarr start

Now wait a minute. Radarr is now starting. You have now completed the installation of Radarr on Ubuntu.

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