Readarr setup Ubuntu

In this tutorial, Readarr setup Ubuntu. We are going to set up Readar so that the desired E-books and Audio books are automatically downloaded from the newsgroups.

You must have the SABnzbd program installed on your Ubuntu system. And you must be able to download from the newsgroups. If this is not yet the case, first see the tutorial: Setup SABnzbd Ubuntu or install SABnzbd Ubuntu.

Readarr setup Ubuntu Media Management

Open the Readarr web page.

Go to Settings, then Media Management, turn on Show Advanced.

Check the box here Books deleted from disk are automatically unmonitered in Readarr.

Under Root Folder, Tap the Plus sign.

Name give it the name books or something you want. This doesn’t matter much.

At Path you specify a folder in which you want to save your books.

And then click Save.

Create folders for Readarr

If you have not yet created a folder, create it as follows.

sudo mkdir /downloads/books

Set permissions correctly on the folder.

sudo chown -R username /downloads/books

Don’t forget to regularly click Save Changes above if you have made any changes.

indexers Readarr setup Ubuntu

You need an indexer. So that Readarr knows where he can download the NZB file from. These indexers search the newsgroups for new uploads.

Go to Settings , and choose Indexers.

Click on the plus icon.

Select Newznab.

You must now enter the details of your Newznab server. If you don’t have one yet, see the list of Newznab servers. The more you add, the more likely your audiobooks and books will be found in the newsgroups.

Click Test, and then Save.

Minimum age 5 minutes.

Maximum Size 3000 is more than enough. If you only download E-books, this can be a lot smaller, for example 300MB. This increases the chance that less good books will be downloaded.

Retention The retention of your Usenet provider. You can often find this information on the website of your usenet provider. This is usually two years, or more nowadays.

And click Save.

Profiles Readarr setup Ubuntu

We are now going to set up the profiles for the desired quality time you want.

Go to Settings, then Profiles.

We are going to modify a standard profile.

Click eBook.

This is something you have to configure to your own taste, and what your device supports. The extensions below are for E-books. The rest is for Audio books, you create a separate profile for that.

AZW3 format is from Amazon.

EPUB Supported by most E-books readers.

Mobi is an old format and is no longer being developed. If your e-reader supports it, I would leave it on. The greater the chance that your desired download will be found.

PDF This is supported by almost every device.

Check the box UpgradesAllowed. Readarr then stops searching when the top result is reached.

You can adjust the order by clicking on the 3 lines with your mouse.

Click Save, when it has been adjusted to your desired profile.

Choose Spoken for Audiobooks if you want to download them automatically.

Check the box here as well UpgradesAllowed. This causes Readarr to stop searching when the top result is reached.

You have to find out for yourself whether your device can handle these audio formats. Flac often causes problems. But this is excellent audio quality.

Now press the Plus icon at the bottom of Release Profiles.

At Must Contain you can indicate what should be present in the release name.

Must not Contain can block your releases from certain release groups. So what should not be present.

And click Save. You’ll probably have to adjust this later if you get unwanted books.

Configure Readarr download program

Now we go to Download clients. So we can link Readarr to SABnzbd.

Click on the Plus icon.

Select SABnzbd.

You now need to open SABNzbd, because you need some information from your SABnzbd installation, this information is different for everyone.

In SABnzbd, click on the Gear icon. Go to the categories tab.

Add a Readarr category. You can also do this without it. But then you must also leave this empty when adding Sabznbd.

And then under the General tab, you can find the above information you need.

Now go back to Readarr. Fill in the above information. Beware! You need the API key and not the NZB key.

Click Test and then Save. If the test fails. Check the data again. SABnzbd must also be running.

Make sure the above is on. So that a download is attempted again if a download fails. Your Newznab provider must support this. But nowadays they all support this.

Automatically download books with Readarr

Now we can add the desired books that you want to download from the newsgroups.

Now go to Library. then ADD New.

You can search for a book name and the author will appear. Click here.

Now the next screen comes up. Here you can indicate whether you want the Audiobooks or the E-books. You can’t do both for the same writer. You then have to install a second Readarr and run it next to it. It is best to use one for audio books and one for written books.

Check the box Start search for missing books. And then click the green button to add this writer. It will now automatically search for the books by this author. This may take a while, please be patient. Depending on how many Newznab providers you have added, filters and whether the book is wanted.

Now if you go to Books. Then you will see all the books by this author.

This was the Readarr setup guide on Ubuntu. If you run into any issues, please leave a comment. And also see the Readarr FAQ for the most frequently asked questions.

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