Install SickGear Windows

In this SickGear installation Windows tutorial we will install the SickGear program on a Windows computer. So that you can automatically download series from the newsgroups.

Download and install GIT for Windows

You can download the latest version here: https://gitforwindows.org/

Click Next.

Next.

Next.

Next.

Next.

Next.

Next.

Next.

Next.

Next.

Next.

Then Next.

And then Install.

And then Finish. Git is now installed.

Install Python for SickGear

If you haven’t installed Python yet, you will need to install it as well. Python can be downloaded here.

You can download the latest version here https://www.python.org/downloads/

Start the setup.

Choose Install Now. And then Disable path length limit.

Install SickGear Windows

Now we can install SickGear on Windows.

Simultaneously press the Windows key and R on your keyboard.

Then type cmd, and then OK.

Then type below. En je zou dan de versie moeten zien van Python als de installatie goed is gegaan.

python -V

Then type the following.

python -m pip list

You will probably see something similar to the one below.

You must then upgrade this to a recent version. You do this with the commands below.

python -m pip install –upgrade pip
and
python -m pip install –upgrade setuptools

Check to be sure.

python -m pip list

Create SickGear folder.

md c:\SickGear

Go to the SickGear folder

cd c:\SickGear

Make folder

md data

SickGear download.

git clone https://github.com/SickGear/SickGear

cc

takeown /R /F SickGear > nul 2>&1

Create shortcut.

<path_to_python_exe>\pythonw.exe C:\SickGear\SickGear\sickgear.py --datadir "C:\SickGear\data"

Automatically start SickGear Windows

Copy the shortcut to the startup folder so that SickGear starts automatically when Windows starts.

Windows key + R key on your keyboard. And then type:shell:startup Then copy the shortcut here.

This was the tutorial to install SickGear Windows.

Tutorial SickGear Windows

1. SickGear tutorial.
2. SickGear install Windows.
3. SickGear Configure Windows.