Sick Beard Install, Setup, and Configuration Guide for Ubuntu 10.04 LTS

[Ainer]

I've updated my guide (link at the bottom).

Introduction

Greetings, this is an updated Install, Setup, and Configuration guide for Sick Beard on Ubuntu 10.04 LTS (Lucid Lynx). This guide should also be easily adapted to other GNU/Linux distributions like Linux Mint 9 (Isadora), Xubuntu, Kubuntu, and Lubuntu and somewhat close for Debian Squeeze, Sidux, and any other Debian based distos.

This guide will be actively maintained and updated throughout the two year life of the Ubuntu 10.04 LTS (Lucid Lynx) release. Ubuntu 10.04 LTS is my supported and recommended operating system so I will not be doing specific guides for Ubuntu 10.10 (Maverick Meerkat) or for any subsequent releases until Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (though this guide should be easily adaptable for any interim releases).

This guide is considered a companion guide to my SABnzbd+ Install, Setup, and Configuration Guide as it assumes you have a fully functioning installation of SABnzbd+. It can be used without, but it's not supported.

Since my last guide Sick Beard has seen steady and progressive development and while it is still considered developmental software, it is being used regularly by many with minimal issues. For anyone looking for a Usenet PVR application, or for anyone using Episode Butler or similar applications, I strongly recommend trying out Sick Beard, as I'd bet dollars to donuts that you might just stick with it (and for good reason!).

For those who are not familiar, Sick Beard is an application that can, at its basic level, be used to automatically scan any existing episodic content that your computer might have, create a list of all the files that are present and missing, and then automatically search for any missing episodes that you might want. It can then send these found sources to SABnzbd+ and then rename and organize them for you. Sick Beard when combined with SABnzbd+, XBMC, and some solid Usenet index sites can make for a fabulously streamlined setup (one which, is probably second to none).

This guide, like my others, is written in casual English in an effort to be accessible by as many as possible, we'll stay out of the command line as much as possible and stick to the good old graphical user interface. I do not think Ubuntu is a nerd only operating system and I try to write my guides so that even novices can utilize them (see my About page for more details).

With that out of the way, onwards!

Read the rest (fully formatted) here: http://www.ainer.org/?p=747

[Ainer]

I've updated my guide to include an auto-start stop script that includes an update function. This is the same script as I've posted to the Sick Beard thread, but has full instructions and details for anyone that wants or needs them. See the Auto Run section of my guide for more information.

[adaemox]

I've updated my Sick Beard guide for anyone that's interested. I've also updated the start/stop/update script since some apparent changes at github broke it. The guide has been updated for the latest master build of Sick Beard and the script has had all its annoyances nerfed.

Guide & Script: http://www.ainer.org/?p=747

Script: http://ainer.org/scripts/sickbeard.txt

Enjoy and take care,
daemox

(If you have questions leave a comment on my site. I only check in here once a month or so.)