Ubuntu Unofficial Repository

JCFP maintains an Ubuntu package which is stored in an unofficial repository¹.

The following part is (c) 2008 by JCF Ploemen

How To

I've created a repository with the latest version of SABnzbd+. When using this repository, you will be able to easily install the program and its dependencies, and in case any new version of the program is released, you will be automatically notified just like with any other updated package. Reasonable efforts will be made to keep things as up-to-date as possible. Be patient.

Currently hardy (8.04), intrepid (8.10), and jaunty (9.04), karmic (9.10), and lucid (10.04) are supported. Debian users: sabnzbdplus is in sid/unstable (contrib).

As with any repository, this one too has to be added to your /etc/apt/sources.list. To do so, run the following command in a terminal:

echo "deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/jcfp/ppa/ubuntu $(lsb_release -c -s) main" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list

Now add the repository's gpg key to the list of keys known and trusted by apt:

sudo apt-key adv --keyserver hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:11371 --recv-keys 0x98703123E0F52B2BE16D586EF13930B14BB9F05F

Next, tell apt to update, so it learns of the new package now available:

sudo apt-get update

Install the main program package. All dependencies will be automatically taken care of in this step as well:

sudo aptitude --with-recommends install sabnzbdplus

Finally, you can install the optional "Mobile" interface template:

sudo aptitude install sabnzbdplus-theme-mobile

And that's it. To start the program, just execute:

sabnzbdplus

Alternatively, the program can be started as a service (i.e., in the background on system boot) using the init.d script provided by the package. It will only work after you edit /etc/default/sabnzbdplus as per instructions in that file. Although for obvious reasons no browser is auto-started when running the program like this, the web interface is still available at the usual location of http://localhost:8080/sabnzbd/ (or whatever other host and port you configured).

The Fine Print

1. This is an unofficial package from an unofficial repository. Don't file bugs about packages installed from this repository in Ubuntu's bug tracker, instead complain right here in this topic.
2. Several small changes have been made compared to stock sabnzbd+; the only one relevant for everyday use is that the version from the package always tries to find and use the configuration in the home directory of the user starting it, even when run in the background. The standard one doesn't, instead - when run with the —daemon option - it always assumes its configuration is in the same directory as the executable. This is undesirable with a system-wide install on Linux, since it causes the program to attempt to store its configuration file in /usr/bin.
3. The sabnzbdplus package is also available from the official Ubuntu repositories (jaunty/9.04 and newer, in multiverse) as well as from Debian (sid/unstable, in contrib). It's safe to use the ppa and the official repositories side by side in Ubuntu; in case both have the same release the design of the package will cause the official repositories to take precedence.

If you are interested in packaging, want to grab the source package, or just check out the build logs, visit the launchpad ppa page of the repository.

Enjoy!

Footnotes

1. Remember that this package is not created and therefore not supported by the SABnzbd team! But do feel free to ask questions on the forum, which is frequently vistited by JCFP.