How to Install Radarr on OpenSUSE Latest

Introduction

Radarr is a movie management tool that automatically grabs movie files from various online sources. In this tutorial, we will learn how to install Radarr on OpenSUSE latest.

Prerequisites

Before starting with the installation of Radarr, the following prerequisites must be met:

• Running OpenSUSE Latest on your system
• The system must be updated with all security patches.
• System user account with administrative privileges

Step 1: Install Mono and Docker

Radarr requires Mono and Docker to be installed on your system. Use the following commands to install them:

sudo zypper install mono-complete
sudo zypper install docker

Step 2: Create Radarr User

Create a Radarr user and assign it to the /var/lib/radarr directory:

sudo useradd -r -s /usr/sbin/nologin radarr
sudo chown -R radarr:radarr /var/lib/radarr

Step 3: Install and Configure Radarr

Use the following commands to download and install the Radarr package:

cd /tmp
sudo wget https://github.com/Radarr/Radarr/releases/download/v0.2.0.1420/Radarr.develop.0.2.0.1420.linux.tar.gz
sudo tar -xvzf Radarr.develop.0.2.0.1420.linux.tar.gz -C /opt/
sudo ln -s /opt/Radarr /usr/local/radarr

Use the following command to change ownership of the /opt/Radarr directory:

sudo chown -R radarr:radarr /opt/Radarr

Create the Radarr systemd file at /etc/systemd/system/radarr.service with the following contents:

[Unit]
Description=Radarr Daemon

[Service]
User=radarr
Group=radarr
Type=simple
ExecStart=/usr/bin/mono /opt/Radarr/Radarr.exe -nobrowser
TimeoutStopSec=20
KillMode=process

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

Run the following command to enable the Radarr systemd service file:

sudo systemctl enable radarr.service

Step 4: Start and Verify Radarr

Start the Radarr daemon by running the following command:

sudo systemctl start radarr.service

Once the service is started, verify the service status with the following command:

sudo systemctl status radarr.service

You should see output indicating that the service is running.

Step 5: Access Radarr from your Browser

Radarr should now be accessible through your web browser. Navigate to http://localhost:7878 to access Radarr.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we learned how to install and configure Radarr on OpenSUSE Latest. Radarr is a powerful movie management tool that allows you to automatically download movies from various online sources. Once installed, you can access Radarr through your web browser and start managing your movies.

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