How to Install Lidarr on POP! OS Latest

Lidarr is a music collection manager and downloader for Usenet and BitTorrent users. Here are the steps to installing Lidarr on your POP! OS:

Step 1: Install Mono

Lidarr requires the Mono runtime environment. To install it, open the terminal and type in the command:

sudo apt install mono-complete

Once done, you can verify Mono’s installation by typing:

mono --version

It should display the version of Mono that you have installed.

Step 2: Download Lidarr

Go to https://lidarr.audio/, and download the latest release of Lidarr.

In the terminal, navigate to the directory where you have downloaded the Lidarr installation file. For example:

cd ~/Downloads

Step 3: Extract Lidarr

To extract the Lidarr installation file, run the following command:

tar -xvzf Lidarr.*.linux.tar.gz

Where Lidarr.*.linux.tar.gz is the name of the Lidarr installation file that you have downloaded.

Step 4: Move Lidarr

Now, move the Lidarr directory to the /opt directory:

sudo mv Lidarr /opt/

Then, give Lidarr the necessary permissions:

sudo chmod -R 777 /opt/Lidarr

Step 5: Create a Lidarr Systemd Service

To create a Lidarr service so that it automatically starts up when the system boots up, create a new file named "lidarr.service" in the /etc/systemd/system directory.

sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/lidarr.service

Then, copy the following code and paste it into the lidarr.service file:

[Unit]
Description=Lidarr Daemon
After=syslog.target network.target

[Service]
User=<your username>
Group=<your group>
Type=simple
ExecStart=/usr/bin/mono /opt/Lidarr/Lidarr.exe -data=/var/lib/lidarr

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

Make sure to replace "" with your actual username, and "" with your actual group.

Step 6: Start Lidarr

Start Lidarr service by running the following command:

sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl start lidarr.service

To check the status of Lidarr, run the following command:

sudo systemctl status lidarr.service

Step 7: Access Lidarr

You can now access Lidarr by opening your web browser and going to:

http://localhost:8686

And that’s it! You have successfully installed Lidarr on your POP! OS. Happy music management!

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