Medusa is an open-source multi-platform media management system that allows you to automate TV shows and movies downloading, indexing, and tracking. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing Medusa on POP! OS latest using the command line.
Before proceeding with this tutorial, you should have:
Before installing Medusa, you need to install some required dependencies. Open the terminal and run the following command to update the package list and install the dependencies:
sudo apt update
sudo apt install python3 python3-pip python3-lxml python3-sqlalchemy libssl-dev libffi-dev
Once you have installed the dependencies, you can install Medusa using the following command:
sudo pip3 install pymedusa
After installing Medusa, you need to configure it. First, create a user for Medusa:
sudo adduser --disabled-password --gecos "" medusa
Next, create a configuration file for Medusa. Run the following command:
sudo nano /etc/medusa/medusa.conf
Paste in the following configuration:
[General]
LogLevel = info
LogStdout = true
LogFile = /var/log/medusa.log
Base_Path = /opt/medusa
Extra_Python_Paths = /opt/medusa/libs
Database_Path = /opt/medusa/db
Save and close the file by pressing Ctrl+X, then Y, then Enter.
Now, change the ownership of the Medusa installation directory and the configuration file to the Medusa user:
sudo chown -R medusa:medusa /opt/medusa /etc/medusa
After configuring Medusa, you can start it using the following command:
sudo systemctl start medusa
You can check the status of Medusa using the following command:
sudo systemctl status medusa
Congratulations! You have successfully installed and configured Medusa on POP! OS Latest. You can now access Medusa by opening a web browser and navigating to http://<your-server-ip>:8081/.
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