How To Install sabnzbdplus on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
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Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install sabnzbdplus on Ubuntu.
What is sabnzbdplus
sabnzbdplus is:
SABnzbd+ is a web-based binary newsgrabber written in Python, with support for the popular nzb file format. It greatly simplifies the process of downloading from Usenet, thanks to a friendly web-based, fully customizable user interface and advanced built-in post-processing options including the ability to automatically verify, repair, extract and clean up downloaded posts.
Multiple servers are supported, as well as secure (ssl) connections, ipv6, scheduling, pausing and resuming downloads, queue manipulation, rss feeds, automatic sorting, a download history, email notifications, and custom post-processing scripts. An extensive API allows third party applications to interact with the program.
This package contains the program itself and all interface templates.
There are three methods to install sabnzbdplus on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install sabnzbdplus Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install sabnzbdplus using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install sabnzbdplus
Install sabnzbdplus Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install sabnzbdplus using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install sabnzbdplus
Install sabnzbdplus Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install sabnzbdplus using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install sabnzbdplus
How To Uninstall sabnzbdplus on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the sabnzbdplus package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove sabnzbdplus
Uninstall sabnzbdplus And Its Dependencies
To uninstall sabnzbdplus and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove sabnzbdplus
Remove sabnzbdplus Configurations and Data
To remove sabnzbdplus configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge sabnzbdplus
Remove sabnzbdplus configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove sabnzbdplus configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge sabnzbdplus
Dependencies
sabnzbdplus have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install sabnzbdplus package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.