NZB downloader alternative

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#1

Hi all,

I have just upgraded my distro to 11.3 and unfortunately now I can’t run my favourite NZB downloader (running from wine) Alt.binz.

Is there any program GUI based that is user friendly and easy to use on Linux that someone can recommend for me.

Thank you.

#2

On Sat, 17 Jul 2010 13:36:01 +0000, leo mancini wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I have just upgraded my distro to 11.3 and unfortunately now I can’t run
> my favourite NZB downloader (running from wine) Alt.binz.
>
> Is there any program GUI based that is user friendly and easy to use on
> Linux that someone can recommend for me.
>
> Thank you.

Pan is capable of using NZB files, IIRC.

Jim

–
Jim Henderson
openSUSE Forums Administrator

#3

Thanks Jim,

That helped greatly!

#4

leo mancini wrote:

> Is there any program GUI based that is user friendly and easy to use on
> Linux that someone can recommend for me.

nntpgrab: http://www.nntpgrab.nl/

It can download, automatic repair broken files, unpack and cleans up after.
There is an opensuse repository for it:
http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/OpenFTD/openSUSE_11.3/

There is also sabnzb: http://sabnzbd.org/

It is a web based (runs in the background and can be configured in a
webbrowser) nzb program that does all nntpgrab does and more.
It can for example also shutdown the computer when it’s done downloading.

There’s no repository for it though, it will require some manual installing.

–
Chris Maaskant

#5

sabnzbd is the best, but i dunno how to compile it for suse, there’s a fedora rpm but unsure how well it works

#6

Late reply but for those interested in installing sabnzbd…this was done on 11.3.

Installing / Configuration

  1. Download tar
>wget  http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/sabnzbdplus/sabnzbdplus/sabnzbd-0.5.6/SABnzbd-0.5.6-src.tar.gz?r=http%3A%2F%2Fsabnzbd.org%2Fdownload%2F&ts=1299214117&use_mirror=surfnet
  1. Untar
>tar xvf SABnzbd-0.5.6-src.tar.gz
  1. Install python-devel
>sudo zypper in python-devel
  1. Install Cheetah
> sudo zypper in python-setuptools
> sudo easy_install cheetah
  1. Install python-openssl (for SSL connections to newhosting server)
> sudo zypper in python-openssl
  1. Install yenc
> sudo zypper in gcc
> wget http://sabnzbd.sourceforge.net/yenc-0.3.tar.gz
> tar xzvf yenc-0.3.tar.gz
> cd yenc-0.3
> sudo python setup.py build
> sudo python setup.py install
  1. Install UNRAR
> sudo zypper in unrar

8 ) Install PAR2 (and remove the downloaded RPM)

> wget http://www.openftd.org/releases/openSUSE_11.1/x86_64/par2cmdline-0.4-3.3.x86_64.rpm
> sudo zypper in par2cmdline-0.4-3.3.x86_64.rpm
> rm par2cmdline-0.4-3.3.x86_64.rpm
  1. Open up port 8080 in firewall through Yast
    a. Security → Firewall → Allowed Service → Click Advanced → Add 8080 to TCP ports
  2. Check to see if all dependencies are installed and use wizard
> python /<directory>/SABnzbd.py

-I want SABnzbd to be viewable by any pc on my network.
-when stepping through wizard make sure to deselect auto start web browser
-you can setup your server details information later on – just to next
11) CTRL – C and kill SABNZB
12) Run SABNZB once again
-Goto URL http://:8080/sabnzbd
-Continue wizard though web browser setting everything up

Daemonizing

  1. superuser
> su –
  1. Create the script
# vi /etc/init.d/sabdaemon
  1. Insert script below
    a. Modify USERNAME to equal your user (DO NOT USE root)
    b. Change directory
    c. From the SABNZB page create a API key and copy/paste it to the script
  2. CHMOD sabdaemon for execution
# chmod 775 sabdaemon
# exit

#!/bin/sh
#
### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides:             sabdaemon
# Required-Start:       $network
# Default-Start:        3 5
# Default-Stop:         0 1 2 6
# Description:          Starts sabnzbd at system startup
### END INIT INFO
#

case "$1" in
start)
  echo "Starting SABnzbd."
  /usr/bin/sudo -u USERNAME -H "/<directory>/SABnzbd.py" -d -f /home/USERNAME/.sabnzbd/sabnzbd.ini
;;
stop)
  echo "Shutting down SABnzbd."
  /usr/bin/wget -q --delete-after "http://localhost:8080/sabnzbd/api?mode=shutdown&apikey=ENTERAPIKEYHERE"
;;
*)
  echo "Usage: $0 {start|stop}"
  exit 1
esac

exit 0
  1. Try and start SABNZB through startup script
> sudo /etc/init.d/sabdaemon start

No Errors….just shows “Starting SABnzbd.” This is good…
2. Try and stop SABNZB through startup script

> sudo /etc/init.d/sabdaemon stop

iNo Errors….just shows “Starting SABnzbd.” This is good…
iAPI KEY MUST BE ENTERED ON SCRIPT IN ORDER TO WORK

Automatically start SABNZBD in different runtimes

  1. Go to Yast
> su –
# yast2

Go To: System Services (Runlevel)
Check: Expert Mode
Select SABNZBD
Ensure 3 and 5 are checked (if you wish)
Exit Yast

# exit
  1. If you wish - reboot computer and SABNZBD will automatically start in specified run times.
    -any computer on network can access it:
    http://<IP>:8080/sabnzbd/

Hope this helps anyone in the future.