How to Install Lidarr on Manjaro

Lidarr is a music collection manager for Usenet and BitTorrent users. In this tutorial, we will be guiding you on how to install Lidarr on Manjaro.

Prerequisites

Before proceeding with the installation of Lidarr on Manjaro, you should ensure that:

  • Your system is up-to-date.
  • You have root or sudo access.

Step 1: Install Mono

Lidarr is based on the .NET framework, which requires Mono to be installed on your system. To install Mono on Manjaro, follow the steps given below:

  1. Open the terminal by pressing Ctrl+Alt+T.

  2. Run the command below to update the system package:

sudo pacman -Syu
  1. Now, install Mono by running the command below:
sudo pacman -S mono

Step 2: Install Lidarr

After installing Mono, you can proceed with the installation of Lidarr on Manjaro by following these steps:

  1. Open the terminal.

  2. Run the following command to add the Lidarr package repository to your system:

sudo pacman-key --keyserver x-hkp://pgp.mit.edu --recv-keys 5BC5BE287DB5C5BDCEF520F0C9DBDCCA9D045BCE
sudo pacman-mirrors --geoip && sudo pacman -Syyu
echo -e '\n[lidarr]\nSigLevel = Never\nServer = https://mirror.funkypenguin.co.nz/lidarr/$arch' | sudo tee -a /etc/pacman.conf
  1. Now, install Lidarr by running the command below:
sudo pacman -S lidarr
  1. After the installation is complete, start the Lidarr service by running the command below:
sudo systemctl start lidarr
  1. Finally, enable Lidarr service to start automatically at boot time:
sudo systemctl enable lidarr

Step 3: Access Lidarr

Now that Lidarr is installed and running, you can access it via a web browser by navigating to http://localhost:8686.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we have covered the steps required to install Lidarr on Manjaro. You can now start using Lidarr to manage your music collection.