Tutorial: Installing Lidarr on OpenBSD

In this tutorial, we will learn how to install Lidarr on OpenBSD. Lidarr is a music collection management application that can be used to automatically download your favorite music tracks from various sources.

Prerequisites

Before we begin, you will need the following:

A running instance of OpenBSD
An internet connection
A non-root user account with sudo privileges

Step 1: Update the system

The first step is to update the system to the latest packages. Open the terminal and execute the following commands:

$ sudo -s
# pkg_add -u

This will update the package list and upgrade the existing packages to their latest versions.

Step 2: Install Mono

Lidarr is built on top of the Mono framework, which provides a platform for running .NET applications on Linux and BSD systems. To install Mono, we need to add the Mono repository to the system.

# echo "https://download.mono-project.com/repo/openbsd/openbsd-$(uname -r)/" > /etc/pkg.conf.d/mono.conf
# pkg_add -v mono

The above commands will add the Mono repository to the system and install the mono package.

Step 3: Install Lidarr

Now that we have Mono installed, we can proceed with installing Lidarr. Lidarr is not available in the OpenBSD package repositories yet, so we'll have to install it manually.

First, we need to create a system user for Lidarr:

# useradd -m -d /var/lidarr -s /sbin/nologin lidarr

Then, we need to download and extract the Lidarr package:

# cd /usr/local
# ftp https://github.com/lidarr/Lidarr/releases/download/v0.8.1.2135/Lidarr.master.0.8.1.2135.linux.tar.gz
# tar -zxvf Lidarr.master.0.8.1.2135.linux.tar.gz
# mv Lidarr /var/lidarr/
# chown -R lidarr:lidarr /var/lidarr/Lidarr

Step 4: Configure Lidarr

Now, we need to configure Lidarr to work on our OpenBSD system.

# su - lidarr
$ cd /var/lidarr/Lidarr
$ mono Lidarr.exe

This will start the Lidarr application, and you will be prompted to configure it. Follow the on-screen instructions to set up your preferred music sources.

Once the setup is complete, Lidarr will be available at http://localhost:8686.

Step 5: Autostart Lidarr

Finally, we want Lidarr to start automatically on boot. To do this, we need to create a startup script for Lidarr.

# vi /etc/rc.local

Add the following lines at the end of the file:

# Start Lidarr
su - lidarr /usr/local/bin/mono /var/lidarr/Lidarr/Lidarr.exe --nobrowser

Save the file and exit. Now, Lidarr will be started automatically on boot.

Conclusion

Congratulations! You have now successfully installed and configured Lidarr on OpenBSD. Enjoy using it to manage your music collection!