Install HTPC Manager Ubuntu Linux

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htpc-managerI posted how to intall HTPC Manager on Windows yesterday and today it's Linux's turn. I mentioned I was waiting for HTPC manager to support Sonarr, SickRage and Headphones before creating guides for it. You can all thank Hellowlol for upgrading HTPC Manager for 2015. HTPC Manager adds that extra feeling of awesomeness to your HTPC and here’s why. You get a slick, modular HTPC interface so you can manage all of your software and services on your HTPC. Services you can manage include Plex, Kodi XBMC, Sonarr, Sabnzbd, NZBGet, uTorrent, Transmission, SickBeard, CouchPotato and more. You will see nice overviews of recently added shows or movies, suggestions for other movies and TV shows. You can even add movies or shows from the HTPC Manager interface.

This is a screenshot of the computer stats from within HTPC Manager

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htpc manager stats

Install HTPC Manager Ubuntu

Install the HTPC Manager Ubuntu dependencies

sudo apt-get install build-essential git python-imaging python-dev python-setuptools python-pip python-cherrypy vnstat -y

Install psutil so you can get computer stats as well

sudo pip install psutil

Git clone the latest HTPC Manager from Hellowlol's repository

sudo git clone https://github.com/Hellowlol/HTPC-Manager /opt/HTPCManager

Take ownership of the HTPCManager installation directory with your regular user

sudo chown -R user:user /opt/HTPCManager

Try and start HTPC Manager

python /opt/HTPCManager/Htpc.py --daemon

You may see a cherrpy error, everything still works though so don't worry.

You can access HTPC Manager at http://ip.address:8085

Autostart HTPC Manager at Boot

I outline two methods, the init.d and upstart method. Choose one.

HTPC Manager init.d Script

HTPC Manager includes an init.d script

sudo cp /opt/HTPCManager/initscripts/initd /etc/init.d/htpcmanager

Edit the htpcmanager init.d script to match the path of HTPC Manager

sudo nano /etc/init.d/htpcmanager

Change APP_PATH to match the path we installed HTPC Manager to

############### EDIT ME ##################
# path to app
APP_PATH=/opt/HTPCManager

Make the init.d script executable

sudo chmod +x /etc/init.d/htpcmanager

Update the init.d script to start at boot

sudo update-rc.d htpcmanager defaults

HTPC Manager Upstart Script

Install Upstart

sudo apt-get install upstart

Enter Yes, do as I say!

sudo nano /etc/init/htpcmanager.conf

Paste the HTPC Manager upstart script, change user to your username

#author "HTPCGuides.com"
#description "Upstart Script to run HTPCManager as a service on Ubuntu/Debian based systems"

#Set username for the process. Should probably be what you use for logging in
setuid user
setgid user

start on runlevel [2345]
stop on runlevel [016]

respawn

exec /opt/HTPCManager/Htpc.py --daemon

Ctrl+X, Y and Enter to save the HTPC Manager upstart script

Now reboot

sudo reboot

You are all set to configure HTPCManager, you will need some API keys and enable WebUIs in some of the services you wish to manage.

Access HTPCManager at http://ip.address:8085