Install SickGear [2] CentOS RHEL old

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CentOS / RHEL / Fedora : SickGear Install Guide

1.Feb.2016 The following guide installs a python version older than the now supported 2.7.9+, therefore, unless you know what to do, use this new guide

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The installation should also be applicable to RHEL 6 and Fedora (12, 13, or 14) with minimal changes.

The installation assumes that you're not using the root user to install/run SickGear - the entries for user:group throughout the document will have to be modified to match your user configuration.

1. Install rpmFusion non-free repository The repository is needed for unrar installation

   sudo rpm -ivh http://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/el/updates/6/i386/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-6-1.noarch.rpm

2. Install prerequisites

    sudo yum install python-cheetah unrar wget git 

3. Clone SickGear git repo

   sudo git clone https://github.com/SickGear/SickGear.git /usr/share/SickGear

4. Set correct ownership

   chown -R user:group /usr/share/SickGear

5. Copy init file to system init

   sudo cp /usr/share/SickGear/init-scripts/init.fedora /etc/init.d/SickGear

6. Make init file executable

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

7. Modify init file

   sudo sed 's|/etc/sysconfig/sickbeard|/etc/sysconfig/SickGear|' -i /etc/init.d/SickGear

8. Create configuration file /etc/sysconfig/SickGear with the following content

   # SickGear service configuration
   
   #run SickGear as
   SB_USER=media
   SB_HOME=/usr/share/SickGear
   SB_DATA=/usr/share/SickGear
   SB_PIDFILE=/usr/share/SickGear/SickGear.pid
   
   #gui address, eg: \${protocol}://\${host}:\${port}/SickGear/
   protocol=http
   host='<<< hostname or IP >>>' #example host=mymachine
   port='<<<Desired Port>>>'     #example port=8081
   
   #leave blank if no username/password is required to access the gui
   username=
   password=
   
   #use nice, ionice, taskset to start SickGear
   nicecmd=
   #  example: nicecmd="nice -n 19 ionice -c3"

9. Add the sickgear service to system services

   sudo chkconfig --add SickGear

10. Configure SickGear service to start on system startup

    sudo chkconfig SickGear on

11. Start SickGear service

    sudo service SickGear start

All done, verify that SickGear is accessible at gui address, eg: http://mymachine:8081/SickGear

Celebrate with some impromptu dancing!!

Thanks to stepjohn for donating this guide.

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