Unpackerr

A frequently asked question we get from customers is if we have support for Unpackerr. At the time of writing, we don't officially support it, but it can be installed using a script a community member has written.

This application runs as a daemon on your download host. It checks for completed downloads and extracts them so Lidarr, Radarr, Readarr, Sonarr may import them. There are a handful of options out there for extracting and deleting files after your client downloads them. I just didn't care for any of them, so I wrote my own. I wanted a small single-binary with reasonable logging that can extract downloaded archives and clean up the mess after they've been imported.

Installation

Before installation, please consider reading the installer script, and ensure your arrs are already installed. You can read the script on the GitHub Repo. You can run the script by using the following command:

bash <(curl -sL "https://github.com/brettpetch/hosted-scripts/raw/master/unpackerr.sh")

:::tip If something goes wrong during your install, please consider checking the logs and the output in your console. You may find them by running the following:

less -r +G ~/.logs/unpackerr.log

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Controlling the Systemd Service

systemctl (start|stop|restart|reload|enable|disable) --user unpackerr

Troubleshooting

For most troubleshooting, please consider consulting the Unpackerr Docs.

systemctl --user status unpackerr