Note: Raspberry Pi OS and Raspbian are both flavors of Debian
For the Debian / Ubuntu / Raspbian beginners there isn't an Apt Repository or Deb package.
If you want an easy life, follow this community provided and maintained Easy Install script for a base Debian (Raspbian / Raspberry Pi OS) / Ubuntu install.
For the official installation instructions that are 'Hands on' follow the Debian / Ubuntu Hands on Install steps further below.
Please see the *Arr Community Installation Script
You'll need to install the binaries using the below commands.
The steps below will download Prowlarr and install it into
/opt
Prowlarr will run under the userprowlarrand groupprowlarr
Prowlarr's configuration files will be stored in/var/lib/prowlarr
sudo apt install curl sqlite3
Warning: Ignoring the below prerequisites will result in a failed installation and non-functional application.
Installation Prerequisites
The below instructions are based on the following prerequisites. Change the instructions as needed to suit your specific needs if necessary.
* The userprowlarris created
* You created the directory/var/lib/prowlarrand ensured the userprowlarrhas read/write permissions for it
By continuing below, you acknowledge that you have read and met the above requirements.
dpkg --print-architecture
arch=x64arch=armarch=arm64wget --content-disposition 'http://prowlarr.servarr.com/v1/update/master/updatefile?os=linux&runtime=netcore&arch=x64'
tar -xvzf Prowlarr*.linux*.tar.gz
/opt/sudo mv Prowlarr/ /opt
This assumes you have created the user and will run as the user
prowlarrand groupprowlarr. You may change this to fit your usecase.
sudo chown prowlarr:prowlarr -R /opt/Prowlarr
The below systemd creation script will use a data directory of
/var/lib/prowlarr. Ensure it exists or modify it as needed. For the default data directory of/home/$USER/.config/Prowlarrsimply remove the-dataargument. Note: that$USERis the User Prowlarr runs as and is defined below.
cat << EOF | sudo tee /etc/systemd/system/prowlarr.service > /dev/null
[Unit]
Description=Prowlarr Daemon
After=syslog.target network.target
[Service]
User=prowlarr
Group=prowlarr
Type=simple
ExecStart=/opt/Prowlarr/Prowlarr -nobrowser -data=/var/lib/prowlarr/
TimeoutStopSec=20
KillMode=process
Restart=on-failure
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
EOF
sudo systemctl -q daemon-reload
sudo systemctl enable --now -q prowlarr
rm Prowlarr*.linux*.tar.gz
Typically to access the Prowlarr web GUI browse to http://{Your server IP Address}:9696
If Prowlarr did not appear to start, then check the status of the service:
sudo journalctl --since today -u prowlarr
To uninstall and purge:
Warning: This will destroy your application data.
sudo systemctl stop prowlarr
sudo rm -rf /opt/Prowlarr
sudo rm -rf /var/lib/prowlarr
sudo rm -rf /etc/systemd/system/prowlarr.service
sudo systemctl -q daemon-reload
To uninstall and keep your application data:
sudo systemctl stop prowlarr
sudo rm -rf /opt/Prowlarr
sudo rm -rf /etc/systemd/system/prowlarr.service
sudo systemctl -q daemon-reload