How to Download NZB's Using Linux

For this tutorial we'll be using Pan Newsreader and the Linux Distro called Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex).

This tutorial also assumes you have Ubuntu setup and ready to go.

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1. Installing Pan
2. Finding NZB's
3. Downloading NZB's

1) Installing Pan

1. Go to Synaptic (System ---> Administration ---> Synaptic Package Manager), enter the root password and search for "Pan Newsreader"

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2. The Package name is "pan newsreader" don't worry about the other results. Click the little box in front of the package name and select "Mark for Installation"

There will be an arrow in the check box

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3. Click "Apply" and wait for it to finish installing.

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2) Finding NZB's

There are many ways of finding NZB's

1) The NZB Index
2) Usenet Search Engines/Indexers such as Binsearch and NewzLeech
3) NZB Forums eg. NZBScene, NZB-Magic etc.

In this tutorial we're going to download from FST's NZB Index

3) Downloading NZB's

1) Download the NZB

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2) NZB's from FST come are packaged in zip archives, So extract it (Right Click ---> Extract Here)

3) Open Pan and go to File ---> Import NZB Files... and search for your nzb you extracted and Click Open.

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4) Select the appropriate download place of which you wish the nzb to be saved to.

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5) Wait for it the download to finish. If you wish to track down the progress of your download then click on "Tasks" in the bottom left corner.

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Nice work. Great info

Or SABnzbd

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Or SABnzbd

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Or Wine :happy:

You can just load the zip file too :) All/most Newsreaders support importing NZB's from zip files.

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Or SABnzbd

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Or Wine

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The whole point of Linux is to get away from Microsoft shit :lol:

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Or Wine

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The whole point of Linux is to get away from Microsoft shit :lol:

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A lot of people uses linux just because it looks nicer and because of the nice animations (compiz), not to get away from windows. ;)

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The whole point of Linux is to get away from Microsoft shit :lol:

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A lot of people uses linux just because it looks nicer and because of the nice animations (compiz), not to get away from windows. ;)

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Not true imo, if that was the only reason those people would have switched to Apple's Mac OSx first befor considering Linux.

By the way, thanks for this crystal clear Pan Newsreader tutorial! Very very much appreciated, cheers.

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Thanks iLovenzb, I appreciate your post, excellent step by step. :)

I used to use pan but it's unmaintained, so now I use sabnzbd. NZBGet is another good one, although Ithink the web interface for sabnzbd is better.

I use sabnzbd. How is NZBGet?

Thank you for the tutorial! I travel a lot for work so I boot into Ubuntu off of a flash drive when I'm doing personal stuff. This will give me a way to download while I'm on the road.

I'm very happy with the combination of sabnzbd+ and sickbeard. Both are very easy to setup under ubuntu