Couchpotato won't start

[David Lawrie]

Service won't start since the last auto update. Help! I'm thinking a clean install. I what directories would I have to manually delete?

[Joao Cardoso]

On Thursday, January 24, 2013 12:27:46 PM UTC, David Lawrie wrote:

Service won't start since the last auto update. Help! I'm thinking a clean install. I what directories would I have to manually delete?

Packages->Alt-F, hit the relevant Remove button, then install it again.

Data folders should not be affected, but you should first save the configuration file, /etc/couchpotato.conf or /etc/couchpotato2.conf, as it will be removed. After reinstallation, copy the saved file back to its place (do this with couchpotato stopped!)

It is possible that the saved configuration file, that was created for a recent version of couchpotato, will not be accepted by the older, newly installed version, you have to try (to prevent problems, save the new configuration after the reinstall, so you can restore it if the older one is not accepted)

Solved? Please mark as "complete"

[Joel Kristensen]

Seem to be having the same issue, even after re-installation. It looks like the script is missing. I get the following error:

"Starting CouchPotato.py: start-stop-daemon: can't execute '/opt/CouchPotato2/CouchPotato.py': No such file or directory

Fail."

[João Cardoso]

On Monday, 14 March 2016 15:02:17 UTC, Joel Kristensen wrote:

Seem to be having the same issue, even after re-installation.

Is a new or old install? Did it ever worked?

During installation, did you see a download operation being performed (a lot of progressing dots .......)? any error displayed?

It looks like the script is missing. I get the following error:

"Starting CouchPotato.py: start-stop-daemon: can't execute '/opt/CouchPotato2/CouchPotato.py': No such file or directory

Fail."

OK, I got one error while installing:

 cp: can't stat '/Alt-F/opt/RuudBurger-CouchPotatoServer-*/*': No such file or directory

 

But it didn't stop the installation, which was considered successful .

Newer versions of Couchpotato2 have changed the base folder name.

You have to ssh or telnet the box, login as the 'root' user, same password as the webUI, then execute the following command (keep the spaces)

cd /opt/*-CouchPotatoServer-*; cp -a  . ../CouchPotato2 # copy everything to the right/opt/CouchPotato2 folder

After checking that it starts  you can remove the folder executing

rm -rf /opt/*-CouchPotatoServer-* # removes from /opt all folders with CouchPotatoServer in its name

You will have to configure it before starting it, creating a folder for its usage, it can take a minute or two to display its page on the first run, depending on the box you have.

Worked?

Thanks