Install FileBot 4.6 (Movie & Music Renaming App) on Ubuntu 15.04, Ubuntu 14.04 and Ubuntu 14.10. FileBot 4.6 is an open-source movie/music renaming app for Linux Ubuntu. Ubuntu FileBot Software can also be used to download subtitles and artworks for a movie or video file.
FileBot has both interface – command-line and GUI. Once installed it can be used to easily rename video and audio files and fetches subtitles. The latest version available is FileBot 4.6 and has been released with the following changes and features:
- Show Getting Started and video tutorials on first startup
- Improved Search & Lookup for OpenSubtitles
- Use HTTPS for OpenSubtitles requests and remember password hash only
- Fix Export Subtitles BOM issues
- Added support for {info.certifications} and {info.productionCompanies}
- Fix {group} mismatch issues
Install FileBot on Ubuntu Systems
For FileBot, Oracle Java 8 is required. Install Oracle Java 8 and then add the FileBot PPA to your system. Follow the instructions given below to install FileBot.
Install FileBot on 32 bit Ubuntu Systems
Run the following commands in Terminal to install FileBot on 32 bit Ubuntu systems:
$ sudo apt-get purge openjdk*
$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/java
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install oracle-java8-installer gdebi
$ wget sourceforge.net/projects/filebot/files/filebot/FileBot_4.6/filebot_4.6_i386.deb -O filebot_i386.deb
$ sudo gdebi filebot_i386.deb
Install FileBot on 64 bit Ubuntu Systems
Run the following commands in Terminal to install FileBot on 64 bit Ubuntu systems:
$ sudo apt-get purge openjdk*
$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/java
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install oracle-java8-installer gdebi
$ wget sourceforge.net/projects/filebot/files/filebot/FileBot_4.6/filebot_4.6_amd64.deb -O filebot_amd64.deb
$ sudo gdebi filebot_amd64.deb
Once installed, run the following commands to change the ownership from its config file. Please note that filebot was installed by root hence we need to change the ownership:
$ sudo chown -R $USER:$USER ~/.filebot/
The same set of installation instructions should also work on Ubuntu Derivatives.