How to install Plex Media Server 3.9.1 on Linux mint 18.3
To install Plexmediaserver 3.9.1 on Linux mint 18.3
Plex is a free feature-rich media library platform that provides a way to store all your movies, shows, and other media in one place. You can access Plex from any device, whether you’ re at home or anywhere. There are many different media tools available in the world like, Kodi, Xmbc, OSMC and Mediatomb, but the Plex Media Server is perhaps one of the most popular solutions for managing media. Plex runs on Windows, macOS, Linux, FreeBSD and many more.
Install Plexmediaserver 3.9.1
First, you need to update the system repository by making use of the following command.
linuxhelp user # apt-get update
Hit:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease
Ign:2 http://packages.linuxmint.com sylvia InRelease
Get:3 http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease [11.5 kB]
Hit:4 http://packages.linuxmint.com sylvia Release
Get:5 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates InRelease [102 kB]
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Get:25 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/multiverse i386 Packages [15.3 kB]
Get:26 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security/multiverse i386 Packages [3,376 B]
Get:27 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-backports/universe amd64 Packages [7,080 B]
Get:28 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-backports/universe i386 Packages [7,064 B]
Get:29 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-backports/universe Translation-en [3,812 B]
Fetched 5,306 kB in 9s (557 kB/s)
Reading package lists... Done
And then, download the installation package by making use of the following command.
linuxhelp user # wget https://downloads.plex.tv/plex-media-server/1.7.5.4035-313f93718/plexmediaserver_1.7.5.4035-313f93718_amd64.deb
--2018-03-14 04:59:07-- https://downloads.plex.tv/plex-media-server/1.7.5.4035-313f93718/plexmediaserver_1.7.5.4035-313f93718_amd64.deb
Resolving downloads.plex.tv (downloads.plex.tv)... 104.20.6.9, 104.20.7.9, 2400:cb00:2048:1::6814:709, ...
Connecting to downloads.plex.tv (downloads.plex.tv)|104.20.6.9|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 106646674 (102M) [application/octet-stream]
Saving to: ‘ plexmediaserver_1.7.5.4035-313f93718_amd64.deb’
plexmediaserver_1.7.5.4035-3 100%[=============================================> ] 101.71M 1.12MB/s in 98s
2018-03-14 05:00:50 (1.04 MB/s) - ‘ plexmediaserver_1.7.5.4035-313f93718_amd64.deb’ saved [106646674/106646674]
You should now install the package with the help of following command.
linuxhelp user # dpkg -i plexmediaserver_1.7.5.4035-313f93718_amd64.deb
Selecting previously unselected package plexmediaserver.
(Reading database ... 219622 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack plexmediaserver_1.7.5.4035-313f93718_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking plexmediaserver (1.7.5.4035-313f93718) ...
Setting up plexmediaserver (1.7.5.4035-313f93718) ...
Created symlink from /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/plexmediaserver.service to /lib/systemd/system/plexmediaserver.service.
Processing triggers for ureadahead (0.100.0-19) ...
Processing triggers for systemd (229-4ubuntu21) ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.22+linuxmint1) ...
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.59ubuntu1) ...
You should now start and enable the service by making use of the following commands.
inuxhelp user # systemctl start plexmediaserver
linuxhelp user # systemctl enable plexmediaserver
linuxhelp user # systemctl status plexmediaserver
Now open your browser and type local IP with port number.
And when the application page appears, you need to log in to Plex.
To open Plex media server
To show the version
parthiban
Aug 26 2018
Which Linux Distribution are you using? and please post the output of the command systemctl status plexmediaserver.service or journalctl command
reggie
Aug 12 2018
Hi Thank you for your post but I am getting this message -
systemctl start plexmediaserver
Failed to add /run/systemd/ask-password to directory watch: No such file or directory
Failed to start plexmediaserver.service: Unknown unit: plexmediaserver.service
See system logs and 'systemctl status plexmediaserver.service' for details.
Q
Uninstall Plex media server in Linux?
A
Run the command:
For Debian or Ubuntu
dpkg -r plexmediaserver
For Debian or Ubuntu
dpkg -r plexmediaserver
Q
How to install Plex media server on Raspberry Pi?
A
There are dozens of Raspberry Pi Linux operating systems on which you can install the Plex Media server, however, we don’t know which one you are using right now; so we are going to show the installation on the common Raspbian operating system.
Q
What is Plex Media Server?
A
The Plex media server is a solution to play media files (music, videos, & view Photos) whenever wherever you want via local network connectivity or using the internet to play remotely either using the web browser or Plex media player apps.
Q
How to uninstall plex media server?
A
The methods to uninstall the Plex server is different from device to device. Here, we have mentioned the way to remove the Plex server from Windows, Mac, Linux and Nas devices. Before removing the Plex Media server completely be sure that it is not running.
Q
How to find Plex media server IP address?
A
After installing the Plex Media server the default port at which it works is the 32400.
#http://localhost:32400/web
#http://localhost:32400/web