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How to install Plex Media Server in Ubuntu

To install Plex Media Server in Ubuntu

Plex Media Server is a free-ware media manager that is used to play files from your computer to mobile devices and smart TVs using a local network or over the internet. Using this tool we can view movies, photos, TV shows, music etc., It has its own App Store using which the plugins can be installed. Installation of Plex Media Server is explained in this article.

To install Plex Media Server

Download the Plex installation package by running the following command.

root@linuxhelp:/home/user1# wget https://downloads.plex.tv/plex-media-server/1.0.3.2461-35f0caa/plexmediaserver_1.0.3.2461-35f0caa_amd64.deb 
--2016-08-23 05:49:02--  https://downloads.plex.tv/plex-media-server/1.0.3.2461-35f0caa/plexmediaserver_1.0.3.2461-35f0caa_amd64.deb
Resolving downloads.plex.tv (downloads.plex.tv)... 104.20.7.9, 104.20.6.9, 2400:cb00:2048:1::6814:709, ...
..
2016-08-23 05:51:36 (635 KB/s) - ‘ plexmediaserver_1.0.3.2461-35f0caa_amd64.deb’  saved [99819494/99819494]


Run the following command to generate key for the installed packages.

root@linuxhelp:/home/user1# dpkg -i plexmediaserver_1.0.3.2461-35f0caa_amd64.deb 
Selecting previously unselected package plexmediaserver.
(Reading database ... 172193 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack plexmediaserver_1.0.3.2461-35f0caa_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking plexmediaserver (1.0.3.2461-35f0caa) ...
Setting up plexmediaserver (1.0.3.2461-35f0caa) ...
OK
Processing triggers for ureadahead (0.100.0-19) ...
Processing triggers for systemd (229-4ubuntu4) ...
Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.13.3-6ubuntu3) ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.22-1ubuntu5) ...
Processing triggers for bamfdaemon (0.5.3~bzr0+16.04.20160415-0ubuntu1) ...
Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/bamf-2.index...
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.59ubuntu1) ...

To start Plex media player

To open the plex media player from the Unity dash.

Agree the Plex Terms of Service to proceed further.

Sign up to the Plex Media player.

In Server setup page, give a name for your server and click Next.

Click Add library to organize the media and then hit Next.

Click Done and your media player is ready to use.

Click Add library to add media files.

It also provides a facility to view the online content. To Install channels, click Install and enjoy the online music streaming.

Go to Settings &rarr Web to know about general and player settings.

Click on Server to know about server settings.

To know about User settings, click User.

To check the Connected devices, click Devices.

Tag : Media player
FAQ
Q
Uninstall Plex media server in Linux?
A
Run the command:
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