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.
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