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
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