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- hi,
- i thought i could write a quick how to for installing pms (plex media server) on ubuntu, because many other linux guides on the internet helped me very much previously.
- i used ubuntu server 12 lts, but it should work on older ubuntu versions, too.
- first, you have to open a terminal window or ssh into your computer.
- How to: plex media server - how to install avahi
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- it is enough to copy and paste this line to install avahi:
- sudo apt-get install avahi-daemon
- however you can do much more with avahi. for example advertising afp-shares. this guide covers it.
- How to: plex media server - how to install plex media server
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- sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list
- then add "deb http://www.plexapp.com/repo lucid main" to the file.
- or add "deb http://www.plexapp.com/repo beta main" for the beta versions.
- you can put it wherever you like.
- use something like ctrl+x (mac-keyboard) or strg+x (windows-keyboard) to close and safe the file.
- update apt-get:
- sudo apt-get update
- install:
- sudo apt-get install plexmediaserver
- how to: plex media server - access plex through a browser on the computer running plex media server
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- http://localhost:32400/manage/index.html
- or any other computer (connected via lan)
- http://ip-address:32400/manage/index.html
- to initially add media to your library, you can click on one of those icons on your pms website. for example movies:
- then you can choose a name and directory:
- the scanning will take a while, depending on how many movies or tv-shows you have.
- you should see the progress on the web client
- How to: plex media server - read this if plex does not play any files:
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- if plex does not play any files, make sure your permissions are right. because plex is a new user it may not have the permissions to play your media.
- you can try it the easy way: add the plex-user to your group:
- gpasswd -a plex myuser
- or if you want to change the permissions properly (more work):
- cd into your media directory, for example:
- cd /home/user/media
- then look up the permissions with
- ls -l
- here you can see if your directory has read/write/execute for every user. its like this: (no colours in real life)
- drwxrwxr-x 365 user group ---somemorestuff-- foldername
- rwx indicates read/write/execute for the user.
- rwx indicates read/write/execute for the group
- r-x indicates that every other user has read/-/execute access.
- i would assume the user plex only has as much access as the last three letters/hyphens (every other user).
- it works for me like this so the blue bit should look different in your setup.
- the easyiest thing you can do here is put the plex user in the group:
- sudo chown youruser:plex -r /home/user/mediadirectory
- this way plex will be the group and have the groups permissions (green rwx). but if there is no rwx, you will have to give it read/write/execute permissions:
- sudo chmod 770 -r /home/user/mediadirectory
- the first 7 gives the user read/write/execute permissions. the second 7 is for the group. the 0 in this case gives every other user no permissions at all.
- the -r will change the permissions of all files in the folder.
- now it should look like this: (check with ls -l again!)
- rwxrwx--- 365 user plex ---somemorestuff-- foldername
- please note: this is just an option!
- a complete linux permissions guide would be too long for this how to. but you can find plenty good youtube videos on this topic
- this might also be helpful: https://help.ubuntu....filepermissions
- How to: plex media server - how to update plex:
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- plex updates just like most of the other linux programs. with aptitude:
- (every other programm will update too)
- sudo aptitude update && sudo aptitude safe-upgrade
- all programs mentioned here will be updated.
- then you have to type in y to continue.
- wait...
- that is it.
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