Install Plex Media Server On Ubuntu 14.04

The Goal

To install Plex Media Server (PMS) version on Ubuntu 14.04.

The Process

Thankfully the process is very straightforward - as things tend to be with Linux. Follow the steps below to install PMS.

1. Go to the Plex download page, the link is here.

2. Scroll down the page and select Linux as the OS and then click on CHOOSE DISTRIBUTION as highlighted in the image below:

3. In the list that appears right-click over your OS version, mine was Ubuntu 64-bit (10.04 Lucid or newer) per the image below:

Then click on the OS version and click on Copy link address, in my case this link was:

https://downloads.plex.tv/plex-media-server/1.3.3.3148-b38628e/plexmediaserver_1.3.3.3148-b38628e_amd64.deb

4. Next, ssh onto your Ubuntu server and update it in preparation for the PMS install:

sudo apt-get update

5. Then run wget followed by the link for the Plex software you obtained in step 3:

wget https://downloads.plex.tv/plex-media-server/1.3.3.3148-b38628e/plexmediaserver_1.3.3.3148-b38628e_amd64.deb

This will download the package to your current location, which will most likely be your home directory.

6. Install the package by running:

sudo dpkg -i plexmediaserver_1.3.3.3148-b38628e_amd64.deb

PMS has now been installed.

7. Remove the package you downloaded in step 5 above:

sudo rm plexmediaserver_1.3.3.3148-b38628e_amd64.deb

8. Open a browser and go to the IP of the server you installed PMS on, being sure to append port 32400, which is the port PMS runs on. The URL will be:

http://x.x.x.x:32400

You can now login and configure the server settings.

Reference(s)

How To Install Plex Media Server On Ubuntu (14.04+ Trusty Tahr)