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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 ...

The Goal Now and again I have to manually stop, start or restart Plex Media Server (PMS) running on my Ubuntu 14.04 server. Due to it being done so infrequently (as Linux is very stable) I tend to forget the exact commands - quite embarrassing really as the name of the PMS service couldn't be any easier to remember.  In any case, note to self, the commands are below. The Commands Stop PMS sudo service plexmediaserver stop Start PMS sudo service plexmediaserver start Restart PMS sudo service plexmediaserver restart I hope this post also helps others out there on the interwebs!

The Goal To upgrade Plex Media Server (PMS) version on Ubuntu 14.04 . Whenever a new update for PMS is available you will see the following notification appear when you login to the Plex web app: Unfortunately you cannot update PMS on Ubuntu 14.04 seamlessly from within the web app, it is a manual process. Fortunately the steps below detail the process on how successfully upgrade PMS. The Process 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...