Linux Installation

Installing Plex on Linux

Package Installation

Ubuntu/Debian

Using APT Repository

# Add Plex repository
curl https://downloads.plex.tv/plex-keys/PlexSign.key | sudo gpg --dearmor -o /usr/share/keyrings/plex-archive-keyring.gpg
echo "deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/plex-archive-keyring.gpg] https://downloads.plex.tv/repo/deb public main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/plexmediaserver.list

# Install
sudo apt update
sudo apt install plexmediaserver

Direct Download

# Download latest
wget https://downloads.plex.tv/plex-media-server-new/VERSION/debian/plexmediaserver_VERSION_amd64.deb

# Install
sudo dpkg -i plexmediaserver_*.deb
sudo apt -f install

Fedora/RHEL

# Add repository
sudo tee /etc/yum.repos.d/plex.repo << EOF
[PlexRepo]
name=PlexRepo
baseurl=https://downloads.plex.tv/repo/rpm/\$basearch/
enabled=1
gpgkey=https://downloads.plex.tv/plex-keys/PlexSign.key
gpgcheck=1
EOF

# Install
sudo dnf install plexmediaserver

Arch Linux

# From AUR
yay -S plex-media-server

# Or using paru
paru -S plex-media-server

Enable and Start Service

# Enable on boot
sudo systemctl enable plexmediaserver

# Start service
sudo systemctl start plexmediaserver

# Check status
sudo systemctl status plexmediaserver

Access Web Interface

Open http://localhost:32400/web in your browser.

Tip

For headless servers, use SSH port forwarding:

ssh -L 32400:localhost:32400 user@server

Set Permissions

# Add plex user to media group
sudo usermod -aG media plex

# Set media folder permissions
sudo chown -R plex:plex /path/to/media
# Or use group permissions
sudo chmod -R g+rw /path/to/media

Firewall Configuration

UFW (Ubuntu)

sudo ufw allow 32400/tcp
sudo ufw allow 32410:32414/udp

firewalld (Fedora)

sudo firewall-cmd --permanent --add-port=32400/tcp
sudo firewall-cmd --permanent --add-port=32410-32414/udp
sudo firewall-cmd --reload

Next Steps

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