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December 22, 2020 at 1:45 AM #845
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KeymasterDownload Latest Plex Media Server:
Plex Media Server for Linux Ubuntu AMD64Install via Terminal:
sudo apt install ./home/%USER%/Downloads/plexmediaserver_1.21.1.3830-6c22540d5_amd64.deb
Add Plex Media Server Repositories for Updates:
echo deb https://downloads.plex.tv/repo/deb public main | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/plexmediaserver.list
sudo apt install curl
curl https://downloads.plex.tv/plex-keys/PlexSign.key | sudo apt-key add -
Configure from WebBrowser by going to:
IP:32400
NOTE: If you configure for LAN access without authentication, then you will have to go to the /web/ directory such as:
IP:32400/web/
Default Metadata and Index Data are in the following directory:
/var/lib/plexmediaserver/Library/Application Support
Stop Plex Media Server:
sudo systemctl stop plexmediaserver
Start Plex Media Server:
sudo systemctl start plexmediaserver
Restart Plex Media Server:
sudo systemctl restart plexmediaserver
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To save space on OS drive, you can move the Metadata and Index to a new location:sudo service plexmediaserver stop sudo service plexmediaserver start sudo service plexmediaserver restart
Copy Metadata and Index Data to new location:
cp -rf ‘/var/lib/plexmediaserver/Library/Application Support’ /new/dir/to/plex/Move old directory to .OLD in case of issues:
mv ‘/var/lib/plexmediaserver/Library/Application Support’ ‘/var/lib/plexmediaserver/Library/Application Support.OLD’Create symbolic link to new directory:
ln -s ‘/new/dir/to/plex/Application Support’ ‘/var/lib/plexmediaserver/Library/Application Support’Change owner of new location to plex:
chown -R plex.plex ‘/var/lib/plexmediaserver/Library/Application Support’Remove old Meta and Index Data files:
rm -rf ‘/var/lib/plexmediaserver/Library/Application Support.OLD’cp -rf ‘/var/lib/plexmediaserver/Library/Application Support/Plex Media Server/Cache’ ‘/mnt/10TB/PMS/Cache’
cp -rf ‘/var/lib/plexmediaserver/Library/Application Support/Plex Media Server/Media’ ‘/mnt/10TB/PMS/Media’
rm -rf ‘/var/lib/plexmediaserver/Library/Application Support/Plex Media Server/Cache’
rm -rf ‘/var/lib/plexmediaserver/Library/Application Support/Plex Media Server/Media’
ln -s “/mnt/10TB/PMS/Cache” “/var/lib/plexmediaserver/Library/Application Support/Plex Media Server/Cache”
ln -s “/mnt/10TB/PMS/Media” “/var/lib/plexmediaserver/Library/Application Support/Plex Media Server/Media”
January 5, 2021 at 5:39 AM #856Voodoo
Keymastersudo service plexmediaserver stop
cp -rf ‘/var/lib/plexmediaserver/Library/Application Support’ /home/plex/PMS
rm -rf ‘/var/lib/plexmediaserver/Library/Application Support’
chown -R plex.plex ‘/home/plex’
ln -s ‘/home/plex/PMS’ ‘/var/lib/plexmediaserver/Library/Application Support’
chown -R plex.plex ‘/var/lib/plexmediaserver/Library/Application Support’ln -s ‘/media/plex/Home/PMS’ ‘/var/lib/plexmediaserver/Library/Application Support’
sudo service plexmediaserver start
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