Installing Plex Media Server on Raspberry Pi
8#Plex #MediaServer #RaspberryPi
Full steps can be found at https://i12bretro.github.io/tutorials/0620.html
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Install Plex Media Server
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01. Log into the Raspberry Pi device
02. Run the following commands in terminal
# update software repositories
sudo apt update
# install software updates
sudo apt upgrade -y
# install some prerequisites
sudo apt install apt-transport-https ca-certificates
# get the latest .deb download URL
regex='"build":"linux-armv7neon","distro":"debian","url":"(https:\/\/downloads\.plex\.tv\/plex-media-server-new\/[^/]*\/debian\/[^/]*_armhf\.deb)",' && response=$(curl -s https://plex.tv/api/downloads/5.json) && [[ $response =~ $regex ]] && downloadURL="${BASH_REMATCH[1]}"
# download latest plex version
wget -O ./plexmediaserver.deb $downloadURL
# install plex media server
sudo dpkg -i ./plexmediaserver.deb
# run plexmediaserver service on system boot
sudo systemctl enable plexmediaserver.service
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Configuring Plex Account
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01. Open a web browser and navigate to http://DNSorIP:32400/web
02. Log in with one of the available options or click sign up with email
03. Give the Plex server a name ≫ Click Next
04. Click the Add Library button ≫ Select the media type
05. Select Add folders from the left navigation ≫ Click Browse for media folder ≫ Select the folder to add to the media ≫ Click Add Library
06. Click Next
07. Click Done to complete the server setup
08. Welcome to Plex Media Server
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