Just to iron out any other possible permission problems you can also make sure your directories have the correct permissions.

Start by sharing its permissions with your user: gpasswd -a plex youruser deb: wget Īfter that’s downloaded you can install it: sudo dpkg -i plexmediaserver_0.9.-cece46d_b Now to install Plex! First up, check the Plex Downloads page for the latest version then from your ssh terminal wget the latest plex. In a terminal on another machine: ssh you will need to change the username to whichever you chose during installation (not plex!) and the ip address to that of your server. Once you’ve rebooted you can SSH into your box.

You can do this with the ifconfig command: Now allow the installation to complete I would recommend checking what your ip address is. On this screen just select the OpenSSH server and that should suffice. Stick with defaults for pretty much every part of the installation process until you get to the software selection screen: When you type in your user details don’t be tempted to set your user as plex – Plex will create that later! Once Ubuntu is installed and openSSH is installed to you can connect to this box via the terminal on another computer. For the installation part of this setup I’m afraid you’re going to need to plug in a monitor.

Information on how to do this is everywhere and there are many ways to do it, as such I won’t explain it here.īoot up from the usb stick and you’re ready to go. To begin with download the Ubuntu minimal installation ISO and put onto a usb disk. Well, after a bit of experimentation with VirtualBox (I don’t have another spare computer to setup as a server box sadly – donations welcome *wink*) I have streamlined the setup and present them to you here! Don’t bog down your gaming rig any more!įurther to my post last year about installing Plex on Fedora I have recently been asked on twitter by how to set up Plex without a gui (no desktop) for a separate NUC style server box. A quick guide on how to install Plex Server in Ubuntu without the Ubuntu Desktop for a dedicated media server.

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