# \[Feature Request\] Plex Media Player packages for Linux

**URL:** https://forums.plex.tv/t/feature-request-plex-media-player-packages-for-linux/171925
**Category:** Feature Suggestions
**Created:** [December 19, 2016, 9:21am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/feature-request-plex-media-player-packages-for-linux/171925 "2016-12-19T09:21:46Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author: ![marcelhehle](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/marcelhehle/32/110549_2.png) [@marcelhehle](https://forums.plex.tv/u/marcelhehle)
#### Post date: [December 19, 2016, 9:21am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/feature-request-plex-media-player-packages-for-linux/171925/1 "2016-12-19T09:21:46Z")

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The topic seams to float around the forum, but so far I didn’t find a feature request for it …

Please provide Ubuntu and Fedora packages for PMP. Not all of us want to run an embedded frontend and not all of us want to compile from scratch.

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### Author: ![jeanloid2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ce7236/32.png) [@jeanloid2](https://forums.plex.tv/u/jeanloid2)
#### Post date: [December 30, 2016, 8:47pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/feature-request-plex-media-player-packages-for-linux/171925/2 "2016-12-30T20:47:30Z")

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Yes it would be a good idea. I’ve tried to compile PMP from scratch (on ubuntu) and when I launch PMP, i’ve an error …

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### Author: ![tom80H](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/tom80h/32/19753_2.png) [@tom80H](https://forums.plex.tv/u/tom80H)
#### Post date: [July 4, 2021, 4:20pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/feature-request-plex-media-player-packages-for-linux/171925/3 "2021-07-04T16:20:20Z")

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2021 clean-up: duplicate

> [@\[Implemented\] Plex Media Player for Linux support](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-media-player-for-linux-support/365301):
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> Would love to see the player app available for Linux.