Is there a Plex Media Player or Plex Client for a headless Ubuntu Server 18.04?

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So I’m successfully using Plex via RasPlex and Samsung TV apps etc and have been for years.

However, what I’d really like to be able to do is have a Plex Client of some kind that automatically runs on my headless Ubuntu Server connected directly to my main TV via HDMI.

I don’t need an Ubuntu desktop - the server is solely a NAS/Plex Server - so the HDMI and graphics resources can be entirely consumed/allocated to the Plex Client.

I’ll freely admit I’m not a hardcore Ubuntu/Linux guy, so could be barking up the wrong tree - but surely that should be possible… If not fair play.

My server is a headless Ubuntu Server 18.04 LTS, running on a i7-3770 with 16GB of RAM so should be more than capable of being client and server.

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Do you mean a Linux command-line Plex client?

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No he means like a plex media player (client) for linux.

I’ve never used it, but check @ Plex Media Player packages for Linux

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How would that work on a headless server as he described?

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He wants to use HDMI on the headless server to TV. Thus making it no longer headless.

But doesn’t want full blown linux desktop.

IE, auto boot straight into Plex player

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You got it TeknoJunky - That’s exactly what I want. Maybe I should have used desktopless rather than headless - but the idea is for the OS to be headless, and the Plex Client to have complete control of the HDMI output.

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