# Linux plex service will not launch

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/linux-plex-service-will-not-launch/833843>\
**Category:** Plex Media Server\
**Tags:** server-linux\
**Created:** [March 8, 2023, 10:19pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/linux-plex-service-will-not-launch/833843 "2023-03-08T22:19:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![roontoon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/858c86/32.png) [@roontoon](https://forums.plex.tv/u/roontoon)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2023, 10:19pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/linux-plex-service-will-not-launch/833843/1 "2023-03-08T22:19:12Z")

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I have been trying to get Plex media server to start as a service and I get the error below. I am not sure how to diagnose this. Any advise?

```auto
`sudo systemctl status -l plexmediaserver`
`● plexmediaserver.service - Plex Media Server`
`Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/plexmediaserver.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)`
`Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Tue 2023-03-07 21:04:39 EST; 20h ago`
`Process: 1137 ExecStartPre=/bin/sh -c /usr/bin/test -d "${PLEX_MEDIA_SERVER_APPLICATION_SUPPORT_DIR}" || /bin/mkdir -p "${PLEX_MEDIA_SERVER_APPLICATION_SUPPORT_DIR>`
`Process: 1139 ExecStart=/bin/sh -c export PLEX_MEDIA_SERVER_INFO_VENDOR="$(grep ^NAME= /etc/os-release | awk -F= "{print \$2}" | tr -d \" )"; export PLEX_MEDIA_S>`
`Main PID: 1139 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)`
`CPU: 113ms`
`Mar 07 21:04:39 mediacenter systemd[1]: plexmediaserver.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 3.`
`Mar 07 21:04:39 mediacenter systemd[1]: Stopped Plex Media Server.`
`Mar 07 21:04:39 mediacenter systemd[1]: plexmediaserver.service: Start request repeated too quickly.`
`Mar 07 21:04:39 mediacenter systemd[1]: plexmediaserver.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.`
`Mar 07 21:04:39 mediacenter systemd[1]: Failed to start Plex Media Server.`

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**Author:** ![granjan7](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8edcca/32.png) [@granjan7](https://forums.plex.tv/u/granjan7)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2023, 10:27pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/linux-plex-service-will-not-launch/833843/2 "2023-03-08T22:27:56Z")

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What linux dist?  
How did you install? apt install plexmediaserver?

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2023, 10:28pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/linux-plex-service-will-not-launch/833843/3 "2023-06-06T22:28:34Z")

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