Not able to start Plex Media Server

Server Version#: 4.40.1
Player Version#: any

Unable to start PMS on my Ubuntu 20.04 desktop. When I try to do so I get no indication that it’s not running but it doesn’t start:


Earth:uname -a   
Linux earth 5.4.0-7634-generic #38~1596560323~20.04~7719dbd~dev-Ubuntu SMP Tue Aug 4 19:11:39 U x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
Earth:sudo systemctl start plexmediaserver
Earth:ps -ef | grep -i plex
andrew     27676   22761  0 21:35 pts/1    00:00:00 grep -i plex
Earth:journalctl -xe
-- A start job for unit plexmediaserver.service has finished successfully.
-- 
-- The job identifier is 4869.
Aug 12 21:35:34 earth Plex Media Server[27694]: terminate called after throwing an instance of 'std::runtime_error'
Aug 12 21:35:34 earth Plex Media Server[27694]:   what():  locale::facet::_S_create_c_locale name not valid
Aug 12 21:35:34 earth nm-applet[3099]: gtk_widget_destroy: assertion 'GTK_IS_WIDGET (widget)' failed
Aug 12 21:35:34 earth nm-applet[3099]: gtk_widget_destroy: assertion 'GTK_IS_WIDGET (widget)' failed
Aug 12 21:35:34 earth nm-applet[3099]: Can't set a parent on widget which has a parent
Aug 12 21:35:34 earth nm-applet[3099]: gtk_widget_destroy: assertion 'GTK_IS_WIDGET (widget)' failed
Aug 12 21:35:34 earth nm-applet[3099]: gtk_widget_destroy: assertion 'GTK_IS_WIDGET (widget)' failed
Aug 12 21:35:34 earth nm-applet[3099]: Can't set a parent on widget which has a parent
Aug 12 21:35:34 earth nm-applet[3099]: gtk_widget_destroy: assertion 'GTK_IS_WIDGET (widget)' failed
Aug 12 21:35:34 earth nm-applet[3099]: gtk_widget_destroy: assertion 'GTK_IS_WIDGET (widget)' failed
Aug 12 21:35:34 earth nm-applet[3099]: Can't set a parent on widget which has a parent
Aug 12 21:35:34 earth systemd[1]: plexmediaserver.service: Main process exited, code=dumped, status=6/ABRT
-- Subject: Unit process exited
-- Defined-By: systemd
-- Support: http://www.ubuntu.com/support
-- 
-- An ExecStart= process belonging to unit plexmediaserver.service has exited.
-- 
-- The process' exit code is 'dumped' and its exit status is 6.
Aug 12 21:35:34 earth systemd[1]: plexmediaserver.service: Failed with result 'core-dump'.
-- Subject: Unit failed
-- Defined-By: systemd
-- Support: http://www.ubuntu.com/support
-- 
-- The unit plexmediaserver.service has entered the 'failed' state with result 'core-dump'.
Aug 12 21:35:39 earth systemd[1]: plexmediaserver.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 3.
-- A start job for unit plexmediaserver.service has finished successfully.

How to fix?

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