[SOLVED] First installation of Plex media server on Debian and on Raspberry (raspbian)

[petitbuzuc]

Hello
i’ve read many topics concerned debian : most of them explain how to upgrade the server but I don’t find how to install Plex media Server on Debian.

When I clic on

Media Server Downloads | Plex Media Server for Windows, Mac, Linux, FreeBSD...

the linux version is for ubuntu or others distributions but not for debian.

where can I find information about installation ? where can I download the version for debian ?

I’m a beginner in Linux Word.
I have choosen Debian because I want to see if I am able to install PMS on Debian before buy a rasbperry Pi (I have seen we can install Raspbian and then PMS). So before to buy the little computer, I 'd like to discover linux word

Many thanks for your help
and sorry for my poor english … i’m french !

[shark2k]

I am not very well versed in the Linux world (and am a beginner as well). However, Ubuntu is based on Debian, so you could try using the install for that distro to install on your sever.

Worse case I can see is that it will not install or you need to re-install Debian (not necessarily a bad thing as it gives you practice installing it).

-Shark2k

[drmagoo]

The official Ubuntu Package will just work on Debian 9.x and newer.

For RPi Ubuntu / Debian packages take a look at my thread:

READ ME FIRST: About Server ARMv7 and ARMv8 Ubuntu / Debian

Introduction Plex supports Debian and Ubuntu based ARMv7 (armhf) and ARMv8 (arm64) distributions. To view all threads tagged server-linux-arm in the Plex Media Server/NAS & Devices category click here To view all threads tagged server-linux-arm in the entire forum click here Manage Expectations Video transcoding is not recommended at all on ARMv7 and ARMv8 devices. For the best experience, always aim for Direct Play support on all of your devices. OS Installation It’s out of scope of …

[petitbuzuc]

many thanks for your 2 responses ! I will try to install ubuntu package in next days ! I will say you the result !

bye

[petitbuzuc]

@drmagoo

for armhf or arm64.

many thanks. i’m not sur to understand : RPi is a armhf architecture ? your package works on RPi ?

[drmagoo]

@petitbuzuc

RPi is a armhf architecture ? your package works on RPi ?

Yes and Yes. RPi 2 and newer run armhf Raspbian and thus support my PMS package. Make sure not to buy a armv6 RPi 1 or Zero.

[petitbuzuc]

hello every body !

@drmagoo : i’ve received my Raspberry Pi ( model b+) yesterday. i’ve installed Noobs and then Raspian.
Then, i’ve installed the application ntfs, and i’ve plugged my hard drive (ntfs). I’ve also follow your instruction for armv7 on the page https://dev2day.de/plex-media-server-arm/
all seem to be ok. I can launch PMS (http://localhost:32400/web/)

But I have a problem : when I create a library on PMS and add a add a folder with 2 movies : /media/pi/FILMS/test
it scan the folder but find no files !

i did several tests but it’s always the same pb : no movies are detected

can you help me please ?

I can give you a screenshot but I don’t know how !

many thanks in advance !

[Coxeroni]

Did you follow the naming guide? If not, Plex will not find it.
https://support.plex.tv/articles/200381023-naming-movie-files/

[drmagoo]

Please read the following guide to mount your drives with the correct Linux permissions:

Using EXT, NTFS, or other format drives (internal or external) on Linux

This document is of primary interest to anyone who has connected USB drives or has media on other internal drives but user plex can’t access it due to Linux’s default security mechanisms. WARNING: This procedure will not work for SNAP, Docker or other container mechanisms unless expressly handled within the confines of the container. This procedure is intended for use with the dpkg package. We will walk through the steps needed to add these external USB hard drives and internal hard drives…

[petitbuzuc]

hello !
I try to follow, step by step, the guide to mound my drive. It’s a external USB hard drive, in ntfs, named FILMS

pi@raspberrypi:~ $ df
Sys. de fichiers blocs de 1K Utilisé Disponible Uti% Monté sur
/dev/root 28820984 4504520 22829388 17% /
devtmpfs 470116 0 470116 0% /dev
tmpfs 474724 80084 394640 17% /dev/shm
tmpfs 474724 6432 468292 2% /run
tmpfs 5120 4 5116 1% /run/lock
tmpfs 474724 0 474724 0% /sys/fs/cgroup
/dev/mmcblk0p6 69553 22419 47134 33% /boot
tmpfs 94944 0 94944 0% /run/user/1000
/dev/mmcblk0p5 30701 398 28010 2% /media/pi/SETTINGS
/dev/sda2 3906885628 1255425120 2651460508 33% /media/pi/FILMS
pi@raspberrypi:~ $ sudo su
root@raspberrypi:/home/pi# blkid /dev/sda2
/dev/sda2: LABEL=“FILMS” UUID=“4A60D8C960D8BD3F” TYPE=“ntfs” PARTLABEL=“Basic data partition” PARTUUID=“37325d46-6b84-4aa3-89f8-da65bffb2b1b”
root@raspberrypi:/home/pi# mkdir /disks /disks/films
root@raspberrypi:/home/pi# chown -R pi:pi /disks
root@raspberrypi:/home/pi# ls -la /disks
total 12
drwxr-xr-x 3 pi pi 4096 juil. 16 21:08 .
drwxr-xr-x 23 root root 4096 juil. 16 21:08 …
drwxr-xr-x 2 pi pi 4096 juil. 16 21:08 films

in the guide, after doing chown, they have the permissions : drwxrwxrwx … and me, I have the permissions drwxr-xr-x : is it good ?
I continue :

root@raspberrypi:/home/pi# vi /etc/fstab

… I don’t understand anything to the file editor !! I want to add a line :
UUID=4A60D8C960D8BD3F /disks/films ntfs defaults,auto,rw,nofail 0 1

When I try to open fstab in a Leafpad, I can not save because the file is read only …

can you please explain me how to modify simply this file ? and is the line I want to add is correct ?

Many thanks for your help !
and sorry to ask stupid questions !

[Coxeroni]

Instead of vi use nano, it is much easier to use:

sudo nano /etc/fstab

[drmagoo]

/etc/fstab is only writeable by root. So also a sudo leafpad /etc/fstab allows you to edit this file in the GUI if you do not have any experience with the terminal editors.

[petitbuzuc]

Thanks you very much for all your advises ! I manage to install PMS on my raspberry ! i’m very proud of me