Trying to get PMS running on RaspPi

Leaving aside all of the resource constraints associated with Raspberry Pi, I am having problems getting it to start up through systemd. Can someone suggest where I can start digging to get it to even start?

The package that I’m working with is plexmediaserver_1.15.2.793-782228f99_armhf.deb

This is what I get from checking the status of the job:

pi@Plex_Server:/var/log $ sudo systemctl status plexmediaserver.service
● plexmediaserver.service - Plex Media Server
   Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/plexmediaserver.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
   Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Sat 2019-03-30 02:41:13 CDT; 3min 36s ago
  Process: 3094 ExecStart=/bin/sh -c  PLEX_MEDIA_SERVER_INFO_VENDOR="$(grep ^NAME= /etc/os-release | awk -F= "{print \
  Process: 3090 ExecStartPre=/bin/sh -c /usr/bin/test -d "${PLEX_MEDIA_SERVER_APPLICATION_SUPPORT_DIR}" || /bin/mkdir
 Main PID: 3094 (code=exited, status=132)

Mar 30 02:41:08 Plex_Server systemd[1]: plexmediaserver.service: Unit entered failed state.
Mar 30 02:41:08 Plex_Server systemd[1]: plexmediaserver.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Mar 30 02:41:13 Plex_Server systemd[1]: plexmediaserver.service: Service hold-off time over, scheduling restart.
Mar 30 02:41:13 Plex_Server systemd[1]: Stopped Plex Media Server.
Mar 30 02:41:13 Plex_Server systemd[1]: plexmediaserver.service: Start request repeated too quickly.
Mar 30 02:41:13 Plex_Server systemd[1]: Failed to start Plex Media Server.
Mar 30 02:41:13 Plex_Server systemd[1]: plexmediaserver.service: Unit entered failed state.
Mar 30 02:41:13 Plex_Server systemd[1]: plexmediaserver.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.

Which Pi do you own? Only Pi 2+ are supported (ARMv7 / ARMv8). The first generation and the Zero and so on are ARMv6 and do not support Plex. Please post the output of uname -a.

Linux Plex_Server 4.14.79+ #1159 Sun Nov 4 17:28:08 GMT 2018 armv6l GNU/Linux

armv6l --> old, unsupported ARMv6 Raspberry Pi 1. You cannot use Plex on this device.

Perfect, thank you!

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