Plex Media Server [SOLVED]

[dave1953]

Trying to install Plex Media Server. There is no entry for this on Gslapt, neither is there a Flatpak for it. Snap is out of the question as it requires systemd I believe, which suggests to me the likely only way to install is via a slackpkg.

So I installed slackpkg, which is available in Gslapt and carefully followed the posted Slackbuilds.org instructions to install it. Unfortunately it will not install. I keep getting the following error message :-

root[drichardson]# slackpkg install plexmediaserver-1.42.2.10156_f737b826c-x86_64-1_SBo.tgz

Looking for plexmediaserver-1.42.2.10156_f737b826c-x86_64-1_SBo.tgz in package list. Please wait... DONE

No packages match the pattern for install. Try:

/usr/sbin/slackpkg reinstall|upgrade

Ok so when I run the suggested command I get :-

root[drichardson]# /usr/sbin/slackpkg reinstall|upgrade

bash: upgrade: command not found

root[drichardson]#

Could someone please help by telling me what I am doing wrong?

Thanks

David Richardson

[ibka]

Hi

Try this:

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sudo groupadd -g 279 plex

sudo useradd -u 279 -d /var/lib/plexmediaserver -s /bin/false -g plex plex

sudo slapt-src -u

sudo slapt-src -i plexmediaserver

sudo chmod +x /etc/rc.d/rc.plexmediaserver

sudo /etc/rc.d/rc.plexmediaserver start

After installing, grab an account from https://www.plex.tv and visit
http://localhost:32400/web configure your server.

[dave1953]

Thank you, I'll give this a go and report back.

[dave1953]

Great, worked a treat, thanks, Now studying the commands you gave me, to understand them all (understand most of them). Thanks again.