Support #644
Updated by Daniel Curtis almost 8 years ago
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This is a guide for installing Plex Media Server on Arch Linux.
h2. Prepare the Environment
* Make sure the system is up to date:
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pacman -Syu
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h3. Install yaourt
* Download the packages for yaourt:
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cd /tmp
wget https://aur.archlinux.org/cgit/aur.git/snapshot/package-query.tar.gz && wget https://aur.archlinux.org/cgit/aur.git/snapshot/yaourt.tar.gz
tar xzf package-query.tar.gz
tar xzf yaourt.tar.gz
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#* Install "yaourt":https://project.altservice.com/issues/509 package-query:
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cd package-query
makepkg -csi
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#* Install yaourt
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cd ../yaourt
makepkg -csi
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h2. Install Plex Media Server
* Install Plex Media Server from the AUR:
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yaourt plex-media-server
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* Start and enable Plex Media Server at boot:
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systemctl enable plexmediaserver.service
systemctl start plexmediaserver.service
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* Navigate to http://plex.example.com:32400/web/ to finish the setup.
h2. Resources
* https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Plex
* https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/plex-media-server/?comments=all