On Debian-based Linux distros (Ubuntu, Linux Mint, etc), dpkg is the standard command-line tool to install deb packages. The tilde (~) represents the home directory. For example, my Plex is downloaded to the Downloads directory under Home, so I run the following command.

Once the Plex deb package is downloaded, cd to the download directory. If you are going to install Plex on a headless Ubuntu 16.04 server, then you can go to your browser’s download history, then copy the Plex download link and use wget to download Plex from command line like below. Install Plex Media Server on Ubuntu 16.04įirst, go to Plex server download page, select Linux and choose Ubuntu 14.04 or newer.

Plex can be installed on Linux, FreeBSD, MacOS, Windows and various NAS systems. Plex is a free piece of software that allows you to organize your movies, TV shows, music and photos in one beautiful interface and stream those media files on your PC, tablet, phone, TV, Roku, etc, on the network or over the Internet. This tutorial will be showing you how to install Plex media server on Ubuntu 16.04 server/desktop.

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