

- #How do i update plex media server in raspberry pi 2 how to#
- #How do i update plex media server in raspberry pi 2 install#
Install PMS (Plex Media Server) sudo apt update Now let's add the plex signing key and repo curl | sudo apt-key add -Įcho 'deb public main' | sudo tee /etc/apt//plexmediaserver.list We need to add the https transporter to be able to install packages over secure connection run: sudo apt install apt-transport-https -y (This might take a while) sudo apt-get update Let's make sure we are up to date, run the follow two commands. Copy the ip and open a ssh connecting with putty.Īnd password: rasbperry Install PMS (Plex Media Server) on linux/Rasbperry Pi OS I'm using advanced ip scanner to find the ip of my pi, but you can also login to your router and see a list of connected devices. Next thing up is to find out what ip has been assigned to your pi. Log in to your new Linux installation through SSH (putty)Īfter booting up eventually your device will get an IP from your router so that we can access it remotly.
#How do i update plex media server in raspberry pi 2 how to#
Note: it is possible to make it work over WiFi as well, but it is far less stabel and quite a bit more complicated to configure, if you for some reason MUST use WiFi, I suggest using google to find a recent guide on how to connect with WiFi and the moving on with the rest of this guide when you are connected. Insert it in your raspberry pi, connect it to your router with ethernet cable and finally connect the power supple to run it on. This file will enable SSH so that we can access the linux terminal over LAN with putty. We need to add a empty file by the name "ssh" with no extension. Your operating system should recognize it as a drive, open it up in explorer (windows) or finder (mac). When your imager is finished writing to your sdcard take it our of you card reader and insert it again. Next choose your sdcard and finally click the Write button. We do not need the visual GUI desktop interface, in fact we don't want to waste CPU and RAM on running that, instead we want all the resources to be dedicated to PMS (Plex Media Sever) for best performance.ĭownload Raspberry Pi Imager from the official raspberry pi website Ĭhoose OS -> Rasbperry Pi OS (other) -> Raspberry Pi OS Lite Raspberry Pi OS since we are building a server and not a player. We want to install the headless version of raspbian aka. Prepare sdcard with headless Raspberry Pi OS (raspbian)

Raspberry Pi 3 or Raspberry Pi 4 (better performance).
