Can't install Plex in Fedora 41,42 and 43

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1

I have done everything by the book .

Using Fedora 43 , I can Install Plex Media Server, But when I go Online , Log-in and Try to Add My Library, it Tells me to Install Plex Again.

I have Created a Folder in Home and Named it Movies, But Plex Can’t See that Folder, so I am Unable to Add my Library

2

Is it Flatpak?

3

Plex cannot see anything in or under the users home directory by default due to permissions/
This is the default that you will probably see

$ ls -l /home
total 28
drwxr-x---. 100 USER USER 12288 Oct 29 15:12 USER

If you use the command sudo chmod o+rx /home/USER it changes to

$ ls -l /home
total 28
drwxr-xr-x. 100 USER USER 12288 Oct 29 15:12 USER

and plex should then be able to find the video library at /home/USER/Movies/*.

I ran into the same issue when I first began using plex for my home video & music server, and is a result of the linux permissions for access to files & directories.

4

I wouldn’t recommend doing this, since it gives all users that have access to this machine access to your home folder.

You might be able to give just the plex user / group access … but I usually solve this in a different way - storing Media files in a separate location that’s outside my $HOME directory, and giving “other users” access to those external folders only.

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5

That is an excellent suggestion if there are multiple users, but not really an issue for me at home and only myself as a user on this system.

6

– which is why I wouldn’t recommend this approach to a new user before you know how they use their system, or if they share it with other users.

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