Installation on Linux

This guide explains how to download and install PersonalMediaVault on a Linux system, using one of the provided installation packages

Depending on your Linux distribution, we offer several packages.

Debian, Ubuntu or other Debian based Linux distribution

For Debian-based Linux distributions, download the DEB package (personalmediavault_{VERSION}_amd64.deb) from Releases.

Install the package, with apt or with your graphical package manager.

You can also install it directly from the PPA repository (built automatically with GitHub actions):

# Download the public key
curl -s --compressed "https://agustinsrg.github.io/PersonalMediaVault/KEY.gpg" | gpg --dearmor | sudo tee /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/pmv.gpg >/dev/null

# Add the APT list file
sudo curl -s --compressed -o /etc/apt/sources.list.d/pmv.list "https://agustinsrg.github.io/PersonalMediaVault/pmv.list"

# Update APT lists
sudo apt update

# Install the package
sudo apt install personalmediavault

After it’s installed, you can run the launcher with pmv /path/to/vault or the graphical launcher by searching for “PersonalMediaVault” in your application menu.

Fedora Linux

For Fedora-based Linux distributions, download the RPM package (personalmediavault-{VERSION}.x86_64.rpm) from Releases.

Install the package, with dnf or with your graphical package manager.

After it’s installed, you can run the launcher with pmv /path/to/vault or the graphical launcher by searching for “PersonalMediaVault” in your application menu.

Arch Linux

For Arch-based Linux distributions, download the PKG.TAR.ZST package (personalmediavault-{VERSION}-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst) from Releases.

Install the package, with pacman:

sudo pacman -U personalmediavault-{VERSION}-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst

After it’s installed, you can run the launcher with pmv /path/to/vault or the graphical launcher by searching for “PersonalMediaVault” in your application menu.

Other Linux distribution

For any other Linux distribution, you can download the TAR.GZ package (personalmediavault_{VERSION}_amd64.tar.gz) from Releases.

Uncompress it, and run the installation script (install.sh) with administration privileges:

sudo ./install.sh

After it’s installed, you can run the launcher with pmv /path/to/vault or the graphical launcher by searching for “PersonalMediaVault” in your application menu.

KDE service menu

If you are using a Linux distribution, and KDE as your desktop environment, you can get the same context menu options to open vaults that are installed in the Windows package.

Create the file ~/.local/share/kio/servicemenus/pmv-open.desktop with the following contents:

[Desktop Entry]
Name=Open with PersonalMediaVault
Type=Service
ServiceTypes=KonqPopupMenu/Plugin
MimeType=inode/directory
Actions=openWithPmv

[Desktop Action openWithPmv]
Name=Open with PersonalMediaVault
Name[es]=Abrir con PersonalMediaVault
Terminal=false
Icon=pmv
StartupWMClass=pmv
Exec=pmv-gui .

If you prefer to use the console launcher instead, use the following desktop entry:

[Desktop Entry]
Name=Open with PersonalMediaVault (Console)
Type=Service
ServiceTypes=KonqPopupMenu/Plugin
MimeType=inode/directory
Actions=openWithPmvConsole

[Desktop Action openWithPmvConsole]
Name=Open with PersonalMediaVault (Console)
Name[es]=Abrir con PersonalMediaVault (Consola)
Terminal=false
Icon=pmv
StartupWMClass=pmv
Exec=konsole --separate -e 'pmv .'