Installation on Linux

This guide explains how to download and install PersonalMediaVault on a Linux system, using the provided DEB package.

Download

First, download the pre-compiled DEB package from any of the available mirrors.

The file should have a name formatted similar to personalmediavault_A.B-C.deb, replacing A, B and C for the major, minor and patch version number respectively.

Make sure to check the file hash with the sha256sum utility and compare it to the provided hash on GitHub.

sha256sum ./personalmediavault_A.B-C.deb

The hash should perfectly match with the provided one. It is doesn’t, do not continue the installation process, and make an Issue to report the problem.

Installing

Once downloaded, you can install the DEB package into your system with apt:

sudo apt install ./personalmediavault_A.B-C.deb

The installation will also install FFmpeg as a dependency.

After the installation, the binary files will be available in /usr/bin, and the frontend files will be available in /usr/lib/pmv/www.

Creating and running a vault

In order to create, or open a vault, run the launcher command:

pmv ./my_vault

This command will create a new vault on that folder, asking you for the initial username and password.

After it’s created, it will ask you for the port to run the server, and will start it, opening your default browser.