Uploaded March 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Install Logitech Media Server using Raspberry Pi OS Lite with two Hard Drive mount methods which are Drive Mapping and with USB Hard Drive plugged into Raspberry Pi

Raspberry Pi OS plus Raspberry Pi Imager
raspberrypi.com/software
Putty
putty.org

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Update Raspberry Pi

sudo apt update
sudo apt full-upgrade

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Mount Drive Method 1

Mount Drive (Drive Mapping)

//192.168.1.1/Stuff /home/pi/music cifs guest,_netdev,x-systemd=automount 0 0

sudo nano -Bw /etc/fstab

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Mount Drive Method 2

Samba Install

sudo apt-get install samba samba-common-bin

Find Hard Drive UUID

sudo blkid

Mount Drive

UUID=000000000000000000000000 /mnt/Music auto defaults,user,nofail 0 2

sudo nano -Bw /etc/fstab

Samba Setup

sudo nano /etc/samba/smb.conf

[Music]
comment = Music
public = yes
writeable = yes
browsable = yes
path = /mnt/Music/
create mask = 0777
directory mask = 0777
guest ok = yes
only guest = no

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Install LMS

Additional Packages (needed to install LMS)

sudo apt-get install libcrypt-openssl-bignum-perl libcrypt-openssl-random-perl libcrypt-openssl-rsa-perl libidn11 libio-socket-ssl-perl libnet-libidn-perl libnet-ssleay-perl perl-openssl-defaults

Download Logitech Media Server (LMS)

wget downloads.slimdevices.com/LogitechMediaServer_v8.3.1/logitechmediaserver_8.3.1_all.deb

Install Logitech Media Server (LMS)

sudo dpkg -i logitechmediaserver_8.3.1_all.deb

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