

- #Plex media server updates for free#
- #Plex media server updates how to#
- #Plex media server updates update#
- #Plex media server updates upgrade#
We don’t want to go to all the trouble of running the upgrade if we’re already running the latest available version. If you are looking for a client-server-based media player, then Plex might suit your needs. Installing the upgradeįor this bit, I need to have a terminal session on the pi ( I usually use SSH to remote in). There is a good tutorial here about using the freeware sftp client Filezilla to transfer files to and from a pi via sftp.
#Plex media server updates for free#
I can now copy the file from my machine to the pi via SFTP. There has been some more updates to the plex media server, This is the current version available for free public download - Version 0.9.9.14.531-7eef8c6. Now I want to select one of the ARM distros ( in my case v7) : Then click on the “Choose Distribution” button : When clicking 'update' the process proceeds in the usual way, but on nearing completion I get a vague 'Something went wrong' message.

#Plex media server updates update#
The 'plugins' section in the GUI is reporting that an update is available. On the download site, I need to select “Linux” when asked to choose a platform : Ive been using the Plex Media Server plugin without problems until yesterday. I can click on the link and download the update file here.Īlternatively, you can get it directly from the Plex Downloads site. includes the following: Changes (Logging) Improved context provided in log lines related to asynchronous HTTP request processing (13530) (Music) Support for Musicbrainz release type embedded tags (13593) Fixes (Linux) Improve Intel Compute Runtime version detection in packaging on Ubuntu 22.04 and newer. no monitor attached), so I’m usually accessing the Plex management web page on another machine when I see it’s upgrade time : Select an SPK file for Synology or QPKQ file for Qnap and click Install. Click on ‘Manual Install’ (Synology), or plus symbol on Qnap. You can then open Package Center (Synology) or AppCenter (Qnap).

It will automatically download the correct Qnap or Synology Plex update file. Therefore, I follow the link provided in the documentation and ended up with these instructions. Click on ‘Server Update Available’ Click on download. If I happen to lose everything, re-installation and configuration would not be too onerous a task. In my case, I only really use my Pi for the plex server so the in-place upgrade does not present a huge risk. There is a big warning about in-place upgrades in the documentation For some reason I had never thought to seek out a repo from Plex and have been manually updating all of this time.This is not usually a requirement for upgrading Plex, but I thought I’d mention it here just in case. Just a little quality of life improvement to help keep you on the latest version of Plex Media Server.

Select the icon in the top of the left pane. You can now see that after running sudo apt update, Plex comes up in the list. Go to the main screen where your libraries are listed on the left. Then add the key: curl | sudo apt-key add. Please note that this guide is for users on Debian based systems.įirst, add the repo: echo deb public main | sudo tee /etc/apt//plexmediaserver.list
#Plex media server updates how to#
I'm sure you've added a repo before but if you haven't, here is a step by step guide on how to add Plex's repo so you can update Plex with a command as simple as sudo apt update. Today, I found out Plex has a public repo you're able to add, making the update process a 30 second process versus a 3 minute process. Your Plex Media Server will be updated to the latest version of the release. From within the webGui, click on 'Docker' and click on the name of the PlexMediaServer container. Visit your Settings page and select the Update button on the row labeled Plex. Step 1: Changing your Plex Container Properties. Plex media server is a very popular free software, used to store digital media files. With 2012 R2 end of life and security patches and the cost of Windows OS licensing (I cheap out. This will be another quick write up but if you're like me, when you see it's time to update your Plex Media Server, you go out and manually download the file, make it executable, and then run it. I already have a Plex Media Server (PMS) setup on a Windows 2012 R2 server.
