Plex Manual Update Download

Since the repositories are not updated often, it is best to manually download and install the updated versions of Plex Media Server manually. You may be forced to do this if you’ve seen the “An update is available. Please install the update manually.” error:

This is fairly simple (performed on Ubuntu 14.04):

Backup: Consider backing up your metadata and preferences. Updating this package should not affect either, but better safe than sorry. Plex wiki on what to back up.
Grab the file and get it to the server: Now you need to get the new package onto the server. You can do one of two things:
Transfer using WinScp: Go to the Plex Media Server download site, log in, and download the latest version (be sure to check under “PlexPass”), then manually move it onto the server using a program like WinSCP.
OR…
Directly download the file to the server: Figure out the URL for the file to be downloaded, and then just use wget on the Linux server (this is just an example URL – find the current version!):
plexuser@plexserver:~$ wget https://downloads.plex.tv/plex-media-server/0.9.11.7.803-87d0708/plexmediaserver_0.9.11.7.803-87d0708_amd64.deb
Install: Pretty easy! Just install the .deb file:
plexuser@plexserver:~$ sudo dpkg -i plexmediaserver_0.9.11.7.803-87d0708_amd64.deb
You’ll get something that looks like this:
plexuser@plexserver:~$ sudo dpkg -i plexmediaserver_0.9.11.7.803-87d0708_amd64.deb [sudo] password for plexuser: (Reading database ... 198842 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack plexmediaserver_0.9.11.7.803-87d0708_amd64.deb ... plexmediaserver stop/waiting Unpacking plexmediaserver (0.9.11.7.803-87d0708) over (0.9.11.5.774-760cb52) ... Setting up plexmediaserver (0.9.11.7.803-87d0708) ... plexmediaserver start/running, process 8686 Processing triggers for bamfdaemon (0.5.1+14.10.20140925-0ubuntu1) ... Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/bamf-2.index... Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.22-1ubuntu2) ... Processing triggers for mime-support (3.55ubuntu1) ... Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.10.1-0ubuntu2) ... Processing triggers for ureadahead (0.100.0-16) ... plexuser@plexserver:~$
Verify: That’s really all there is to it. The command above should have restarted your server automatically for you. On your Plex server web panel, navigate to: Settings->Server to verify that you’re on the latest version!

Click here to Download the Plex media server for Windows, Mac, Linux FreeBSD and more free today. Click here to Download the Plex media server for Windows, Mac, Linux FreeBSD and more free today. Plex may, but is not obligated to, update the Plex Solution with updates, upgrades, enhancements, improvements. Jun 05, 2019 The ports tree is great but sometimes can take awhile to update to the latest version. I use the web version of plex a lot and the update nagging forced me to figure this out. I discovered there is no other good tutorial to accomplish this. Updates:. Improves noise reduction attack and release characteristics (The firmware update will only work with rev A02 and above) Instructions: 1. Download and locate the new Plex firmware file called 'FIRMWARE.XXX.zip' by clicking the download button above (XXX = version number). Double Click on the 'FIRMWARE.XXX.zip' to open its contents. Apr 23, 2018 Plex Update script to simplify the life of Linux Plex Media Server users. mrworf/plexupdate. Plex Update script to simplify the life of Linux Plex Media Server users. mrworf/plexupdate. Or would just prefer to set plexupdate up manually, read the guide. I have plex installed on my RN526x, but the server I actually use has Plex running on a PC. I'm running 6.7.5 on the NAS, and just checked for updates. Plex told me to install manually, so I uploaded 1.7.3.3937 via the upload control on the app tab. That install worked.

1. Open a web browser and enter the following URL into the address bar:

2. Select your desired operating system from the dropdown on the left of the page. I am using a Linux distribution, so Ichose Linux. If you are also using a Linux machine, you must choose your distribution by clicking on the button on the rightof the page.

3. A pop up will appear and we must choose the distribution that meets our needs. Instead of clicking on the selection,right click on the selection and select “copy link location” or similar from the dropdown. The objective is to copy the URLof the download to your system’s clipboard.

4. With the link to the newest Plex Media Server download copied to the clipboard, we can now SSH into our Ubuntu machineto begin the update process. SSH into the machine that Plex Media Server is installed on and enter the following commandto download the package, replacing the URL with the URL that you copied to your clipboard in step 3:

5. Verify that your package downloaded by entering the following command into the terminal:

6. Now we can install the new package. To install the package, enter the following command into the terminal, replacing<The_Newest_Plex_Version> with the version that you downloaded:

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7. Once the Plex Media Server update has been installed, we can remove the installation package that we downloaded to conservespace and keep our machine uncluttered. Enter the following command to remove the installation package from your system,replacing <The_Newest_Plex_Version> with the version that you downloaded:

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8. Now all we have to do is reboot the machine to apply the changes. To reboot the Ubuntu machine that Plex Media Serveris installed on, enter the following command into the terminal:

9. You will lose connection to your machine and the SSH session will be terminated.

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10. Give your machine a few moments to reboot and begin enjoying your media again from your updated Plex Media Server!