Package Details: plex-media-server 1.41.3.9314-1

Git Clone URL: https://aur.archlinux.org/plex-media-server.git (read-only, click to copy)
Package Base: plex-media-server
Description: The back-end media server component of Plex.
Upstream URL: https://plex.tv/
Keywords: DLNA
Licenses: custom
Conflicts: plex-media-server-plexpass
Submitter: alucryd
Maintainer: fryfrog (tixetsal)
Last Packager: fryfrog
Votes: 349
Popularity: 0.73
First Submitted: 2014-10-14 22:11 (UTC)
Last Updated: 2024-12-17 22:22 (UTC)

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<deleted-account> commented on 2013-06-09 08:53 (UTC)

Maybe it sounds silly, but when I installed *-14 It does not copied my $PLEX_HOME/{Library,Application\ Data} ,$PLEX_HOME was in /usr, so I did it by hand. Also user plex didn't have access to /opt/plexmediaserver so I chown'ed to plex user recursively and it worked fine, also /opt was "listable" by 'plex' user. After this all ran OK, but I was having issues with the OOTB update.

tmoore commented on 2013-06-09 01:10 (UTC)

Ok.. DO NOT UPGRADE TO THIS IF YOU ALREADY HAVE IT WORKING I have added some checks in the installer to make sure it should work if you are upgrading.. but since nothing has changed in the binaries, there's no reason to upgrade to this if you are already running 0.9.7.22.511 successfully. This just lays groundwork for the future if they ever upgrade the linux binaries

jcasper commented on 2013-06-08 23:25 (UTC)

Also, just a guess, but people may flag it out of date due to the PlexPass only releases. I think this package should obviously keep with the freely available version, although I could see those with PlexPass (not me for now, but I'm considering it) wanting to package that version up.

jcasper commented on 2013-06-08 23:18 (UTC)

I'd say the currently bare wiki page would be the best place: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Plex I don't think there's a way to link to it from this page, but you could put a "link" in the post_install message.

tmoore commented on 2013-06-07 19:19 (UTC)

Not sure why someone flagged this out of date. It's the current linux version ported from plex.com (0.9.7.22.511)

tmoore commented on 2013-06-07 19:18 (UTC)

PS - Does anyone know exactly where I could write installation instructions for this package? Seems silly to keep adding comments for instructions on installing via the AUR.. I guess I could package a README, but it seems nicer if the AUR pages could have at least a link to a wiki doc page or something.

tmoore commented on 2013-06-07 19:16 (UTC)

Ugh good point about the home directory setup. Ok.. My next update will be something that checks for an existing installation, so you don't have to uninstall/reinstall as well as checking the current setup/permissions. Maybe spit out some sort of post-installation instructions. I'll have it do what it can automatically, but when it comes to the plex media library, I want to muck with that as little as possible so people don't lose configurations.

arch-nemesis commented on 2013-06-07 17:22 (UTC)

Another thanks from me for keeping the package maintained correctly. This package used to be run as root and everything was stored in /root/var/lib. sheesh! Another thing that might make a difference for those of us who are upgrading, rather than uninstall-reinstall-ing. I think the reason why some people are having to start manually is a permissions issue and possibly an incorrect home directory for the plex user. The plex user, as always, requires a shell to work properly, and the home directory for that user should be changed to /opt/plexmediacenter. Also, when I did the upgrade everything in /opt/plexmediacenter was owned by root, and would have prevented the plex user from making changes, so I changed the ownership to plex. The reason that occurs, I think, is that /etc/conf.d/plexmediaserver is not sourced in the post_upgrade() function of your .install file. Of course, as you mentioned before, the old Library directory should also be moved.

mariusn commented on 2013-06-07 04:23 (UTC)

Yeah, that's ok man, we all learn from mistakes. You did a good thing explaining what a noob has to do to recover the initial configuration. I did not say that the files are deleted by upgrading... actually the bad thing is that they are kept in /usr/local after the upgrade. Maybe you can make a little script or write some after install instructions for the next update. Cheers!

jcasper commented on 2013-06-07 00:47 (UTC)

@tmoore pay no attention to that blowhard calling it "your" mess. The move to /opt went just fine for me, no problems at all. Thanks for moving it over and thanks for taking the time to package it up. Works great.