https://github.com/bahamas10/plex-install-manager

Manage plex media server installations (for Linux)
https://github.com/bahamas10/plex-install-manager

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Manage plex media server installations (for Linux)

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/bahamas10/plex-install-manager
• Owner: bahamas10
• Created: 2021-11-15T19:23:43.000Z (about 3 years ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2022-06-08T06:46:20.000Z (over 2 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-05-08T19:53:48.852Z (8 months ago)
• Language: Shell
• Size: 3.91 KB
• Stars: 6
• Watchers: 3
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README.md

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plex-install-manager

====================

Manage plex media server installations (for Linux).

This program downloads Plex Linux deb files and extracts them to a given

directory - it then optionally updates an "active" symlink (with `-a`).

Example

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Given a basic directory structure:

    $ sudo mkdir /opt/plex /opt/plex/src /opt/plex/data

- `/opt/plex/src` - Plex media server binaries and installation

- `/opt/plex/data` - Persistent data used by the server

Install the latest version of plex and activate it:

    $ sudo ./plex-install-manager -a -d /opt/plex/src

    chdir:  /opt/plex/src

    latest:  plexmediaserver_1.24.5.5173-8dcc73a59_amd64

    download:  plexmediaserver_1.24.5.5173-8dcc73a59_amd64/pkg/plexmediaserver_1.24.5.5173-8dcc73a59_amd64.deb

      % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time  Current

                                     Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left  Speed

    100 83.0M  100 83.0M    0     0  30.3M      0  0:00:02  0:00:02 --:--:-- 30.3M

    extract:  deb plexmediaserver_1.24.5.5173-8dcc73a59_amd64/pkg/plexmediaserver_1.24.5.5173-8dcc73a59_amd64.deb

    extract:  tar plexmediaserver_1.24.5.5173-8dcc73a59_amd64/pkg/data.tar.xz

    link:  plexmediaserver_1.24.5.5173-8dcc73a59_amd64 as active

    finish:  /opt/plex/src/plexmediaserver_1.24.5.5173-8dcc73a59_amd64

    done!

This ensures that plex is installed to `/opt/plex/src/active`.  You can verify

this with:

    $ ls -lh /opt/plex/src

    total 2.0K

    lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 43 Nov 15 02:44 active -> plexmediaserver_1.24.5.5173-8dcc73a59_amd64/

    drwxr-xr-x 4 root root  4 May 19 15:13 plexmediaserver_1.22.3.4523-d0ce30438_amd64/

    drwxr-xr-x 4 root root  4 Jun 20 21:30 plexmediaserver_1.23.2.4656-85f0adf5b_amd64/

    drwxr-xr-x 4 root root  4 Nov 15 02:44 plexmediaserver_1.24.5.5173-8dcc73a59_amd64/

To start the server you can run something like this:

``` bash

cd /opt/plex/src/active/root/usr/lib/plexmediaserver || exit 1

export PLEX_MEDIA_SERVER_HOME=/opt/plex/src/active/root/usr/lib/plexmediaserver

export PLEX_MEDIA_SERVER_APPLICATION_SUPPORT_DIR=/opt/plex/data

exec chpst -u _plex:_plex ./Plex\ Media\ Server

```

Because of the `active` symlink you will only need to restart the Plex service

after a new update is installed for it to take effect.

Dry Run

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You can run with `-n` to see if an update is available:

    $ ./plex-install-manager -a -d /opt/plex/src -n

    chdir:  /opt/plex/src

    latest:  plexmediaserver_1.24.5.5173-8dcc73a59_amd64

    version already installed

Usage

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    $ ./plex-install-manager -h

    Usage: plex-install-manager [-afnh] [-d ]

    Manage installations of Plex Media Server for Linux.

    Options:

        -a         create/set the symlink "active" to the newly installed package

        -d    the dir to work in, defaults to CWD

        -f         force installation if it already exists

        -h         print this message and exit

        -n         dry-run, defaults to false

        -t  optional Plex Pass token

License

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MIT License