Solved - Update Plex App

[lassenloop]

Is there a simple way to upgrade the Plex app to the latest version? My Plex server is still at least on release behind. It's on 0.9.7.22. The Amahi page and Plex both indicate that 0.9.8.4 is the latest. Can I just download the package from Plex to update it? Or is there a feature in Amahi to update it?

[bigfoot65]

To update from Amahi requires an uninstall and reinstall of the app. Also ensure the OS you are using has a newer version that you currently have. Only Amahi 7 has the latest version of an app typically as that is our currrent supported version.

If you post the OS you are using, I can check. A simple update may be done manually if the app uses a binary package, but I would have to check.

[lassenloop]

I'm running Amahi 6.3 on UBUNTU 12 LTS.

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[bigfoot65]

You should be able to download the latest DEB package and install it. As root user, do:

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sudo dpkg -i packagename

Package name will be whatever file you download on your HDA. That should install it over the previous version and protect current settings. If prompted to keep old settings, say yes.

It should still work using the Amahi app link as before. Just as a note of caution, there is no guarantee this will work. As with anything, there could be something that does not install correctly. Highly unlikely, but just wanted to warn you.

[lassenloop]

You should be able to download the latest DEB package and install it. As root user, do:

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sudo dpkg -i packagename

Package name will be whatever file you download on your HDA. That should install it over the previous version and protect current settings. If prompted to keep old settings, say yes.

It should still work using the Amahi app link as before. Just as a note of caution, there is no guarantee this will work. As with anything, there could be something that does not install correctly. Highly unlikely, but just wanted to warn you.

Thank you, that worked. I thought that the Amahi package might have been a custom install of Plex.

[bellamatt]

This also works for Fedora; you can download the latest RPM from the Plex site and update using:

sudo rpm -Uvh plexmediaserver-whateverversion-x86_64.rpm

This way if you have a "plexpass" you can update to the latest members only builds.

[bigfoot65]

This would be another good one to add to the wiki. That is our primary source of documentation and tutorials.