Is there a way to override the default installation directory of /var/lib to /opt/plexmediaserver

There is no way to override it at installation however you can use the standard systemd override.conf file to move them after that first installation. Example: /etc/systemd/system/plexmediaserver.service.d/override.conf [Service] Environment="PLEX_MEDIA_SERVER_APPLICATION_SUPPORT_DIR=/opt/plexmed…

Thank you so much!!! Testing it now!!!

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Everything appears to be working I relocated it to Environment=“PLEX_MEDIA_SERVER_APPLICATION_SUPPORT_DIR=/opt/plexmediaserver/”

Make certain to check your transcoding codecs (the exec bit in fstab)

Anyway to relocate the default installation directories on Linux?

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Anyway to relocate the default installation directories on Linux?

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