# Checking for software updates

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/checking-for-software-updates/201173>\
**Category:** General Discussions\
**Created:** [August 3, 2017, 6:21pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/checking-for-software-updates/201173 "2017-08-03T18:21:35Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![mikepflu](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/mikepflu/32/96264_2.png) [@mikepflu](https://forums.plex.tv/u/mikepflu)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2017, 6:21pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/checking-for-software-updates/201173/1 "2017-08-03T18:21:35Z")

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Is there a way that I can check to see if there are updates available for Plex? I’m thinking an API call, or something similar. If it matters, I’m a Plex Pass member and my media server runs on CentOS.

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**Author:** ![ChuckPa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/chuckpa/32/79710_2.png) [@ChuckPa](https://forums.plex.tv/u/ChuckPa)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2017, 8:53pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/checking-for-software-updates/201173/2 "2017-08-03T20:53:51Z")

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We can enable the repo. You already have it in `/etc/yum.repos.d`

Plex/web will always show you there are updates based on the Update Channel you’ve selected to monitor

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2020, 11:36pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/checking-for-software-updates/201173/3 "2020-01-07T23:36:43Z")

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