Dpkg error on plexmediaserver

Plex Media Server
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Server Version#: plexmediaserver_1.25.1.5286-34f965be8_amd64.deb
running on Intel NUC i5
I updated plex server running on Debian 11 Linux. I download deb file and dpkg -i the deb. I’ve been doing it this way for years. Yesterday, i did the same but got an error message:

root@horchata:/home/erik/Downloads# dpkg -i plexmediaserver_1.25.1.5286-34f965be8_amd64.deb 
(Reading database ... 216914 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack plexmediaserver_1.25.1.5286-34f965be8_amd64.deb ...
PlexMediaServer install: Pre-installation Validation.
PlexMediaServer install: Pre-installation Validation complete.
Unpacking plexmediaserver (1.25.1.5286-34f965be8) over (1.25.1.5286-34f965be8) ...
Setting up plexmediaserver (1.25.1.5286-34f965be8) ...
PlexMediaServer install: PlexMediaServer-1.25.1.5286-34f965be8 - Installation starting.
PlexMediaServer install: 
PlexMediaServer install: Now installing based on:
PlexMediaServer install:   Installation Type:   Update
PlexMediaServer install:   Process Control:     systemd
PlexMediaServer install:   Plex User:           plex
PlexMediaServer install:   Plex Group:          plex
PlexMediaServer install:   Video Group:         video
PlexMediaServer install:   Metadata Dir:        /var/lib/plexmediaserver/Library/Application Support
PlexMediaServer install:   Temp Directory:      /tmp 
PlexMediaServer install:   Lang Encoding:       en_US.UTF-8
PlexMediaServer install:   Intel i915 Hardware: Found
PlexMediaServer install:   Nvidia GPU card:     Not Found
PlexMediaServer install:  
PlexMediaServer install:   OpenCL:              Installed
PlexMediaServer install:   Beignet:             Installed
PlexMediaServer install:  
PlexMediaServer install: Completing final configuration.
Failed to write 'change' to '/sys/devices/virtual/input/input6/uevent': Cannot allocate memory
dpkg: error processing package plexmediaserver (--install):
 installed plexmediaserver package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.36.0-1) ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.26-1) ...
Processing triggers for mailcap (3.69) ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
 plexmediaserver

But it did update Plex, as I am now running that version and seems to be working ok, but if i try updating my OS it gives this:

root@horchata:/var/lib/dpkg/info# apt upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
Setting up plexmediaserver (1.25.1.5286-34f965be8) ...
dpkg: error processing package plexmediaserver (--configure):
 installed plexmediaserver package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 plexmediaserver
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

Any ideas?

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There is a conflicting package.

IIRC, it’s one of the IR remote control or other such silly packages.

../virtual/input/input6 is the clue it’s a device support package driver causing the conflict.

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Thanks. I ended up scrapping Debian, install Ubuntu server, installed pms, recovered plex library from backups, chown permissions, and voila. Everything working again. also added back Tautulli, and unifi software. All working good again.

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