Enable repository updating for supported Linux server distributions QUESTIONS!

Plex Media Server
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Server Version#: 1.46
Player Version#: ??
I got the Linux email about the repository update and I have questions:

  1. Removing the old REPO files is easy.. I am assuming that the CAT command reads the file and I have to validate the file…. Then run the DNF commands. ONE PROBLEM.. I am on CENTOS7 (could not update in time) and I cannot seem to rebuild the server. ALSO, at the end of the instructions it states to INSTALL PLEX SERVER…. WTH? If I am replacing the repository file, why a re-install?
  2. If I don’t do the update what is the fallout?

Twilson

Spring, TX

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So sorry, but Cent 7 had EOL on June 30, 2024

Also it’s rpm version is 4.11.x and the needed version is 4.16+

As such, I strongly suggest you migrate your PMS to another Distro that is supported

Ref: https://support.plex.tv/articles/201370363-move-an-install-to-another-system/

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I understand that… question 2… what is the fallout of I Don’t upgrade?

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Sooner or later Plex Clients will require a newer version of PMS, and then you would be cutoff

Also note that the version of Cent you are on no longer get security patches, and neither will the PMS

I STRONGLY suggest you migrate away from your Distro!

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If you really want to upgrade, you can still perform it manually.

Download the appropriate package from here:
https://www.plex.tv/media-server-downloads/?cat=computer&plat=linux#plex-media-server

Make sure the “Display Checksums” option is enabled and note the SHA-1 checksum shown for the download. Once downloaded, run:
sha1sum downloaded-file.rpm

Compare the output value to the checksum shown for the download. Assuming they match, run:
sudo rpm -ivh --nosignature downloaded-file.rpm

This will allow you to continue to run up-to-date versions of Plex Media Server, albeit without automatic repo updating.

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So true, but dependencies are not updated, like GPU drivers etc.

Really a migrate away from an OS version that has been dead for almost two years is IMHO the only option

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Oh, I definitely agree about moving on to a supplier-supported distribution.

The only hang up there, when it comes to CentOS, is that the last versioned release was 8.x, which itself can’t work with the new repos because of its dated RPM version (4.12, I believe). So they need to be on a 9.x (or later) release, which means migrating to Rocky Linux or AlmaLinux or Oracle Linux or whatever. So there’s going to be some friction there.

But yeah, getting off of unsupported software is definitely the play.

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And since Cent was an rpm/systemd based OS, maybe also Fedora or OpenSUSE