Setting up plexmediaserver (1.32.8.7639-fb6452ebf) …
dpkg: error processing package plexmediaserver (–configure):
installed plexmediaserver package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
plexmediaserver
There is no media server install log in the /tmp directory. I’ve also noticed that I don’t have a plexmediaserver.service file in /etc/systemd/system/.
I’ve tried sudo apt -f install, but that hasn’t worked.
PMS installs ok on Debian 11.
It does complain of a null byte but continues anyway (other distros don’t complain)
root@debian11:~# cat /etc/os-release
PRETTY_NAME="Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye)"
NAME="Debian GNU/Linux"
VERSION_ID="11"
VERSION="11 (bullseye)"
VERSION_CODENAME=bullseye
ID=debian
HOME_URL="https://www.debian.org/"
SUPPORT_URL="https://www.debian.org/support"
BUG_REPORT_URL="https://bugs.debian.org/"
root@debian11:~# dpkg -i plexmediaserver_1.32.8.7639-fb6452ebf_amd64.deb
Selecting previously unselected package plexmediaserver.
(Reading database ... 12066 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack plexmediaserver_1.32.8.7639-fb6452ebf_amd64.deb ...
PlexMediaServer install: Pre-installation Validation.
/var/lib/dpkg/tmp.ci/preinst: line 365: warning: command substitution: ignored null byte in input
PlexMediaServer install: Pre-installation Validation complete.
Unpacking plexmediaserver (1.32.8.7639-fb6452ebf) ...
Setting up plexmediaserver (1.32.8.7639-fb6452ebf) ...
PlexMediaServer install: PlexMediaServer-1.32.8.7639-fb6452ebf - Installation starting.
PlexMediaServer install:
PlexMediaServer install: Now installing based on:
PlexMediaServer install: Installation Type: New
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: Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-8809G CPU @ 3.10GHz
PlexMediaServer install: Intel i915 Hardware: Found
PlexMediaServer install: Nvidia GPU card: Not Found
PlexMediaServer install:
PlexMediaServer install: Completing final configuration.
Created symlink /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/plexmediaserver.service → /lib/systemd/system/plexmediaserver.service.
/var/lib/dpkg/info/plexmediaserver.postinst: line 527: gpg: command not found
PlexMediaServer install: WARNING: Unable to install Plex GPG signing key in /usr/share/keyrings/plexmediaserver.gpg
PlexMediaServer install: PlexMediaServer-1.32.8.7639-fb6452ebf - Installation successful. Errors: 0, Warnings: 1
root@debian11:~#
It’s checking if it’s in a container
362
363 # Independently, evaluate if in a LXC. This is used later in installation to avoid UDEV trigger bug
364 # Look only for a the prefix 'container='. No further refinement needed as docker already handled above.
365 if [ "$(grep -zi '^container=.\+$' /proc/1/environ )" != "" ]; then
366 LinuxContainer=1
367 fi
368
369 # Validate the override file contents if it exists
370 if [ $HaveOverride -eq 1 ]; then
371
use unxz to unpack the deb file.
then use tar to extract the ‘control’
preinst is in the control
EDIT: Found root cause. grep claims to ignore the null but still returns error status (incorrectly). I have submitted a change for Engineering to review (when first back)
