Is there a set URL that downloads the latest version of the PMS?

Plex Media Server
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I’m looking for a way to automate downloads of the latest rpm when a new version comes out, rather than going through the website manually - is there a way? Something convenient like a downloads.plex.tv/media-server-downloads-new/latest.rpm or similar. Know what I mean?

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Yes, there is a way. Here is a link to a script you can run (or run on cron). If you would rather not run a script, then examine its code to see how the author formulates the download URL and use that.

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I have a repo file with this for contents:

[PlexRepo]
name=PlexRepo
baseurl=https://downloads.plex.tv/repo/rpm/$basearch/
enabled=1
gpgkey=https://downloads.plex.tv/plex-keys/PlexSign.key
gpgcheck=1

This is on CentOS 7, running a ‘yum upgrade’ will retrieve the latest.

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That looks like a very useful tool, and I believe I can see how it works, thank you.

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Ah yes, I recall there being a Plex Repo I used in the past, but I had a problem with this and it caused issues with DNF (I use Fedora). I might give it another go, thanks for the information.

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Very interesting. The current PlexMediaServer RPM contains repository files for both RedHat Enterprise Linux format .repo files as well as OpenSuSE (/etc/yum.repos.d/plex.repo and /etc/zypp/repos.d/plex.repo.)

I’d have to dig into the RPMs further to figure out if those files will overwrite existing files, as I have a fairly well running system, I’m not horribly inclined to go down that road.

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The packaging only uses RPM to update the package files, in /usr/lib/plexmediaserver and /lib/systemd/system/plexmediaserver.servce only.

The scripts only create new metadata storage, /var/lib/plexmediaserver, and create the plex user, plex:plex if they don’t exist. If an upgrade, nothing is touched (RPM tells us whether new or upgrade in the status flags passed).

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$ rpm -qc plexmediaserver # list package configuration files
/etc/yum.repos.d/plex.repo
/etc/zypp/repos.d/plex.repo
/lib/systemd/system/plexmediaserver.service

So, local edits or pre-existing files don’t get overwritten. Very minor side effect is that the OpenSuSE repo file shows up on EL systems, and vice versa.

I should have remembered the configuration flag, I’ve used it often enough.

Edit: For anybody who’s reading through here, be aware that Plex’s repo files have the repositories disabled by default. I can certainly understand that point of view. You’ll have to enable the repository for automatic updates.

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If I remember correctly, the issue was mainly when performing an update of the Fedora system to the next major version. I had to remove the repo to resolve it - I am probably going to try using it again to see if that happens next time I upgrade.

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Slight tangent, due to finding this via a search, so others may as well:

If you use the RPM repo, things should work properly on openSUSE as it’s handled by zypper.

Since they haven’t integrated my feedback, see here for openSUSE (since it’s been mentioned in the thread):

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