Plex server should really have repositories so that we can just type “apt-get install plex” or something along those lines rather than the current process. It also hugely simplifies the update process as well. This should also include plex pass releases.
I concur, I get annoyed with the ritual of upgrading and don’t want an (automated or manual) solution outside of apt. Half the reason I use .deb based OS’s is PPA’s.
I’m just gonna leave this here…
https://support.plex.tv/hc/en-us/articles/235974187-Enable-repository-updating-for-supported-Linux-server-distribution
(No Plexpass though)
Yeah, I think that’s why I didnt bother with it before, but now that I think it through i’ll just manually install any plex pass update. Thanks
Yeah, Linux people should not be left out of all the fun! 
The whole point is that I want to stay on PlexPass releases. I have found a workaround for it. I would rather go through a repo though.
god yes, its a few minutes of unnecessary work to download and install the .deb manually.
Just make a ppa and let us use apt.
thanks for posting that updater script link
@hthighway said:
I’m just gonna leave this here…
https://support.plex.tv/hc/en-us/articles/235974187-Enable-repository-updating-for-supported-Linux-server-distribution(No Plexpass though)
How long has this been there? If its not relatively new, they really need to work on their SEO. I have searched repeatedly and only found third party repos in the past.
+1 for a PlexPass repo!
On my freenas server I use the pkg command to update my plexpass version from freebsd’s pkg repo. I don’t know how OFFICIAL that version is, it’s sometimes slightly behind (which probably answers that question), but it works really well and I think it affords more control than the older freenas plugin update system.
Of course the newer freenas versions are going with a docker approach; we’ll see how well they implement that when they finish overhauling the initial botched release.
Early 2021 clean-up: implemented
