Moving library on new plex install broke library access

Plex Media Server
6

  1. I do suggest moving to the native (dpkg) package. It affords you greater flexibility than what SNAP allows. SNAP is, in essence, Ubuntu’s alternative to Docker without being in a formal container.

  2. I suggest you
    a. perform the move from where it is now, using the tar | tar style to preserve what you have
    b. Before starting the DPKG plex package
    c. Create the override for it to point to wherever you moved the Library directory

  3. With the Library (metadata) moved, and override in place, your media can remain where it is. You may need to adjust permissions based on the UID/GID of user plex.

  4. You can now safely remove the snap installation as you’ve already taken everything from it (cloned it) into the dpkg based package.

1 Like