Plex Media Server won't update with APT - Raspberry Pi

Plex Media Server NAS & Devices
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HI,

I am trying to update my Plex to 1.18.2.2029 with APT but it doesn’t seem to get the update. When I run sudo apt-get update I get the following:

Get:1 https://downloads.plex.tv public InRelease [471 B]
 Ign https://downloads.plex.tv public InRelease
Hit https://downloads.plex.tv public Release.gpg
Hit https://downloads.plex.tv public Release
Hit http://mirrordirector.raspbian.org jessie InRelease
W: Failed to fetch http://mirrordirector.raspbian.org/raspbian/dists/jessie/InRelease  Unable to find expected entry 'main/binary-arm/Packages' in Release file (Wrong sources.list entry or malformed file)
 
W: Failed to fetch https://downloads.plex.tv/repo/deb/dists/public/Release  Unable to find expected entry 'main/binary-arm/Packages' in Release file (Wrong sources.list entry or malformed file)

I do have my /etc/apt/source.list.d/plexmediaserver.list

deb https://downloads.plex.tv/repo/deb public main

Any help would be greatly appreciated

Server Version#: Version 1.18.0.1913

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It’s not just a pi issue. I’m running:

debian 4.19.0-6-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.19.67-2 (2019-08-28) x86_64.

f I go to my plex dashboard on web, it shows version 1.18.2.2029 is available to download.

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Similar here
Plex Media Server 1.18.1.2019 on Ubuntu 18.04.3 LTS

sudo apt-get update
…
Ign:6 https://downloads.plex.tv/repo/deb public InRelease
Hit:7 https://downloads.plex.tv/repo/deb public Release
…
sudo apt-get upgrade
…
Reading package lists… Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information… Done
Calculating upgrade… Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
…

EDIT (11/15/19):

Apt-Get Update/Upgrade pulled in plexmediaserver (1.18.2.2029-36236cc4c) this morning with now issue.

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I have been completely unable to install plex on the raspberry pi 4. The web instructions no longer work. When I go to the website it used to be on it sends me here.

All I get is “Unable to locate package”
Any help?

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Which instructions did you follow? Hopefully these?
https://support.plex.tv/articles/235974187-enable-repository-updating-for-supported-linux-server-distributions/

You should probably do the initial install from the package available here:
https://www.plex.tv/media-server-downloads/#plex-media-server

If you’re using Raspbian, you want ARMv7.

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Thank you. The ONLY instructions I could find on the web sent me to a site in germany. Neither of the two links you sent me showed up on google.

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I had followed the first set of instruction and still nothing

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Edit: Do you own a RPi 1 or Zero or something like that? These devices are not supported by Plex. The output “main/binary-arm/Packages” tells me it has to be such a device.

Edit 2: Please read Error: package architecture (arm) does not match system (armhf) Your apt has to try to download armhf and not arm packages.

We also have a small summary of the special steps required on Raspberry Pi 2-4 and similar devices.

If you still are unsuccessful to update Plex please post much more details about your system (hardware, OS,…).

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Same issue here.

I have a RPI3 with Raspbian and apt-get update/upgrade used to work. Now Plex Media Player on Windows is telling me that a new server version is available, but nothing is installed when I attempt an update:

root@piehole:/# apt-get update && apt-get upgrade
…
Ign:5 https://downloads.plex.tv/repo/deb public InRelease
Hit:6 https://downloads.plex.tv/repo/deb public Release
Fetched 25,4 kB in 2s (9.017 B/s)
Reading package lists… Done
Reading package lists… Done
…
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.

I have server version 1.18.2.2058 installed and is informed by the Windows app that v1.18.3.2156 is available.

Cheers

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Yeah. I also have this problem. Anyone got the update/upgrade to work?

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I’m back to this same issue again. I don’t think the repositories are keeping up with the announced updates.

Current listed version: 1.18.3.2156

$ sudo apt-get update
Ign: https://downloads.plex.tv/repo/deb public InRelease
Get: https://downloads.plex.tv/repo/deb public Release [5,815 B]

$ sudo apt list --upgradable
Listing… Done

$ sudo apt-cache showpkg plexmediaserver
Package: plexmediaserver
Version: 1.18.2.2058-e67a4e892

I’ll just give it a few days, that seems to be the pattern.

EDIT (12/19/19):

Apt-Get Update/Upgrade pulled in plexmediaserver (1.18.3.2156-349e9837e) for amd64 this morning with no issue.

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Yeah. You seam to be corrent about the repo not keeping up with the updates. Now it works for me.

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