Plug-ins location on Ubuntu Server

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Hey everyone, first off, Plex totally rocks. I’ve got it installed and working quite well on my Ubuntu 11.10 server.

Where I’m running into issues though is in insalling the UnSupporedAppstore plug-in so I can use sickbeard controls.

It appears that all the plugins that came with plex are located in /usr/lib/plexmediaserver/Resources/Plug-ins.

However when I put the UnSupportedAppstore.bundle in that folder and restarted the plexmediaserver, the plugin didn’t show up on any of the clients (I have Mac, Windows, and a Roku client.



After much searching, I came across the possibility of Plex looking in ~/Library/Application Support/Plex Media Server/Plug-ins. This folder wasn’t created during the Plex install, so I created it and put the appstore plugin there. Again, I restarted the plexmediaserver but still the plugin isn’t found on any of the clients.



Am I not finding the right place for plug-ins or am I missing something?



EDIT: By the way, I’ve made sure that Applications are enabled on my clients as well



EDIT2: Seems like I finally found it after some digging. In case anyone else has the same troubles, the plug-in location is /var/lib/plexmediaserver/Library/Application Support/Plex Media Server/Plug-ins

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Thanks for updating your post with the answer :slight_smile:

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Hey no problem. Glad I could be of help

As an addendum, if removing a plugin, also check the directories in /var/lib/plexmediaserver/Library/Application Support/Plex Media Server/Plug-in Support

if having trouble moving into the directories via command line because of spaces, you have 2 options:
Quotes, as in: cd "Application Support"
Backslash, as in: cd Application\ Support
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Hello everybody!

The reason, why after installing others plugins you can not see results is folder rights.

So:

  1. Copy *.bundle (plugin) to /var/lib/plexmediaserver/Library/Application Support/Plex Media Server/Plug-ins

  2. Change rights for folder

$ sudo chown -R plex:plex /var/lib/plexmediaserver

  1. In Plex Manager go to “Settings > Server > Channels”
    Click on the “Show Advanced” button at the top right of the settings area to toggle display of advanced settings.
    Check “Disable capability checking”

  2. Finally, restart Plex server:

$ sudo service plexmediaserver stop
$ sudo service plexmediaserver start

After these operations you should see new installed plugins

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thanks for the update, I was having problems with where how ? etc.
I use the pine 64, couldn’t work with Ubuntu so re-installed on Mate as you have all the control needed IE: changing permissions and putting the plugin into the folder graphically.

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