PMS not updating to latest release

[stephen_buckley_blueyonder_co_uk]

Server Version#:1.19.5.3112
Player Version#: 4.29.2
OS: Ubuntu 20.04 (x64)

Players report PMS is not on latest version (1.20.0.3181 at time of writing)

Howevre sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade plexmediaserver tell me I’m on the latest release:

Hit:1 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal InRelease
Get:2 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates InRelease [111 kB]                                         
Ign:3 https://repo.mongodb.org/apt/ubuntu xenial/mongodb-org/3.4 InRelease                                         
Get:4 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-backports InRelease [98.3 kB]           
Hit:5 https://downloads.plex.tv/repo/deb public InRelease                                                          
Hit:6 https://repo.mongodb.org/apt/ubuntu xenial/mongodb-org/3.4 Release                                           
Get:7 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-security InRelease [107 kB]
Get:8 https://dl.ubnt.com/unifi/debian stable InRelease [3024 B]           
Fetched 320 kB in 1s (261 kB/s)              
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
All packages are up to date.
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
plexmediaserver is already the newest version (1.19.5.3112-b23ab3896).
Calculating upgrade... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.

I’ve made sure my sources are pointed to the right repo and added/accepted the key from the linux repo FAQ, and im fairly sure I’ve had at least some updates since installing Plex from this repo a few months ago.

Is the repo lagging behind the published version?

[tom80H]

The repository only allows downloading/updating to public releases (latest public release is 1.19.5.3112).
If you want to install a beta version (latest public beta is 1.20.0.3181) you need to manually install it, e.g. using dpkg.

Edit: if you want to use public versions and not be informed about beta updates, you can change the update channel in Settings > [Server Name] > General > Server update Channel to Public

[stephen_buckley_blueyonder_co_uk]

Thanks Tom, I’d completely forgotten I’d set it to the beta channel, and I wasn’t aware that the repository was only tracking the stable releases.

Makes perfect sense.