# Temp Directory during dpkg install incorrect **URL:** \ **Category:** Plex Media Server\ **Tags:** server-linux\ **Created:** [March 29, 2020, 2:45am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/temp-directory-during-dpkg-install-incorrect/563887 "2020-03-29T02:45:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![adayforgotten](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f475e1/32.png) [@adayforgotten](https://forums.plex.tv/u/adayforgotten)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2020, 2:45am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/temp-directory-during-dpkg-install-incorrect/563887/1 "2020-03-29T02:45:38Z")
Server Version#: 1.18.9.2571-e106a8a91 Player Version#: N/A Server is Ubuntu 16.04 with all the latest updates installed, no other packages other than plexmediaserver have been installed. When I update my server with: `sudo dpkg -i plexmediaserver_1.18.9.2571-e106a8a91_amd64.deb` it outputs some things: ```auto Preparing to unpack plexmediaserver_1.18.9.2571-e106a8a91_amd64.deb ... PlexMediaServer install: Pre-installation Validation. PlexMediaServer install: Pre-installation Validation complete. Unpacking plexmediaserver (1.18.9.2571-e106a8a91) over (1.18.8.2527-740d4c206) ... Setting up plexmediaserver (1.18.9.2571-e106a8a91) ... PlexMediaServer install: PlexMediaServer install: Now installing based on: PlexMediaServer install: Process Control: Systemd PlexMediaServer install: Plex User: plex PlexMediaServer install: Plex Group: plex PlexMediaServer install: Video Group: video PlexMediaServer install: Metadata Dir: /var/lib/plexmediaserver/Library/Application Support PlexMediaServer install: Temp Directory: /var/lib/plexmediaserver/tmp_transcoding PlexMediaServer install: Lang Encoding: en_US.UTF-8 PlexMediaServer install: HW transcoding: Not found PlexMediaServer install: PlexMediaServer install: Completing final configuration. PlexMediaServer install: Starting Plex Media Server. PlexMediaServer install: PlexMediaServer-1.18.9.2571-e106a8a91 - Installation successful. ``` Everything works properly… but the “Temp Directory” is wrong… it’s actually `/var/lib/plexmediaserver/Library/Application Support/Plex Media Server/Cache/Transcode`. I noticed this on all the 1.18 installations. As far as I can tell, `/var/lib/plexmediaserver/tmp_transcoding` isn’t actually used for anything. Is this a bug? Am I misunderstanding? ---
**Author:** ![ChuckPa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/chuckpa/32/79710_2.png) [@ChuckPa](https://forums.plex.tv/u/ChuckPa)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2020, 3:24am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/temp-directory-during-dpkg-install-incorrect/563887/2 "2020-03-29T03:24:02Z")
I made a change in the installer, which you will see as of PMS 1.19.0. PMS 1.18.9 (this release) is the last of the 1.18.x train. In 1.19.0 , I will show the actual Preference in your Preferences instead of the service defaults. I added this by popular request. 🙂 If there are any other items from “Preferences.xml” which would be useful, I will consider adding them. ---
**Author:** ![adayforgotten](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f475e1/32.png) [@adayforgotten](https://forums.plex.tv/u/adayforgotten)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2020, 4:38am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/temp-directory-during-dpkg-install-incorrect/563887/3 "2020-03-29T04:38:17Z")
I do actually like seeing this info, and look forward to the fix in 1.19. That said, AFAIK `/var/lib/plexmediaserver/Library/Application Support/Plex Media Server/Cache/Transcode` is the default, so I’m confused that you seem to imply that `/var/lib/plexmediaserver/tmp_transcoding` is the default which I changed. Appreciate your (fast) reply. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![ChuckPa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/chuckpa/32/79710_2.png) [@ChuckPa](https://forums.plex.tv/u/ChuckPa)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2020, 5:16am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/temp-directory-during-dpkg-install-incorrect/563887/4 "2020-03-29T05:16:07Z")
What I have done is to extract `TranscoderTempDir="Pathname"` from the Preferences.xml file. If you place your Transcoder temp in `/dev/shm`, then you will see `/dev/shm` displayed. By creating the base capability, I can extract any other `Name="value"` pairs. ---
**Author:** ![adayforgotten](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f475e1/32.png) [@adayforgotten](https://forums.plex.tv/u/adayforgotten)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2020, 9:48pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/temp-directory-during-dpkg-install-incorrect/563887/5 "2020-03-29T21:48:18Z")
> [@ChuckPa](#): > > What I have done is to extract `TranscoderTempDir="Pathname"` from the Preferences.xml file. The key `TranscoderTempDir` does not exist in my Preferences.xml file (I’m guessing because I never changed it from the default). ---
**Author:** ![ChuckPa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/chuckpa/32/79710_2.png) [@ChuckPa](https://forums.plex.tv/u/ChuckPa)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2020, 10:43pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/temp-directory-during-dpkg-install-incorrect/563887/6 "2020-03-29T22:43:41Z")
Correct. > **[Advanced, Hidden Server Settings | Plex Support](https://support.plex.tv/articles/201105343-advanced-hidden-server-settings/)** > > There are a number of advanced, hidden Plex Media Server settings, some of which are not available from the normal... ---
**Author:** ![adayforgotten](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f475e1/32.png) [@adayforgotten](https://forums.plex.tv/u/adayforgotten)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2020, 10:48pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/temp-directory-during-dpkg-install-incorrect/563887/7 "2020-03-29T22:48:26Z")
Just curious though, where does update script get the value: `/var/lib/plexmediaserver/tmp_transcoding` from? ---
**Author:** ![ChuckPa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/chuckpa/32/79710_2.png) [@ChuckPa](https://forums.plex.tv/u/ChuckPa)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2020, 11:09pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/temp-directory-during-dpkg-install-incorrect/563887/8 "2020-03-29T23:09:22Z")
The value it displays is drawn from: 1. The default service definition 2. Updated by any value you have for the service (override) 3. Updated one more time from the `Preferences.xml` (beginning in 1.19.0) ---
**Author:** ![adayforgotten](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f475e1/32.png) [@adayforgotten](https://forums.plex.tv/u/adayforgotten)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2020, 12:20am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/temp-directory-during-dpkg-install-incorrect/563887/9 "2020-03-30T00:20:04Z")
I’m still a little confused about where it’s coming from. I haven’t set any service overrides, and the default is `/var/lib/plexmediaserver/Library/Application Support/Plex Media Server/Cache/Transcode` I don’t mean to be annoying, I’m just trying to figure out where the output `/var/lib/plexmediaserver/tmp_transcoding` is coming from. ---
**Author:** ![ChuckPa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/chuckpa/32/79710_2.png) [@ChuckPa](https://forums.plex.tv/u/ChuckPa)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2020, 1:47am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/temp-directory-during-dpkg-install-incorrect/563887/11 "2020-03-30T01:47:11Z")
Thank you for pointing this out. I went through the CM source and found the departure from legacy. The correct default value to report is `/tmp`. I am making the change to the packaging scripts now. I will request these changes be included with PMS A.S.A.P. ---
**Author:** ![ChuckPa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/chuckpa/32/79710_2.png) [@ChuckPa](https://forums.plex.tv/u/ChuckPa)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2020, 3:09am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/temp-directory-during-dpkg-install-incorrect/563887/12 "2020-03-30T03:09:14Z")
This is a screenshot from my packaging development environment. Please ignore that I’m using 1.18.7. Version doesn’t matter; the output does. ![Screenshot from 2020-03-29 22-21-58](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/7/f/7fe8bd062149133e9de930ef488a7daa3a866c2c.png) ---
**Author:** ![adayforgotten](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f475e1/32.png) [@adayforgotten](https://forums.plex.tv/u/adayforgotten)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2020, 8:10am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/temp-directory-during-dpkg-install-incorrect/563887/13 "2020-03-30T08:10:27Z")
Really appreciate your replies and the details you’ve shared. Still though, isn’t the default transcoding temporary storage location here? `/var/lib/plexmediaserver/Library/Application Support/Plex Media Server/Cache/Transcode` ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2020, 8:21am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/temp-directory-during-dpkg-install-incorrect/563887/14 "2020-06-28T08:21:17Z")
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