Ubuntu Server Plex Install broken

Server Version#: 1.20.3.3483-211702a9f
Player Version#: nvidia shield 2017

Hi guys plex has been working great for me for several months, today i noticed
/ was at 99% and i found out that the plex library was the cause I attempted to follow this guide
somehow i must have messed up so i uninstalled plex and re-installed now the server wont start, this is the logs i have so far

Job for plexmediaserver.service failed because the control process exited with error code.
See “systemctl status plexmediaserver.service” and “journalctl -xe” for details.
ben@themachine:~$ sudo systemctl status plexmediaserver.service
● plexmediaserver.service - Plex Media Server for Linux
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/plexmediaserver.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
Drop-In: /etc/systemd/system/plexmediaserver.service.d
└─override.conf
Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Tue 2020-10-27 20:27:30 AEDT; 11s ago
Process: 5443 ExecStartPre=/bin/sh -c /usr/bin/test -d “${PLEX_MEDIA_SERVER_APPLICATION_SUPPORT_DIR}” || /bin/mkdir -p “${PLEX_MEDIA_SERVER_APPLICATION_SUPPORT_DIR}” (code=exited, status=1/

Oct 27 20:27:30 themachine systemd[1]: plexmediaserver.service: Service hold-off time over, scheduling restart.
Oct 27 20:27:30 themachine systemd[1]: plexmediaserver.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 2.
Oct 27 20:27:30 themachine systemd[1]: Stopped Plex Media Server for Linux.
Oct 27 20:27:30 themachine systemd[1]: plexmediaserver.service: Start request repeated too quickly.
Oct 27 20:27:30 themachine systemd[1]: plexmediaserver.service: Failed with result ‘exit-code’.
Oct 27 20:27:30 themachine systemd[1]: Failed to start Plex Media Server for Linux.

ben@themachine:~$ sudo systemctl restart plexmediaserver.service

what have i done that even reinstalling plex causes the same issue, many thanks

Uninstalling the package DEB file does not remove the override.conf file.
The error must be corrected.

Show me your conf file and tell me about what you’re trying to achieve and I’ll help with it.

Hi ChuckPa

trying to move my library of my OS SSD as it’s taking up 95% of my space

i’ve reinstalled plex and got it all working now, but cant move it to a secondary SSD

Tell me what the mount points are for the SSDs and I’ll show you how.
Tell me what should go where.
Also show the ‘override.conf’ that you have.

Hi ChuckPa

i havent got an override.conf anymore deleted all previous attemps

want to move main plex dir from my os drive

/var/lib/plexmediaserver

drive i have mounted at /plexdata

now I can’t even run basic commands on the server as I have 0% free on /

i’m attempting to get back into the server now

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