Updates fail to apply

Plex Media Server Desktops & Laptops
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Server Version#: 1.15.1.710
Player Version#:

I’m running Ubuntu 18.10 (GNU/Linux 4.18.0-16-generic x86_64). When I run “apt-get update”, I get the message mentioned in multiple other threads in the forum about “Conflicting distribution: https://downloads.plex.tv/repo/deb public InRelease (expected public but got ).” My problem is that all of those basically say to ignore the warning, go ahead and perform “sudo apt-get upgrade” and all will be fine. However, nothing is actually upgrading / updating and the client continues to ask me to install the update to 1.15.1.791. I made sure that the contents of /etc/apt/sources.list.d/plexmediaserver.list are “deb https://downloads.plex.tv/repo/deb public main” as prescribed by the other threads on the topic. So my question is: how do I upgrade PMS to 1.15.1.791 from 1.15.1.710 as requested by the client if apt-get upgrade isn’t actually seeing the changes to be made?

Rephrasing: on Ubuntu 18.10, after ensuring that /etc/apt/sources.list.d/plexmediaserver.list has the correct contents based on messages in other threads on this topic, I still get the warning message that those threads say to ignore and when I run apt-get upgrade, nothing is seen to be upgraded despite the message in a browser connected to that server asking me to upgrade it.

contents of /etc/apt/sources/list.d/plexmediaserver.list:

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

results of “apt-get update”:

All packages are up to date.
W: Conflicting distribution: https://downloads.plex.tv/repo/deb public InRelease (expected public but got )

The results of executing “apt-get upgrade” are:

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.

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a. the warning is a misnomer.
b. apply updates manually please while we get the new repos ready to go live.
c. this and likely the next few will be manual update (download manually) only.

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that’s where I’m struggling as a paranoid newbie. How do I update manually? I know how to install from scratch, but I don’t understand how to download and apply an update manually. I’m sure this is a terribly basic question, but… I’m a terribly basic user. My ultimate fear is that I will wipe out all of the work I’ve done thus far with organizing my library of music, TV shows, DVR configuration. I’ve tried searching for a few hours to find this in the forums to avoid pestering and annoying folks, but I just can’t seem to locate instructions other than “use apt-get update / upgrade” and that apparently isn’t functional currently. :frowning:

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Updating uses the same commands.

On Linux, the installer detects whether updating or installing fresh and works accordingly.

On Ubuntu/Debian: sudo dpkg -i packagefile.deb
On Centos/Redhat: sudo yum install packagefile.rpm
On Fedora: sudo dnf install packagefile.rpm

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I figured it would be so simple that it’s embarrassing. And, yep, I’m embarrassed. Thank you very much for the guidance!

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