Hi,
This is not really version dependent, just something I have been wondering about for a while - finally getting a chance to ask about it … 
. I can update my Plex Server on Windows from the client, but can’t on Linux - or is it just me? Is there a way to do this, or only manually (on Linux)?
Thanks!
Linux isn’t remotely like Windows when it comes to software updates.
Entirely different philosophy behind it.
Everything must be done as the ‘root’ (super) user.
If you understand how it works, you can setup automatic updates performed by the system but you must also always remember there is a hard distinction between the administrator (root) and users. User accounts have very little privilege on the system. They have no ability to issue commands to system-level services.
Yep, understood - just wasn’t sure if there was a way to set up the admin account with root access. Or perhaps at least have the web client allow the upgrade file to be downloaded, and have a cron job install it during “off” hours.
No biggie, just curious. Thanks!
Actually, thinking about this - as I run certain commands as sudo on my RPi (longer story ) … but visudo allows certain commands to be run. Perhaps a script to update, as sudo? Just a thought.
Thanks!
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