Need help upgrading PLEX on FreeNAS

[movieman03]

Hello,

I have an iphone and PLEX does not work. The new version of PLEX requires an update apparently. I am a UTLRA noob when it comes to FreeNAS. Though, I can follow directions.

When I browse to PLEX using Chrome on windows 10, I get this:

Version 0.9.11.7 !An update is available. Please install manually.

I click on the link "manually" and it takes me here:
https://plex.tv/downloads

Then, I click on the "Computer" link and it has options for Windows | Mac | Linux | FreeBSD

Which one do I download? I am assuming FreeBSD????

I downloaded the FreeBSD file and I am stuck.

I tried searching the forums, but I became lost very quickly.

 

[nightshade00013]

You first need to determine if you installed the plugin, (most likely considering) or installed it manually in a jail. Go to the plugins page on your freenas and click on "installed" the plex media server should say upgrade or update next to it. Click on that and let it do it's work.

If you actually installed a jail you will not see it in the list of installed plugins. You will need to enter the jail's console and do an update and upgrade

pkg update && pkg upgrade

 

[nick779]

You first need to determine if you installed the plugin, (most likely considering) or installed it manually in a jail. Go to the plugins page on your freenas and click on "installed" the plex media server should say upgrade or update next to it. Click on that and let it do it's work.

If you actually installed a jail you will not see it in the list of installed plugins. You will need to enter the jail's console and do an update and upgrade

pkg update && pkg upgrade

^this

But otherwise OP, I havent updated Plex on my Freenas box for around 5 months now, and the app works fine.

What youll find after working with FreeNAS and Plex for a while is that Plex updates are overrated.
Ive killed my Plex install / jail somewhere between 4-6 times this past year trying to do updates.

Granted I fixed it, but if its not broken, youre probably better off leaving it alone as a noob.

 

[depasseg]

These are the steps I use to update plex in my jail, should you decide to go down that road. I find the pkg update road is a little out of date.

The USERNAME and PASSWORD are your plex.tv credentials.

Code:

fetch --no-verify-peer -o PMS_Updater.sh https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mstinaff/PMS_Updater/master/PMS_Updater.sh
chmod 755 PMS_Updater.sh
./PMS_Updater.sh -u USERNAME -p PASSWORD -a -v

 

[chrisada]

Hello,

I have an iphone and PLEX does not work. The new version of PLEX requires an update apparently. I am a UTLRA noob when it comes to FreeNAS. Though, I can follow directions.

When I browse to PLEX using Chrome on windows 10, I get this:

Version 0.9.11.7 !An update is available. Please install manually.

I click on the link "manually" and it takes me here:
https://plex.tv/downloads

Then, I click on the "Computer" link and it has options for Windows | Mac | Linux | FreeBSD

Which one do I download? I am assuming FreeBSD????

I downloaded the FreeBSD file and I am stuck.

I tried searching the forums, but I became lost very quickly.

It's a known bug that Plex Server running on FreeBSD (which FreeNAS is a flavor of) will always say there is update available, even you are already running the latest version.

I don't believe there was any significant changes in the latest Plex Server update that makes it mandatory for streaming to Plex app. I suspect your problem lies elsewhere. (Although an update can't hurt)

Sent from my Nexus 6P using Tapatalk

 

[adrianwi]

No, 0.9.11.7 is a pretty old version (the latest non-plexpass version is 0.9.14.6) and I'm pretty sure the updated version of the iOS client needed 0.9.12.15 as a minimum.

I'd search for the Plex How to guide... and create a new jail from scratch (i.e. not using the plug-in). It's one of the easier things to do and makes updating very simple as and when required.

 

[chrisada]

No, 0.9.11.7 is a pretty old version (the latest non-plexpass version is 0.9.14.6) and I'm pretty sure the updated version of the iOS client needed 0.9.12.15 as a minimum.

I'd search for the Plex How to guide... and create a new jail from scratch (i.e. not using the plug-in). It's one of the easier things to do and makes updating very simple as and when required.

You are correct. I didn't notice the version number.

Sent from my Nexus 6P using Tapatalk

 

[movieman03]

These are the steps I use to update plex in my jail, should you decide to go down that road. I find the pkg update road is a little out of date.

The USERNAME and PASSWORD are your plex.tv credentials.

Code:

fetch --no-verify-peer -o PMS_Updater.sh https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mstinaff/PMS_Updater/master/PMS_Updater.sh
chmod 755 PMS_Updater.sh
./PMS_Updater.sh -u USERNAME -p PASSWORD -a -v

You are my savior!!!! Thank you and my girlfriends thanks you as well.

No, 0.9.11.7 is a pretty old version (the latest non-plexpass version is 0.9.14.6) and I'm pretty sure the updated version of the iOS client needed 0.9.12.15 as a minimum.

I'd search for the Plex How to guide... and create a new jail from scratch (i.e. not using the plug-in). It's one of the easier things to do and makes updating very simple as and when required.

You are correct!! :) We needed to use PLEX on an Iphone. I would imagine my xbox one needs the newer version as well, but I have not downloaded it yet.


Thank you again everyone for your help, Much appreciated :)

 

[depasseg]

Glad to help.

I actually leave those in a text file inside the fail as a reminder.

I thought about scripting it, but I still like to see the status of what's going on.