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Skatman88

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Registered: 2015-02-23

Posts: 24

Issues downloading and installing plex

Don't suppose someone can tell me exactly what to write in order to download and install PMS on Arch? I'm about to throw my computer out of the window.

First I tried:

sudo pacman -S plex-media-server-plexpass

And it cannot find anyting. I've only managed to find Plex Home Theatre using this method.

Next I tried:

sudo pacman -U [url]https://downloads.plex.tv/plex-media-server/0.9.11.17.986-269b82b/plexmediaserver-0.9.11.17.986-269b82b.x86_64.rpm[/url]

Which resulted in an error stating:

error: failed retrieving file 'plexmediaserver-0.9.11.17.986-269b82b.x86_64.rpm.sig' from downloads.plex.tv : the requested URL returned error: 404
warning: failed to download [url]https://downloads.plex.tv/plex-media-server/0.9.11.17.986-269b82b/plexmediaserver-0.9.11.17.986-269b82b.x86_64.rpm.sig[/url]
loading packages...
error: '/var/cache/pacman/pkg/plexmediaserver-0.9.11.17.986-269b82b.x86_64.rpm' : package missing required signature.

I mean, what am I doing wrong? Can someone please tell me exactly what to type in to download and install PMS?

Cheers

nullified

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From: Massachusetts, USA

Registered: 2013-12-09

Posts: 468

Re: Issues downloading and installing plex

Have you tried looking in the Arch wiki? https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Plex

What you are trying to install is in the AUR.

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Skatman88

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Registered: 2015-02-23

Posts: 24

Re: Issues downloading and installing plex

Forgive me for being rubbish, but how would one download it via AUR? I've looked at the wiki and it doesn't really help me.

tomk

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From: Ireland

Registered: 2004-07-21

Posts: 9,839

Re: Issues downloading and installing plex

No offense, but that's a totally useless post. How does the wiki not help you? What did you try? What was the expected result, and the actual result? Give details of your failure.

Last edited by tomk (2015-03-31 17:06:07)

ewaller

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From: Pasadena, CA

Registered: 2009-07-13

Posts: 19,804

Re: Issues downloading and installing plex

As tomk indicated, nullified provided you with a link that answers that very question.  Please do your research -- the AUR is  basic stuff and is extremely well documented.

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Skatman88

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Registered: 2015-02-23

Posts: 24

Re: Issues downloading and installing plex

No Offense taken.

Ok,

I've entered this command:

wget https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/pl/plex-media-server-plexpass/PKGBUILD

then typed "makepkg"

Producing this error:

==> ERROR: install file (plex-media-server.install) does not exist or is not a regular file.

Any ideas?

Skatman88

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Registered: 2015-02-23

Posts: 24

Re: Issues downloading and installing plex

Also tried the same with the tar.gz

Receiving this message:

sudo pacman -U plex-media-server-plexpass.tar.gz

error: missing package metadata in plex-media-server-plexpass.tar.gz
error 'plex-media-server-plexpass.tar.gz' : invalid or corrupted package

nullified

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From: Massachusetts, USA

Registered: 2013-12-09

Posts: 468

Re: Issues downloading and installing plex

Re-read the AUR page. You shouldn't just try random commands that you think might work. It says very clearly what you should do.

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ewaller

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From: Pasadena, CA

Registered: 2009-07-13

Posts: 19,804

Re: Issues downloading and installing plex

Download this Tarbell (available on the AUR page for plexpass) to your home directory
https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/pl/p … ass.tar.gz
Extract it (tar -xvf ...)
That created a directory -- probably plex-media-server-plexpass/plex-media-server-plexpass -- change to that directory.
list the files in that directory, it probably has the install and the PKGBUILD.  Maybe others.
Make the package.
Install the package with pacman -U.

Last edited by ewaller (2015-03-31 17:49:52)

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tomk

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From: Ireland

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Re: Issues downloading and installing plex

ewaller, put down the spoon and back away slowly.

ewaller

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From: Pasadena, CA

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Re: Issues downloading and installing plex

Yeah, every now and again I buckle.

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Skatman88

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Registered: 2015-02-23

Posts: 24

Re: Issues downloading and installing plex

Download this Tarbell (available on the AUR page for plexpass) to your home directory
https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/pl/p … ass.tar.gz
Extract it (tar -xvf ...)
That created a directory -- probably plex-media-server-plexpass/plex-media-server-plexpass -- change to that directory.
list the files in that directory, it probably has the install and the PKGBUILD.  Maybe others.
Make the package.
Install the package with pacman -U.

Brilliant, thanks for your help! Just what I was after!

tomk

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From: Ireland

Registered: 2004-07-21

Posts: 9,839

Re: Issues downloading and installing plex

Just what I was after!

... and just what was in the wiki ...

1. Acquire the tarball which contains the PKGBUILD and possibly other required files, like systemd-units and patches (but often not the actual code).
2. Extract the tarball (preferably in a folder set aside just for builds from the AUR) with tar -xvf foo.tar.gz.
3. Run makepkg in the directory where the files are saved (makepkg -s will automatically resolve dependencies with pacman). This will download the code, compile it and pack it.
4. Look for a README file in src/, as it might contain information needed later on.
5. Install the resulting package with pacman

karol

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Registered: 2009-05-06

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Re: Issues downloading and installing plex

Please remember to mark the thread as solved https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=130309