Plex - manual update using NAS itself

GrahamGo · Post by **GrahamGo** » Sat Nov 04, 2017 5:53 am

Is it possible to update Plex by downloading the PlexMediaServer_???????????????_x86_64.qpkg directly to the Qnap NAS and then installing the update manually by pointing to the Plex update file ?

I ask because I travel a lot. Right now my upload speed is terrible (100Kbps) and updating Plex is next to impossible. But I know that I can get the .qpkg file onto the NAS, but how do I get it to do a local install?

The NAS is sitting on a fast internet connection 1200 Mbps down, 250 Mbps up.

Thanks!

OneCD · Post by **OneCD** » Sat Nov 04, 2017 5:57 am

QPKG files are just shell scripts with a binary payload.

When downloaded, they won't have the execute bit set, so the quickest way to install one is:

Code: Select all

sh ./YourFile.qpkg

Don · Post by **Don** » Sat Nov 04, 2017 9:53 am

Use App Center to install.

Trexx · Post by **Trexx** » Sat Nov 04, 2017 10:36 am

You could pass the file URL to Download station via mobile app such as Qget. Then setup a VPN connection to the NAS to SSH and do a CLI install as was mentioned earlier.

GrahamGo · Post by **GrahamGo** » Sat Nov 04, 2017 10:53 am

Thank you for the various posts. I already have an OpenVPN connection to my router. Via that I can access the NAS on 192.168.x.x

As suggested I have used QGet to get the latest Plex QKPG onto the NAS.

Now to figure out how find the path to the QKPG file location and to use the command.

sh ./YourFile.qpkg (not sure what CLI means)

Thanks all for the pointers

GrahamGo · Post by **GrahamGo** » Sun Nov 05, 2017 6:46 am

Just a quick thank you. This went fine and took under a minute to do. For anyone interested here was my approach.
1. Accessed NAS via my Router using OpenVPN (my NAS appears as local device on IP 192.168.1.88)
2. Using my laptop accessed https://www.plex.tv/downloads/ and located the correct QNAP Plex QKPG file and copied its URL
3. On NAS opened Download station chose the 'Input URL' option and paste in the QKPK URL. The download started taking 7 seconds and the resulting download was deposited in the folder Download
4. Allowed the NAS SSH service
5. On the laptop used PuTTy to SSH the NAS. Not knowing any better. I used cd / (root) cd share/Download then ls command to see the QKPK file
6. Finally sh PlexMediaServer_1.9.6.4401-53fa66811_x86_64.qpkg (the latest Plex package installed itself)
7. Disabled the NAS SSH service

Job was done in just over a minute. I amazed myself

Thanks again everyone for the hints.

QNAP NAS Community Forum

Plex - manual update using NAS itself

Plex - manual update using NAS itself

Re: Plex - manual update using NAS itself

Re: Plex - manual update using NAS itself

Re: Plex - manual update using NAS itself

Re: Plex - manual update using NAS itself

Re: Plex - manual update using NAS itself