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Hello guys,

since i'm now the happy owner of a working NAS under 18.2 firmware, I would like to install the plex addon.
All my devices are capable to transcode so I don't expect the NAS to do it but want it to host the server role as well as all the librairies.

when I run

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root@NAS:/ # plexmediaserver install

I do the plex and pyton are downloaded but it fails 2 times:

here:

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  inflating: /tmp/14-0-python-patch.tar
/usr/bin/plexmediaserver: line 113: /opt/bin/gnutar: not found

The cd command confirmed it.


and here:

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/usr/bin/plexmediaserver: line 583: /opt/bin/gnutar: not found

I'm noob in linux but it looks like I miss gnu tar..nevertheless I can run gnutar --usage or gnutar --help

here is the full plex media install log, any help would be appraciated :)

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root@NAS:/ # plexmediaserver install
Install python addons

2019-10-27 10:46:38 URL:http://plugout.net/firm_version/python.txt [60/60] -> "-" [1]
2019-10-27 10:46:39 URL:http://plugout.net/files/55_10a034b4c1d71c9b546273ac34674c15 [30160876/30160876] -> "/tmp/python.zip" [1]
Archive:  /tmp/python.zip
  inflating: /tmp/python.tar
  inflating: /tmp/14-0-python-patch.tar
/usr/bin/plexmediaserver: line 113: /opt/bin/gnutar: not found
        Installing Plex...

Downloading plex package from plugout...
Retrieved the file PlexMediaServer-0.9.16.3.1840-cece46d-arm.spk
Install...
/usr/bin/plexmediaserver: line 583: /opt/bin/gnutar: not found
Cannot extract /mnt/HD_a2/programs/plex/tmp/.tmp/plexfile.gz
Failed!


thanks.

Hi

Indeed there is a bug. Since version 18.0, we change gnutar binary location.
This will require we update plexmediaserver script.

But temporarily, you can fix the script by creating a symlink, so on a shell terminal do

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 ln -s /usr/bin/gnutar /opt/bin/gnutar

Then you should be able to install plex

Hi Jocko,

thanks for your really fast answer.
i was about to modify the install script but prefer your option wich is definitively better for me :)

Obviously it works fine now, and I was able to install plex!

thanks to you everything will run on the nas and my computer can sleep the nigh so I have reduced my electrical bill thanks guys!!

This helped me too.
Edit: Too bad this version of Plex Server is too old for the current Plex clients. This is all I get:
Update your Plex Media Server
The server 5Big is out of date and cannot be used. This version of Plex Web Client requires Plex Media Server 1.3.0 or higher.

Hi

on any arm v5 platform (so for example 5big2), version 0.9.16.3 is the latest version available :whistle