Update Plex Server Manually

update_plex.sh

#!/bin/bash

##
## PLEX_URL change 2016/08/01
## LATEST_URL change to python script
##

EXIT_CODE=0
LATEST_URL=
PLEX_URL="https://plex.tv/api/downloads/1.json?_=1470076305698"
JSON_VAL_LOC='["computer"]["Linux"]["releases"][0]["url"]'

. /var/tmp/share/src/ENV.bash
. /var/tmp/share/src/UTIL_18.04.bash

main() {
	if [[ $ENV_isRoot == FALSE ]]; then
		ENV_err "This script must be run under root."
		UTIL_notify "Attempt to run root script without root!"
		EXIT_CODE=1
	else
		checkPlexVersion
	fi
}

checkPlexVersion() {
	ENV_log "Checking installed version..."
	INSTALLED_VER=`apt-show-versions -p plexmediaserver | awk '{print $2}'`
	ENV_log "Installed version -- $INSTALLED_VER"

	ENV_log "Checking version on plex.tv website..."

	# LATEST_URL=`curl -s ${PLEX_URL} | egrep -io 'https.*plexmediaserver_.*amd64.deb'`
	JSON_DATA=$(curl -s ${PLEX_URL})
	LATEST_URL=$(UTIL_grabJSONValue "$JSON_DATA" "$JSON_VAL_LOC")
	LATEST_VER=`echo $LATEST_URL | awk -F'/' '{print $5}'`
	ENV_log "Latest version available on plex.tv website -- $LATEST_VER"

	if [[ $INSTALLED_VER == $LATEST_VER ]]; then
		ENV_log "Latest version already installed.  Exiting."
		EXIT_CODE=1
	else
		downloadAndInstallPlex
	fi
}

downloadAndInstallPlex() {
	ENV_log "New version $LATEST_VER found -- downloading..."

	PLEX_DEB=`echo $LATEST_URL | awk -F'/' '{print $6}'`

	wget -q -O /tmp/$PLEX_DEB $LATEST_URL
	ENV_log "File saved to /tmp/$PLEX_DEB"
	dpkg -i /tmp/$PLEX_DEB
}

main
exit $EXIT_CODE