Obtain & Install Latest Public Plex Media Server (Debian)

plexupdate.sh

#!/bin/bash

VERSIONS_URL=https://plex.tv/api/downloads/5.json
LATEST_VERSION=$(curl -s $VERSIONS_URL | jq -r '.computer.Linux.version')
OS_LABEL="Ubuntu (16.04+) / Debian (8+) - Intel/AMD 64-bit"
DOWNLOAD_URL=$(curl -s $VERSIONS_URL | jq -r --arg OS_LABEL "$OS_LABEL" '.computer.Linux.releases[] | select(.label==$OS_LABEL).url')
FILE_NAME=$(echo ${DOWNLOAD_URL##*/})

echo "[DOWNLOAD] $DOWNLOAD_URL"
wget $DOWNLOAD_URL

echo "[STOP-SVC] plexmediaserver"
service plexmediaserver stop

echo "[INSTALL] $FILE_NAME"
dpkg -i $FILE_NAME

echo "[START-SVC] plexmediaserver"
service plexmediaserver start

echo "[CLEAN] Removing $FILE_NAME"
rm -rf $FILE_NAME

echo "[DONE] Plex updated to $LATEST_VERSION"