Linux Plex SQLite DB repair script

plexdb-repair.bash

#/bin/bash
# quick script to perform actions from https://support.plex.tv/articles/201100678-repair-a-corrupt-database/
# MUST BE RUN FROM INSIDE "Library/Application Support/Plex Media Server/Plug-in Support/Databases"
# Don't forget to check user permissions of the databases after this script runs. Wrong user permissions will cause "Starting Plex Media Server" loop

# Only proceed if sqlite3 is found
if [[ -z $(which sqlite3) ]]; then
    echo "ERROR: sqlite3 is not installed, exiting"
    exit 1
fi

# Run repair on blobs.db. If main db has corruption, blobs probably does too, so run both.
# Backup stored as .original extension
if [[ -s com.plexapp.plugins.library.blobs.db ]]; then
    cp com.plexapp.plugins.library.blobs.db com.plexapp.plugins.library.blobs.db.original
    sqlite3 com.plexapp.plugins.library.blobs.db "DROP index 'index_title_sort_naturalsort'"
    sqlite3 com.plexapp.plugins.library.blobs.db "DELETE from schema_migrations where version='20180501000000'"
    sqlite3 com.plexapp.plugins.library.blobs.db "PRAGMA integrity_check"
    sqlite3 com.plexapp.plugins.library.blobs.db .dump > dump.sql
    rm -v com.plexapp.plugins.library.blobs.db
    sqlite3 com.plexapp.plugins.library.blobs.db < dump.sql
    rm dump.sql
fi

# Run repair on main library.db.
# Backup stored as .original extension
if [[ -s com.plexapp.plugins.library.db ]]; then
    cp com.plexapp.plugins.library.db com.plexapp.plugins.library.db.original
    sqlite3 com.plexapp.plugins.library.db "DROP index 'index_title_sort_naturalsort'"
    sqlite3 com.plexapp.plugins.library.db "DELETE from schema_migrations where version='20180501000000'"
    sqlite3 com.plexapp.plugins.library.db "PRAGMA integrity_check"
    sqlite3 com.plexapp.plugins.library.db .dump > dump.sql
    rm -v com.plexapp.plugins.library.db
    sqlite3 com.plexapp.plugins.library.db < dump.sql
    rm dump.sql
fi