Update

Updating RasPlex without a full reflash

Auto-update is currently supported for stable and developer releases only. Thus updating a bleeding/testing version must be done by manually.

This guides explains with steps are necessary to update between releases manually.

The simple way: Using the Rasplex Updater

Version 0.1.30 and newer have a RasPlex update plugin built-in. Just go to settings -> RasPlex Updater choose the version to update to and start the update.

The update takes some time and you'll get notifications to be able to follow the upgrade progress and steps. After everything was downloaded and extracted you'll get a reboot prompt. Choose reboot to instantly reboot your pi or just do the reboot any time later.

Fully manual update

Step 1: Download the archive

In addition to images there are also release archives for most releases used for auto-update.

These archives can be found at https://sourceforge.net/projects/rasplex/files/autoupdate/rasplex/.

Just choose the version you wan't to install and download the file (either directly to your Raspberry Pi or your PC).

Step 2: Unpacking the archive

Just use your favorite unpacker on Windows (i.e. 7zip) and Mac OS X (i.e. Unarchiver).

On Linux or directly on the Pi just use the following command:
bzip2 -d rasplex-RPi.arm-<version>.tar.bz2

Step 3: Install the update

Option 1: SSH / SCP

The best update solution is to copy the contents of archives target directory (4 files) to /storage/.update/ directory on the Raspberry Pi. (Just create the directory if not present)

Option 2: SMB

If SMB shares are enabled via PlexHT settings, it's also possible to copy the files to the update directory via SMB. Just drop the files into the Update share of your RasPlex.

Option 3: Via SD-Card (not recommend)

Just replace the IMAGE and KERNEL file on the first (FAT32) partition with the ones from the target directory of the archive.
These method won't check checksums and may lead to a none-booting installation. Use this with care!

Step 4: Reboot your Raspberry Pi

Just reboot RasPlex and check your screen output to validate the update is done and worked like expected.

Step 5: Congratulations - you're done!