Will Emby auto update on Linux too like Windows ?

[ng4ever 40]

Or no ?

[Q-Droid 989]

There's at least one but probably more update scripts for this floating around in these forums. If the Emby package was added to distribution repositories or they created their own for the various base distros it could facilitate automatic updates.

My question is why would anyone want to auto update unless it's limited to rolling beta releases for testing?

 

[Luke 42077]

Hi, i think it would be great, it's just not something we've been able to look at yet. Thanks.

[darkassassin07 652]

While not automatic; running via docker makes updating really simple, just two commands:

docker compose pull
docker compose up -d

This can easily be put in a crontab line to automate updates if desired.

[Oratorian 41]

On 3/24/2024 at 6:00 AM, ng4ever said:

Or no ?

Depends on your distro, Ubuntu : Click Here
I created one a while back, for stable and Beta, they are still running and work on all Debian based system using apt.

[Stroudy 21]

I'd also like to see this.
I currently run Emby on Docker which is installed on Debian OS.

I use watchtower to do the auto-updates but would be nice to be able to cut out docker and watchtower and have built in auto-update on Linux version of Emby instead.

[Oratorian 41]

3 minutes ago, Stroudy said:

I'd also like to see this.
I currently run Emby on Docker which is installed on Debian OS.

I use watchtower to do the auto-updates but would be nice to be able to cut out docker and watchtower and have built in auto-update on Linux version of Emby instead.

Click the link in my post above, it will install emby either beta or stable branch with your package manager apt on debian&ubuntu. If you have unattended-upgrades enabled it will also automatically update emby.

Be aware that only beta is being updated regularly by the staff since they are testing releases and should be used with caution.

[Oratorian 41]

If you need help with moving from docker to standalone install, and moving data, send me a pm with your docker volume configuration for the emby container, and I will assist you with the migration process. 

Edited May 31, 2024 by Oratorian