trying to update emby . HELP PLEASE !!

[DBreeze1982 0]

i am unfortunately a windows user with no experience with ubuntu. I am trying to make a media server that can stream my content to my kodi box i have setup. I Installed emby last night but now have to update it. I have no idea on how to code things or what to type and i am using google as my help but its getting me no where. 

 

danny@Danny-Server:~$ dpkg -i emby-server-deb_4.8.11.0_amd64.deb
dpkg: error: requested operation requires superuser privilege
danny@Danny-Server:~$ sudo dpkg --configure -a
danny@Danny-Server:~$ dpkg -i emby-server-deb_4.8.11.0_amd64.deb
dpkg: error: requested operation requires superuser privilege

anyone able to help me , i think i have uninstalled emby but still cant get the installer package to work.  

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[Q-Droid 989]

26 minutes ago, DBreeze1982 said:

i am unfortunately a windows user with no experience with ubuntu. I am trying to make a media server that can stream my content to my kodi box i have setup. I Installed emby last night but now have to update it. I have no idea on how to code things or what to type and i am using google as my help but its getting me no where. 

danny@Danny-Server:~$ dpkg -i emby-server-deb_4.8.11.0_amd64.deb
dpkg: error: requested operation requires superuser privilege
danny@Danny-Server:~$ sudo dpkg --configure -a
danny@Danny-Server:~$ dpkg -i emby-server-deb_4.8.11.0_amd64.deb
dpkg: error: requested operation requires superuser privilege

anyone able to help me , i think i have uninstalled emby but still cant get the installer package to work.  

Emby version 4.8.11 was released in March. If you installed last night then what version did you install? There haven't been updates for months.

Do you have the deb package downloaded already? Try:

$ sudo dpkg -i emby-server-deb_4.8.11.0_amd64.deb

[DBreeze1982 0]

7 hours ago, Q-Droid said:

Emby version 4.8.11 was released in March. If you installed last night then what version did you install? There haven't been updates for months.

Do you have the deb package downloaded already? Try:

$ sudo dpkg -i emby-server-deb_4.8.11.0_amd64.deb

TRIED THIS WITH THE CORRECT EMBY DOWNLOAD IN MY DOWNLOAD FOLDER AND NOW I GET THIS ERROR ( SORRY DIDNT MEAN CAPS) JUST GETTING VERY FRUSTRATED )

 

danny@Danny-Server:~$ sudo dpkg -i emby-server-deb_4.8.11.0_amd64.deb 
[sudo] password for danny: 
dpkg: error: cannot access archive 'emby-server-deb_4.8.11.0_amd64.deb': No such file or directory
danny@Danny-Server:~$ $ sudo dpkg -i emby-server-deb_4.8.11.0_amd64.deb 
$: command not found
danny@Danny-Server:~$  sudo dpkg -i emby-server-deb_4.8.11.0_amd64.deb 
dpkg: error: cannot access archive 'emby-server-deb_4.8.11.0_amd64.deb': No such file or directory
danny@Danny-Server:~$ 

 

Edited August 26, 2025 by DBreeze1982

[Q-Droid 989]

You have to run the command from the same directory/folder where the .deb file is located. Navigate (cd) to that folder then try again with "sudo dpkg..." not "$ sudo dpkg...".

 

[DBreeze1982 0]

All i know is that the .deb file is located in my downloads folder . I have no idea how the directory system works or where the terminal function is looking for the directory. I followed an out of date guide with emby that took it from the download directory.  Thinking ubuntu is hard work haha

[Q-Droid 989]

Read a basic primer on Linux. But yeah, if that's too much then stick with Windows because the installation is the simplest part of what you'll need to know to run Emby on Linux.

 

[DBreeze1982 0]

1 minute ago, Q-Droid said:

Read a basic primer on Linux. But yeah, if that's too much then stick with Windows because the installation is the simplest part of what you'll need to know to run Emby on Linux.

yeh i will indeed, i cant use windows as old pc and wont update past 10. I would like to get to grips with this tbh. took me a day to get ubuntu on it haha 

 

[DBreeze1982 0]

Q druid you are a legend ! Just reading some basic Linux and already got my directory changed ! Wish me luck haha 

[Luke 42077]

Let us know how things go. Thanks.