emby-updater
emby-updater is a small tool to keep the Emby media server up to date (even including beta-versions).
Using emby-updater
All in one binary
The binary distribution is DEPRECATED, DON'T USE
Thanks to PyInstaller you can download emby-updater without to care about any dependencies, because they are inbuilt to the binary.
Just head over to the releases page and download the binary.
Currently only Ubuntu 18.04+ (amd64) is supported.
Python code for maximum flexibility
Do you want to control what is running on your system?
Grab the Python code, install the dependencies and run or modify it :)
Setup
with pipx (recommended)
sudo -i
apt update && \
apt install -y python3-apt; \
pipx install --system-site-packages emby-updaterwith pip in the user environment
sudo apt update && \
sudo apt install -y python3 python3-pip python3-apt; \
pip3 install --user emby-updater
from binary distribution
The binary distribution is DEPRECATED, DON'T USE
1. Go to the latest release page.
2. Download the binary distribution package to ~/Downloads.
3. make it executable with chmod +x ~/Downloads/emby-updater.
4. move it to /usr/local/sbin.
DEPRECATED -- sudo mv ~/Downloads/emby-updater /usr/local/sbin/Usage
usage: emby-updater.py [-h] [--beta] [-d DOWNLOAD_PATH] [--update] [--version]
[-y]
emby-updater will help you to install Emby (updates) easily.
optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
--beta installs Emby beta versions
-d DOWNLOAD_PATH, --download-path DOWNLOAD_PATH
set path for downloaded binaries
--update update the script itself if an update is available
--version show program's version number and exit
-y, --yes automatic yes to prompts. Assume "yes" as answer to
all prompts and run non-interactively. If an
undesirable situation, such as changing a held package
or removing an essential package, occurs then emby-
updater.py will abort.
This is an unofficial update tool for the Emby media server.
It's not supported through any official Emby Support.
emby-updater is proudly presented by Philip 'ShokiNN' Henning <mail@philip-henning.com>.
emby-updater is licensed under MIT license.
