{ stdenv , fetchurl , rpmextract }: # The raw package that fetches and extracts the Plex RPM. Override the source # and version of this derivation if you want to use a Plex Pass version of the # server, and the FHS userenv and corresponding NixOS module should # automatically pick up the changes. stdenv.mkDerivation rec { version = "1.20.1.3252-a78fef9a9"; pname = "plexmediaserver"; # Fetch the source src = fetchurl { url = "https://downloads.plex.tv/plex-media-server-new/${version}/redhat/plexmediaserver-${version}.x86_64.rpm"; sha256 = "0z50c6kgsxz1pj8d65ibliqd4xbkwjlmim76j8rjid3amhj50jmx"; }; outputs = [ "out" "basedb" ]; nativeBuildInputs = [ rpmextract ]; phases = [ "unpackPhase" "installPhase" "fixupPhase" "distPhase" ]; unpackPhase = '' rpmextract $src ''; installPhase = '' mkdir -p "$out/lib" cp -dr --no-preserve='ownership' usr/lib/plexmediaserver $out/lib/ # Location of the initial Plex plugins database f=$out/lib/plexmediaserver/Resources/com.plexapp.plugins.library.db # Store the base database in the 'basedb' output cat $f > $basedb # Overwrite the base database in the Plex package with an absolute symlink # to the '/db' file; we create this path in the FHS userenv (see the "plex" # package). ln -fs /db $f ''; # We're running in a FHS userenv; don't patch anything dontPatchShebangs = true; dontStrip = true; dontPatchELF = true; dontAutoPatchelf = true; meta = with stdenv.lib; { homepage = "https://plex.tv/"; license = licenses.unfree; platforms = platforms.linux; maintainers = with maintainers; [ colemickens forkk lnl7 pjones thoughtpolice ]; description = "Media library streaming server"; longDescription = '' Plex is a media server which allows you to store your media and play it back across many different devices. ''; }; }