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steveTu
Feb 11, 2024Apprentice
Readynas212 - How do you stop or uninstall PLEX?
How on earth do you stop plex (or uninstall it) on a ReadyNAS212 ? If I try to stop it from the web based control, I get a window telling me that the action may take a few minutes. It just sites ...
steveTu
Feb 11, 2024Apprentice
Ok - not sure if this is the right way, but I logged onto the NAS using ssh and used systemctl to check the status of running services, then used it again to stop Plex and finally disable it.
systemctl status
systemctl stop fvapp-plexmediaserver-annapurna.service
systemctl disable fvapp-plexmediaserver-annapurna.service
...the web based control panel now shows its status as OFF - and hopefully it won't restart (until I ask it to!).
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