{ stdenv, fetchurl, rpmextract, glibc , dataDir ? "/var/lib/plex" # Plex's data directory must be baked into the package due to symlinks. }: stdenv.mkDerivation rec { name = "plex-${version}"; version = "0.9.11.16.958"; vsnHash = "80f1748"; src = fetchurl { url = "https://downloads.plex.tv/plex-media-server/${version}-${vsnHash}/plexmediaserver-${version}-${vsnHash}.x86_64.rpm"; sha256 = "1wrl654nk10i9p01cgy9fqiqalxyl718qhp4kjnxvcwafayxkp26"; }; buildInputs = [ rpmextract glibc ]; phases = [ "unpackPhase" "installPhase" "fixupPhase" "distPhase" ]; unpackPhase = '' rpmextract $src ''; installPhase = '' install -d $out/usr/lib cp -dr --no-preserve='ownership' usr/lib/plexmediaserver $out/usr/lib/ # Now we need to patch up the executables and libraries to work on Nix. # Side note: PLEASE don't put spaces in your binary names. This is stupid. for bin in "Plex Media Server" "Plex DLNA Server" "Plex Media Scanner"; do patchelf --set-interpreter "${glibc}/lib/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2" "$out/usr/lib/plexmediaserver/$bin" patchelf --set-rpath "$out/usr/lib/plexmediaserver" "$out/usr/lib/plexmediaserver/$bin" done find $out/usr/lib/plexmediaserver/Resources -type f -a -perm -0100 \ -print -exec patchelf --set-interpreter "${glibc}/lib/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2" '{}' \; # Our next problem is the "Resources" directory in /usr/lib/plexmediaserver. # This is ostensibly a skeleton directory, which contains files that Plex # copies into its folder in /var. Unfortunately, there are some SQLite # databases in the directory that are opened at startup. Since these # database files are read-only, SQLite chokes and Plex fails to start. To # solve this, we keep the resources directory in the Nix store, but we # rename the database files and replace the originals with symlinks to # /var/lib/plex. Then, in the systemd unit, the base database files are # copied to /var/lib/plex before starting Plex. RSC=$out/usr/lib/plexmediaserver/Resources for db in "com.plexapp.plugins.library.db"; do mv $RSC/$db $RSC/base_$db ln -s ${dataDir}/.skeleton/$db $RSC/$db done ''; meta = with stdenv.lib; { homepage = http://plex.tv/; license = licenses.unfree; platforms = platforms.linux; maintainers = with stdenv.lib.maintainers; [ forkk ]; description = "Media / DLNA server"; longDescription = '' Plex is a media server which allows you to store your media and play it back across many different devices. ''; }; }