Upgrading Logitech Media Server on Ubuntu

Now I've pretty much given up trying to run my slimserver natively on Solaris due to lack of free time, I thought I'd remind myself how to upgrade in Ubuntu (running in a virtual box) as I am a total noob...

1. cp -pr /var/lib/squeezeboxserver /var/lib/squeezeboxserver.old
2. wget http://downloads.slimdevices.com/LogitechMediaServer_v7.7.2/logitechmediaserver_7.7.2_all.deb
3. dpkg --purge logitechmediaserver
4. dpkg -i logitechmediaserver_7.7.2_all.deb
5. If any problems are present such as the plugins tab not showing the 3rd party option, then repeat step 2, then mv /var/lib/squeezeboxserver /var/lib/squeezeboxserver.old and repeat step 3.
6. Revert to original preferences by
1. /etc/rc3.d/S20logitechmediaserver stop
2. mv /var/lib/squeezeboxserver/prefs /var/lib/squeezeboxserver/prefs.orig
3. cp -pr  /var/lib/squeezeboxserver.old/prefs /var/lib/squeezeboxserver
4.  /etc/rc3.d/S20logitechmediaserver start

And that's it. The config was saved even though I "purged" and the server started up again automatically and started a rescan of my library.