The original post: /r/pihole by /u/cylnzz on 2024-11-15 05:10:18.

hardware is:

8GB rpi4 with 128GB sdcard

rasbpberry pi OS 64 lite (fresh install using rpi imager)

updated raspi-config

upgraded system

setup zramtools zram swap service, turned off swapfile (reboot)

ip is set by router

I’m following the official https://docs.pi-hole.net/main/basic-install/

$ curl -sSL https://install.pi-hole.net/ | bash

gives error msg:

[✗] Retrieval of supported OS list failed. dig failed with return code 9. Unable to determine if the detected OS (Debian 12) is supported

you can try: curl -sSL https://install.pi-hole.net/ | sudo PIHOLE_SKIP_OS_CHECK=true bash

but it may not work.

it installs without obvious error, unfortunately, later on the set up doesnt operate properly. I’m trying to get a basic pihole running before I try to move on to setting up unbound etc.

The question is, how much more basic/stock setup can I do? dhcpd5 is not an available package to install, so I cannot take advantage of that, even though the guide says it should be in pi OS by default. The install errors out using the most default of all OS options. There is a skip check, that plainly states it may not operate correctly.

I’m trying to stay away from community (youtube style) guides, so I stayed with official, but it has incorrect information. I’m new to pihole, but not new to linux, and have found following EXACTLY saves foolishness later, but I’m frustrated by this.