Can't install pi-hole

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Expected Behaviour:

Trying to install pi-hole on Mint 19 3.8.9

Actual Behaviour:

I get:

tom@Vicky:~$ curl -sSL https://install.pi-hole.net | bash
stty: 'standard input': Inappropriate ioctl for device

[✗] Root user check
[i] Script called with non-root privileges
The Pi-hole requires elevated privileges to install and run
Please check the installer for any concerns regarding this requirement
Make sure to download this script from a trusted source

[✓] Sudo utility check
[sudo] password for tom;
stty: 'standard input': Inappropriate ioctl for device

[✓] Root user check

[✓] Disk space check
[✗] Update local cache of available packages
Error: Unable to update package cache. Please try "apt-get update"tom@Vicky:~$ apt-get update
Reading package lists... Done
E: Could not open lock file /var/lib/apt/lists/lock - open (13: Permission denied)
E: Unable to lock directory /var/lib/apt/lists/
W: Problem unlinking the file /var/cache/apt/pkgcache.bin - RemoveCaches (13: Permission denied)
W: Problem unlinking the file /var/cache/apt/srcpkgcache.bin - RemoveCaches (13: Permission denied)
tom@Vicky:

If I run the installation as root I get:

[✓] Disk space check
[✗] Update local cache of available packages
Error: Unable to update package cache. Please try "apt-get update"root@Vicky:~# apt-get update
Ign:1 Index of /linux/mint/packages tara InRelease
Hit:2 Index of /ubuntu bionic InRelease
Hit:3 Index of /ubuntu bionic-updates InRelease
Hit:4 http://linux.teamviewer.com/deb stable InRelease
Hit:5 Index of /ubuntu bionic-backports InRelease
Hit:6 Index of /linux/mint/packages tara Release
Hit:7 http://linux.teamviewer.com/deb preview InRelease
Get:8 https://brave-browser-apt-release.s3.brave.com bionic InRelease [2,824 B]
Ign:9 http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb stable InRelease
Hit:10 http://APT.spideroak.com/ubuntu-spideroak-hardy release InRelease
Hit:11 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security InRelease
Hit:12 http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu bionic InRelease
Hit:14 http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb stable Release
Get:13 http://ppa.launchpad.net/mmozeiko/rclone-browser/ubuntu xenial InRelease [18.1 kB]
Get:15 https://mega.nz/linux/MEGAsync/xUbuntu_18.04 ./ InRelease [1,310 B]
Err:8 https://brave-browser-apt-release.s3.brave.com bionic InRelease
The following signatures were invalid: EXPKEYSIG 4FE13824E3FFC656 Brave Software support@brave.com
Err:13 http://ppa.launchpad.net/mmozeiko/rclone-browser/ubuntu xenial InRelease
The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY 29CF6613D67DF04A
Err:15 https://mega.nz/linux/MEGAsync/xUbuntu_18.04 ./ InRelease
The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY 03C3AD3A7F068E5D
Reading package lists... Done
W: An error occurred during the signature verification. The repository is not updated and the previous index files will be used. GPG error: https://brave-browser-apt-release.s3.brave.com bionic InRelease: The following signatures were invalid: EXPKEYSIG 4FE13824E3FFC656 Brave Software support@brave.com
W: Target Packages (main/binary-amd64/Packages) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/brave-browser.list:3 and /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.list:3
W: Target Packages (main/binary-all/Packages) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/brave-browser.list:3 and /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.list:3
W: Target Translations (main/i18n/Translation-en_NZ) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/brave-browser.list:3 and /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.list:3
W: Target Translations (main/i18n/Translation-en) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/brave-browser.list:3 and /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.list:3
W: Target DEP-11 (main/dep11/Components-amd64.yml) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/brave-browser.list:3 and /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.list:3
W: Target DEP-11 (main/dep11/Components-all.yml) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/brave-browser.list:3 and /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.list:3
W: Target CNF (main/cnf/Commands-amd64) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/brave-browser.list:3 and /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.list:3
W: Target CNF (main/cnf/Commands-all) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/brave-browser.list:3 and /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.list:3
W: GPG error: http://ppa.launchpad.net/mmozeiko/rclone-browser/ubuntu xenial InRelease: The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY 29CF6613D67DF04A
E: The repository 'http://ppa.launchpad.net/mmozeiko/rclone-browser/ubuntu xenial InRelease' is not signed.
N: Updating from such a repository can't be done securely, and is therefore disabled by default.
N: See apt-secure(8) manpage for repository creation and user configuration details.
W: An error occurred during the signature verification. The repository is not updated and the previous index files will be used. GPG error: https://mega.nz/linux/MEGAsync/xUbuntu_18.04 ./ InRelease: The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY 03C3AD3A7F068E5D
W: Target Packages (main/binary-amd64/Packages) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/brave-browser.list:3 and /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.list:3
W: Target Packages (main/binary-all/Packages) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/brave-browser.list:3 and /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.list:3
W: Target Translations (main/i18n/Translation-en_NZ) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/brave-browser.list:3 and /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.list:3
W: Target Translations (main/i18n/Translation-en) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/brave-browser.list:3 and /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.list:3
W: Target DEP-11 (main/dep11/Components-amd64.yml) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/brave-browser.list:3 and /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.list:3
W: Target DEP-11 (main/dep11/Components-all.yml) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/brave-browser.list:3 and /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.list:3
W: Target CNF (main/cnf/Commands-amd64) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/brave-browser.list:3 and /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.list:3
W: Target CNF (main/cnf/Commands-all) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/brave-browser.list:3 and /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.list:3
root@Vicky:~#

I've no idea what any of that means or where I go from here.

You'll need to fix the errors with apt and your OS first before you can install Pi-hole. Try asking on the Mint forums as most of those sources do not look like they are stock Mint sources.

Hi. Couldn't get to the root of the problem so reinstalled Mint from scratch. Installed pI-Hole before anything else and had no problems. Now working well so thanks for a great app.

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