Install failed during initial setup

[skexie]

The issue I am facing:

Basic-install.sh does not successfully complete installation.

Details about my system:
Rpi 3 rev B. 8GB SD card. Only power and Ethernet connected. Remote connecting via VNC.

What I have changed since installing Pi-hole:
Haven't gotten it installed yet.

[jfb]

I would run the following commands at the OS level to install the 409 updates that are pending:

sudo apt update

sudo apt upgrade

Then run the verbose installer script. If that fails, then we know exactly where it fails. If there is a failure on that install, please post about ten lines leading up to the final line of the output.

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

[skexie]

I attempted update & upgrade. Then ran the curl command. There was no output at all. I removed the bash, to see what curl was attempting to do and received a "segmentation fault"

pi@raspberrypi:~ $ curl -sSL https://install.pi-hole.net | sudo bash -x
pi@raspberrypi:~ $ curl -sSL https://install.pi-hole.net
Segmentation fault

I then ran the upgrade command again and see an error. This is attempting to upgrade to buster.

dpkg-deb: error: '/tmp/apt-dpkg-install-SYZDl2/07-libfreetype6-dev_2.9.1-3+deb10u1_armhf.deb' is not a debian format archive
dpkg: error processing archive /tmp/apt-dpkg-install-SYZDl2/07-libfreetype6-dev_2.9.1-3+deb10u1_armhf.deb (--unpack):
 subprocess dpkg-deb --control returned error exit status 2
Preparing to unpack .../08-libpng16-16_1.6.36-6_armhf.deb ...
Unpacking libpng16-16:armhf (1.6.36-6) over (1.6.28-1+deb9u1) ...
Preparing to unpack .../09-libfreetype6_2.9.1-3+deb10u1_armhf.deb ...
Unpacking libfreetype6:armhf (2.9.1-3+deb10u1) over (2.6-2rpi1rpi1g) ...
Preparing to unpack .../10-libuuid1_2.33.1-0.1_armhf.deb ...
Unpacking libuuid1:armhf (2.33.1-0.1) over (2.29.2-1+deb9u1) ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /tmp/apt-dpkg-install-SYZDl2/07-libfreetype6-dev_2.9.1-3+deb10u1_armhf.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

[skexie]

I'll try to reinstall the package (07-libfreetype6-dev_2.9.1-3+deb10u1_armhf.deb) and will update back here shortly. Thanks!

[jfb]

The Pi-hole installer won't continue until the apt update process completes normally.

[skexie]

Thanks for the reply. I think my whole OS is messed up now. Every command is giving a "segmentation fault". I'll try to fix this issue and then re-run the installer.

Just for reference...

root@raspberrypi:/home/pi# dpkg -i libfreetype6-dev_2.9.1-3+deb10u1_armhf.deb
Segmentation fault
root@raspberrypi:/home/pi# ls
Segmentation fault
root@raspberrypi:/home/pi# reboot
Segmentation fault
root@raspberrypi:/home/pi# exit
exit
pi@raspberrypi:~ $ ls
Segmentation fault
pi@raspberrypi:~ $

womp womp

[jfb]

I think it's time for a complete reflash of the OS and reinstall of Pi-hole.

If you have a spare SD card around, use that to eliminate the possibility of faults in the card you are using.

[skexie]

It seems that the issue was the OS, somehow. I used a different SD card and installed pi from scratch on that new card. The installer went through with no issue on that OS. Thanks for the help!