Raspberry Pi Zero W Bookworm Lite Installer exited at static IP message

New Pi Zero W, new 32GB SD card, new install of Raspberry Pi OS (Bookworm) Lite 32 bit

Expected Behaviour:

Installer should run to completion and Pi-Hole appear on the network.

Actual Behaviour:

Installer exited at static IP message, Pi-Hole not running

What I did to get here:

  • Installed the OS with Raspberry Pi imager using custom data to connect to wifi.
  • Logged in with SSH via wifi
  • Updated and Upgraded the OS.
  • Rebooted.
  • Ran the install script copied from Installation - Pi-hole documentation
  • Rebooted

Result:

  • Bash does not recognise pihole command eg "pihole -up"
  • Pointing a browser on network to http://192.168.1.194/admin/ gets the response "This site can't be reached"

This is the SSH console log:

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

  [i] 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

  [✓] Root user check

        .;;,.
        .ccccc:,.
         :cccclll:.      ..,,
          :ccccclll.   ;ooodc
           'ccll:;ll .oooodc
             .;cll.;;looo:.
                 .. ','.
                .',,,,,,'.
              .',,,,,,,,,,.
            .',,,,,,,,,,,,....
          ....''',,,,,,,'.......
        .........  ....  .........
        ..........      ..........
        ..........      ..........
        .........  ....  .........
          ........,,,,,,,'......
            ....',,,,,,,,,,,,.
               .',,,,,,,,,'.
                .',,,,,,'.
                  ..'''.

  [i] SELinux not detected
  [✓] Update local cache of available packages

  [✓] Checking apt-get for upgraded packages... up to date!

  [✓] Building dependency package pihole-meta.deb
  [✓] Installing Pi-hole dependency package

  [✓] Supported OS detected
  [i] Installer exited at static IP message.
pi@myzero:~ $ pihole -up
-bash: pihole: command not found

Debug Token:

Cannot provide Debug Token because pihole is not running

Am I doing something wrong? All help most welcome and gratefully received!

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This message is shown only if the installation is canceled (or ESC key is pressed):

Oh oh - I just realised what I was doing wrong.
On the splash screen about static IP address I just pressed 'Enter' instead of 'Continue' so triggered an exit.
Sorry for my finger trouble.

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