[SOLVED] -bash: pihole: command not found

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Expected Behaviour:

  • Should be able to see webpage at http://ip_address/admin/
  • Should be able to run pihole -d

Actual Behaviour:

  • Can't access webpage
  • Running pihole returns "bash: pihole: command not found

Debug Token:

  • N/A

I tried to install pihole on my Pi 1 Model B, the installation seemed to be ok but I can't access or run pihole after that. Rebooted and tried installing again and got the same result.

https://imgur.com/a/OEatn

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Looks like the installation didn't really finish, for some reason. I am able to see the installation process now. Please close this thread if needs be. Thank you.

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Still no luck though. The installation stop at step 15 of 16. It happened twice.
Some details:

  • Raspberry Pi 1 Model B

  • Raspbian Stretch Lite

    ::: Verifying free disk space...
    :::
    ::: Updating local cache of available packages... done!
    :::
    ::: Checking apt-get for upgraded packages.... done!
    :::
    ::: Your system is up to date! Continuing with Pi-hole installation...
    ::: Checking for apt-utils... installed!
    ::: Checking for dialog... installed!
    ::: Checking for debconf... installed!
    ::: Checking for dhcpcd5... installed!
    ::: Checking for git... installed!
    ::: Checking for iproute2... installed!
    ::: Checking for whiptail... installed!
    :::
    ::: Stopping dnsmasq service... done.
    :::
    ::: Stopping lighttpd service... done.
    ::: Using Google DNS servers.
    ::: Static IP already configured
    ::: Found neither IPv6 ULA nor GUA address, blocking IPv6 ads will not be enabled
    ::: IPv4 address: 192.168.0.50/24
    ::: IPv6 address:
    ::: Web Interface On.
    ::: Logging On.
    :::
    ::: Checking for existing repository...
    ::: Updating repo in /etc/.pihole... done!
    done!
    :::
    ::: Checking for existing repository...
    ::: Updating repo in /var/www/html/admin... done!
    done!
    ::: Checking for bc... added to install list!
    ::: Checking for cron... installed!
    ::: Checking for curl... installed!
    ::: Checking for dnsmasq... added to install list!
    ::: Checking for dnsutils... added to install list!
    ::: Checking for iputils-ping... installed!
    ::: Checking for lsof... added to install list!
    ::: Checking for netcat... added to install list!
    ::: Checking for sudo... installed!
    ::: Checking for unzip... installed!
    ::: Checking for wget... installed!
    ::: Checking for lighttpd... added to install list!
    ::: Checking for php-common... added to install list!
    ::: Checking for php-cgi... added to install list!
    aapi@raspberrypi:~ $ pihole
    -bash: pihole: command not found

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What is the output of:

sudo apt-get update
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pi@raspberrypi:~ $ sudo apt-get update
Get:1 http://mirrordirector.raspbian.org/raspbian stretch InRelease [15.0 kB]
Get:2 http://mirrordirector.raspbian.org/raspbian stretch/main armhf Packages [11.7 MB]
Hit:3 http://archive.raspberrypi.org/debian stretch InRelease
Fetched 11.7 MB in 47s (245 kB/s)
Reading package lists... Done

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What is the output of this?

sudo apt-get install -y bc
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pi@raspberrypi:~ $ sudo apt-get install -y bc
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
bc
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 17 not upgraded.
Need to get 96.3 kB of archives.
After this operation, 195 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Get:1 http://mirrordirector.raspbian.org/raspbian stretch/main armhf bc armhf 1.06.95-9 [96.3 kB]
Fetched 96.3 kB in 2s (44.3 kB/s)
Selecting previously unselected package bc.
(Reading database ... 35452 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../bc_1.06.95-9_armhf.deb ...
Unpacking bc (1.06.95-9) ...
Processing triggers for install-info (6.3.0.dfsg.1-1+b1) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.6.1-2) ...
Setting up bc (1.06.95-9) ...
pi@raspberrypi:~ $

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It works now, thank you very much, Mcat12! :slight_smile:

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Hi all,

This topic should be tagged as osmc or similar so OSMC https://osmc.tv users can benefit from pihole too.
First of all: I had to execute this to finish the installation.
[SOLVED] -bash: pihole: command not found - #5 by piehole

Also it is necessary to change pihole default web admin interface port inside /etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf
to something like 8088, so it does not interfere with Kodi's web UI.

I have also disabled pihole's dhcpcd as it interferes with connman too:
sudo systemctl disable dhcpcd

To pihole devs: guys, can you pls. consider update of your great tool so it does not require that necessary portion of magic as above? :wink:
Thx in advance!
Cheers!