Stuck on Installation

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Expected Behaviour:
One-Step Automated Install with "curl -sSL https://install.pi-hole.net | bash"

  • Operating System: Ubuntu 26.04.1 LTS
  • Hardware: BOSGAME E2 Mini PC (3550H 16GB Ram 512GB SSD)

Actual Behaviour:

It's stuck on

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

I have tried re-installing OS and using the install cmd again and waited a few mins and I think it's just stuck for some reason.

2

Do you see the same issue with the command:

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

4

This is what I got back

[sudo: authenticate] Password:

[✓] Root user check

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

[i] SELinux not detected
[✓] Building dependency package pihole-meta.deb
[✓] Installing Pi-hole dependency package

5

This output looks the same as the one described in another issue.

Can you please try the same, but using 2 separate steps?

curl -o basic-install.sh https://install.pi-hole.net
sudo bash basic-install.sh

Does it work?

6

Oh looks like that worked! Thanks a lot btw out of curiosity any reason why the Auto install got stuck?

7

I don't know, but I saw this happening before only on Ubuntu 26.

When I ran some tests, for some reason, when piping curl to bash the first installation dialog is never shown, causing the process to hang, but I never discovered the cause. As far as I know, this issue doesn't happen on other Ubuntu versions or other distributions.

8

For future reference, the 2 steps solution from my answer above can also be executed like this:

# Download and save the script                    Execute it            then delete the file
curl -o install.sh https://install.pi-hole.net && sudo bash install.sh; rm install.sh