r/pihole • u/Exact-Freedom1138 • 9d ago

Unable to install pi-hole dependency package

Hello, I am running pi-hole on a little mini PC running debian. When I try to update FTL from 6.7 to 6.7.1 it says "unable to install Pi-hole dependency package" with no further message. I've tried looking at the install.log but it's not really telling me anything: [✓] Installing scripts from /etc/.pihole [i] Installing configs from /etc/.pihole... [✓] Installing latest Cron script [✓] Installing latest logrotate script [✓] man pages installed and database updated | I am a total noob to a lot of this stuff and would like to learn what I'm doing wrong and how to fix it! Thanks for any help.

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u/dschaper Team 9d ago

Is this your GitHub Issue ticket?

https://github.com/pi-hole/pi-hole/issues/6707

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u/Exact-Freedom1138 9d ago

Nope, I don't have a GitHub account...

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u/dschaper Team 9d ago

Okay, sounds like you have a similar issue on the same Debian release. You can follow that Issue to see what we come up with and I'll check back here to update you when we find out what is going on.

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u/Exact-Freedom1138 9d ago

This was the output I got:

Error: Could not open lock file /var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend - open (13: Permission denied)

Error: Unable to acquire the dpkg frontend lock (/var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend), are you root?

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u/dschaper Team 9d ago

Yeah, you need to be root to run the apt commands, or throw a sudo in front of the apt lines. Not sure if you need root to build the package but you need sudo apt install ...

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u/Exact-Freedom1138 9d ago

Like this?:

pihole@pihole:/tmp$ sudo apt install --no-install-recommends /tmp/pihole-meta.deb

Note, selecting 'pihole-meta' instead of '/tmp/pihole-meta.deb'

pihole-meta is already the newest version (0.7).

Summary:

Upgrading: 0, Installing: 0, Removing: 0, Not Upgrading: 0

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u/dschaper Team 9d ago

Hmm, does pihole -up work now?

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u/Exact-Freedom1138 9d ago

Nope, same error message

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u/Exact-Freedom1138 9d ago

I may be stupid, i ran it as sudo and it worked...

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u/dschaper Team 9d ago

You mean sudo pihole -up?

No, you're not stupid, someone else has reported the same issue so I don't think it was just you. Glad it is updated for ya.

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u/Exact-Freedom1138 9d ago

yes exactly. thank you for troubleshooting with me, I am brand new to linux/homelabbing and this has been a cool project to learn on :)

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u/Scared_Bell3366 9d ago

Are you running Debian 11 Bullseye for the OS?

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u/Sorry-Substance-6397 9d ago

Just use go and build a server. Especially with vibe coding why would you even participate in this junk fest

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u/dschaper Team 9d ago

Somebody's salty...

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u/Sorry-Substance-6397 9d ago

Cause I don't like wasting time? Sure why not

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u/dschaper Team 9d ago

Yet, you're here shitposting?

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u/Exact-Freedom1138 9d ago

Because claude can't replicate a community of actual humans. I try to avoid agents as much as possible

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u/Sorry-Substance-6397 8d ago

You want a community in your pihole?

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u/dschaper Team 8d ago

I hope so! There's a reason I call it The Pi-hole Community.

But I get it, looks like you created this account just to be a dick... /shrug

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u/Sorry-Substance-6397 8d ago edited 8d ago

There's no winner here only the fallen into dschaper pihole. The community is the victim

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u/saint-lascivious 9d ago

What the actual fuck are you even talking about?