Error installing PiVPN

Troubleshooting
1

Creating a bug report/issue

[YES] I have searched the existing open and closed issues

Required Information

  • DietPi version | cat /boot/dietpi/.version
G_DIETPI_VERSION_CORE=9
G_DIETPI_VERSION_SUB=11
G_DIETPI_VERSION_RC=-1
G_GITBRANCH='dev'
G_GITOWNER='MichaIng'

  • Distro version | echo $G_DISTRO_NAME $G_RASPBIAN
    bookworm 0

  • Kernel version | uname --all
    Linux PiHole 6.6.74+rpt-rpi-v8 #1 SMP PREEMPT Debian 1:6.6.74-1+rpt1 (2025-01-27) aarch64 GNU/Linux

  • Architecture | dpkg --print-architecture
    arm64

  • SBC model | echo $G_HW_MODEL_NAME or (EG: RPi3)
    RPi 4 Model B (aarch64)

  • Power supply used | (EG: 5V 1A RAVpower)
    https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07XBF3P15

  • SD card used | (EG: SanDisk ultra)
    SanDisk Extream 128GB

Additional Information (if applicable)

  • Software title | (EG: Nextcloud)
    PiVPN

  • Was the software title installed freshly or updated/migrated?
    Fresh install

  • Can this issue be replicated on a fresh installation of DietPi?
    Yes

ā† If you sent a ā€œdietpi-bugreportā€, please paste the ID here ā†’

  • Bug report ID | echo $G_HW_UUID
    7094b6c7-a391-4965-a58f-99d3ce108bee

Steps to reproduce

  1. Mount image to SD Card
  2. Wait for DietPi to install / start up
  3. Log into DietPi OS
  4. Run sudo DietPi-Software
  5. Search for PiVPN
  6. Install PiVPN
  7. Hit enter on all messages / basic install
  8. Install ends with following message:
[2025-02-18T12:04:47+0000]: ::: Unable to read /etc/pihole/setupVars.conf
[FAILED] DietPi-Software | ./install.bash

Expected behaviour

  • Expecting PiVPN to install

Actual behaviour

  • Installer ending but app not installed

Extra details

  • PiHole installed as well, that is all, during PiVPN install I say Yes to using PiHole as the VPN DNS.
2

ChatGPT fixed it for meā€¦
Created the missing file:
sudo nano /etc/pihole/setupVars.conf

Added this code:

PIHOLE_INTERFACE=eth0
IPV4_ADDRESS=CHA.NGE.ME.IP/24
QUERY_LOGGING=true

Re-ran dietpi-software

Installed without any issues

3

hmm strange, usually the file should exist by default as it contains all required information for a PiHole reinstall. This file is created by the PiHole own installer and not by DietPi.

4

Yeah not sure what happened there in terms of not having the file created by PiHole, again used dietpi-software to install rather than curl etc.
Maybe forgot to run with sudo at the start.

5

Did it install PiHole v6? This has been released yesterday and our script is not respecting this currently. We are still working to integrate PiHole v6

6

I am not too sure / I did not check but after installing I changed to the dev branch

pihole -v

Core
    Version is v6.0-3-g0890f67 (Latest: null)
    Branch is development
    Hash is 0890f673 (Latest: 0890f673)
Web
    Version is v5.21-959-g7acf464 (Latest: null)
    Branch is devel
    Hash is 7acf4647 (Latest: 7acf4647)
FTL
    Version is vDev-3b78e07 (Latest: null)
    Branch is development
    Hash is 3b78e072 (Latest: 3b78e072)
7

Yes this is PiHole v6 at least for the core. There things changed and I guess the missing file is expected in this case. As said, our script is not taking this into account actually.

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