Need help installing Diet-pi (at my wits end)

I just have to be doing something wrong.

I’m trying to install Diet-Pi on a Dell Wyse 3040. I’m installing to the internal storage. All I want is Pi-Hole, I don’t need or want anything else but I’m presented with this huge list of software to chose from. I tried skipping it but then found that the Pi-Hole web interface is on the list. What’s stopping me from installing is at the very end where it tells me that Diet-Pi needs a static ip address I’m given 2 choices, continue and exit. I have already chosen a static ip address so I first hit exit and the installer took a dump to the command line. I then started over and found that choosing continue did nothing at all. I searched the internet and could not find detailed install instructions. I don’t understand the network config section at all. When I installed Diet-Pi on my other 3040 I did not have to go through this looooong install routine and don’t remember it being any problem at all to get it working. I suspect either the installer changed or else I’m using the wrong installer. I really don’t know what to do at this point. Any help and/or advice much appreciated. a kink to COMPLETE instructions would be nice.

Creating a bug report/issue

I have searched the existing open and closed issues

Required Information

  • DietPi version | cat /boot/dietpi/.version
  • Distro version | echo $G_DISTRO_NAME $G_RASPBIAN
  • Kernel version | uname --all
  • Architecture | dpkg --print-architecture
  • SBC model | echo $G_HW_MODEL_NAME or (EG: RPi3)
  • Power supply used | (EG: 5V 1A RAVpower)
  • SD card used | (EG: SanDisk ultra)

Additional Information (if applicable)

  • Software title | (EG: Nextcloud)
  • Was the software title installed freshly or updated/migrated?
  • Can this issue be replicated on a fresh installation of DietPi?
    ← If you sent a “dietpi-bugreport”, please paste the ID here →
  • Bug report ID | echo $G_HW_UUID

Steps to reproduce

Expected behaviour

Actual behaviour

Extra details

Normally, the question about the static IP should occur twice. In both cases it is only a recommendation that can be skipped

dietpi-software
a) Unbound question > skip if not needed
b) Static IP question > skip
c) start install

PiHole own installer
a) Static IP question > continue
b) answer all other PiHole installer questions
c) done

Thank you sir.

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