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Help with installing PiHole on PostmarketOS

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https://lemmy.world/u/Maroon posted on Mar 22, 2026 14:04

I am trying to get pihole with unbound installed on a PostmarketOS device (open rc init). I can’t seem to get this installed at all.

I tried using the bash installer, but that didn’t work. I tried using the Alpine repositories, but it didn’t work either.

Anyone with tips or resources on how to get this thing to work?

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https://lemmy.world/u/FauxLiving posted on Mar 22, 2026 14:44
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Another option is that instead of trying the bare metal install, get docker working: https://gist.github.com/manoedinata/d93549d85acbee94f37683fa6cbd626e

Then you can just use the pihole container.

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https://lemmy.world/u/Maroon posted on Mar 22, 2026 17:12
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Oh I’ve been at this for a while now. I tried that exact page you have suggested along with the information provided here: https://www.wundertech.net/how-to-set-up-pi-hole-and-unbound-on-docker/

The docker container is simply not composing and running into other errors that don’t make sense despite reading up about them.

I’m not a computer whiz, so any insight would be super helpful

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https://lemmy.world/u/non_burglar posted on Mar 22, 2026 17:51
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The install script ceased being supported 3 years ago on Alpine. I think it was over handling of non-systemctl systems, but I can’t remember.

I used to run pihole on alpine containers and one say the install just wouldn’t update the FTL server. I switched to another DNS solution at that point.

Best suggestion is to run the docker container, as another user suggested here.

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https://lemmy.world/u/Maroon posted on Mar 22, 2026 18:49
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Oh I’ve been at this for a while now. I tried that exact page you have suggested along with the information provided here: https://www.wundertech.net/how-to-set-up-pi-hole-and-unbound-on-docker/

The docker container is simply not composing and running into other errors that don’t make sense despite reading up about them.

I’m not a computer whiz, so any insight would be super helpful

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