Error on Installing ?

[kamm3330]

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💡 FileBrowser Quantum is not installed.
Enter port number (Default: 8080):
Install FileBrowser Quantum? (y/n): y
✖️ Connection to github failed
✖️ in line 2262: exit code 7 (Command failed with exit status 7): while executing command return $?

--- Last 20 lines of log ---
[2026-10-10 19:08:53] [ERROR] Connection to github failed
[2026-10-10 19:08:53] [ERROR] in line 2262: exit code 7 (Command failed with exit status 7): while executing command return $?

root@filebrowser:~#

[MickLesk]

"Connection to github failed"

[eeclee]

having the same error, in PVE host and in LXC if that's makes any difference.

✖️ Connection to github failed
✖️ in line 2273: exit code 7 (Command failed with exit status 7): while executing command return $?

--- Last 20 lines of log ---
[2026-10-14 10:59:34] [ERROR] Connection to github failed
[2026-10-14 10:59:34] [ERROR] in line 2273: exit code 7 (Command failed with exit status 7): while executing command return $?

[eeclee]

hey, thanks for the reply
I tried 3 browsers, two of them have no adblock, same error.
I don't think it's a geoblock, because I uninstalled FileBrowser from PVE host two days ago, with no traces left.

[MickLesk]

try again?

[eeclee]

something new

✖️ github answered, but not with JSON: a captive portal or a proxy error page is in the way
✖️ in line 2307: exit code 22 (Command failed with exit status 22): while executing command return $?

--- Last 20 lines of log ---
[2026-10-14 15:01:57] [ERROR] github answered, but not with JSON: a captive portal or a proxy error page is in the way
[2026-10-14 15:01:57] [ERROR] in line 2307: exit code 22 (Command failed with exit status 22): while executing command return $

[MickLesk]

That message comes from the step that parses GitHub's answer with jq, and a system without jq fails there in exactly the same way. A stock Proxmox host (not a script from us) does not have jq, and the installer did not install it before this lookup. Please run

apt install -y jq

and start the installer again.

[eeclee]

the installation went through, but the URL looks weird, not my usual pool of IPs and can't be reached.

Continue anyway on the Proxmox host? (y/N): y
💡 FileBrowser Quantum is not installed.
Enter port number (Default: 8080):
Install FileBrowser Quantum? (y/n): y
✔️ Deployed: filebrowser-quantum (2.0.1-stable)
✔️ Installed FileBrowser Quantum
✔️ Directory prepared
Use No Authentication? (y/N): y
✔️ Configured with no authentication
✔️ Service created successfully
✔️ FileBrowser Quantum is reachable at: http://100.115.149.xx:8080

Edit:
it looks like it picked an IP from my tailnet (Tailscale). I don't know how to revert this.

Edit 2:

• disabled Tailscale, then installed FileBrowser and got the right IP but can't be opened.