installation error

[technicalpyro]

to preface this i did not attempt this on a complete fresh install but you will see from the steps i think i did the correct sequence of commands

killed any existing pihole and pihole-FTL processes

rm -rf /etc/.pihole
git clone https://github.com/pi-hole/pi-hole.git /etc/.pihole/
cd /etc/.pihole/
git checkout new/FTL
rm -rf /var/html/admin/
gi clone https://github.com/pi-hole/AdminLTE.git
cd /var/html/admin/
git checkout new/FTL-nitegration
cd
pihole -r

got an error when it went to install (sorry should have taken a debug) that stated error of file not found and referred back to line 972 of the automated script

slept on it
did the same as the above the next morning but changed to using the new/FT:L-binary branch
once the script completed(successfully with no errors) i checked the web interface and saw FTL offline
i checked /etc/.pihole/ for a pihole-FTL executable ad saw none moved one from my testing directory started it and everything was working

[dschaper]

Okay, working on updating the repo to pull down the precompiled binaries now, instead of needing to compile directly on the client. I'm writing the tests for that process now in the new/FTL-binary branch, but that's subject to breakage as I try different tests and tweak things.

[technicalpyro]

am running pihole -r in that process posted above right now to see if it recreates the error if so i will make a debug

[technicalpyro]

Compiling FTL... /etc/.pihole/automated install/basic-install.sh: line 972: cd: /etc/.pihole-FTL: No such file or directory
Debug
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my next attempt will be to run
git clone https://github.com/pi-hole/FTL.git /etc/.pihole-FTL/
and see if that resolves this

[dschaper]

Ah, looks like the directory may not be created. Just a minute and I'll tweak that.

[dschaper]

Okay, directory is created first. Try that again and see if it gets past the error at 972.

[technicalpyro]

ok trying now
EDIT when i manually cloned the ftl repo into /etc/.pihole/ it did run correctly will wipe ad try with commands to be 100% sure

[technicalpyro]

::: Compiling FTL... ::: Restarting services...
tried a couple times after removing both /etc.pihole/ and /etc/.pihole-FTL/
not sure if that is the expected result
and the web admin console shows FTL offline

[technicalpyro]

perhaps the inelegant solution would be to have the basic installation script run the following command before attempting to compile
git clone https://github.com/pi-hole/FTL.git /etc/.pihole-FTL/

or assuming FTL will be an option (not sure the direction on this) when it is selected in the whiptail that clone runs first then it compiles

[dschaper]

There wont be a need to copy the git repo, we compile the bits now and provide the precompiled binaries. Just need to finish testing the code that copies the release.

[technicalpyro]

ahhh ok the other thing i just noticed is the script doesnt seem to start the FTL portion i had to start that manually

[technicalpyro]

also the usual let me know if theres anything i can test here on my end i know im limited but happy to be helpful

[DL6ER]

That is very much appreciated. Let me close this issue since it is partially / mostly based on you working on an outdated code that is not maintained any longer (we don't compile on-the-fly anymore).