Unsolved Pi-hole possible in UT?
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I was wondering if it is possible to run pi-hole on my pixel 2 running Ubuntu touch? It seems like a good use case if i can get it to work.
Pi-hole is an app (originally designed to run on a raspberry pi) to block adverts over a whole network. See link for info.
It should run on Ubuntu, but i can't figure out a way to install it on my phone. I'm a very basic user, but i can follow reasonably simple instructions.
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@trev Have you tried uAdBlock from the OpenStore?
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@Ian thanks for the suggestion. I guess that this is an equivalent app, but I can't figure out how to make it work. I can't find any documentation for it either. I tried following the Pi-Hole documentation, but it doesn't really seem to apply.
Sorry if I'm being dense, but I'm just a basic user (capable of copying and pasting commands, and following step-by-step instructions only).
I think the relevant app is uAdBlockNG now.
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@trev I guess that is 'Next Generation'?
As far as I can see you install the app, open it, and then select 'uAdBlockNG enabled'.
After that ads are blocked in Morph. I imagine you need to launch the app ocaisionaly and check for updates.
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@Ian ah. In that case it doesn't do the same as Pi-Hole.
With Pi-Hole you can use it with your entire home network. You use it as a DNS redirect and it blocks any ip addresses associated with ad-networks. (I may be using the terminology wrong...)
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@trev In that case you need to get your hands on a PI to run it on. The good news is that their supply issues are getting better.
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@trev said in Pi-hole possible in UT?:
I was wondering if it is possible to run pi-hole on my pixel 2 running Ubuntu touch?
I guess it is possible, but after that, you'll need to manage OTA updating differently or not doing it.
Installing mainline gnu/linux app is possible on UT, but requires you to put hands on it, and any system braking issue is on you ^^ -
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@trev said in Pi-hole possible in UT?:
Plan B is to repurpose one of my old laptops to run Pi-Hole. That should be more within my abilities!
It's also simply a much better tool for the job at hand.
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@trev As @Moem has so succinctly remarked, indeed it is!
If you had succeeded in running Pi Hole on your device, you would have then have to proceed to set your device as your network's DNS server, which would mean that you would have no DNS, and consequently in practice no internet, if your device was offline for any reason at all. In short, I don't think running pi-hole on it would have been a very good idea.
