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            <h1>Installing Pi-Hole Ad-Blocker on Debian/Ubuntu</h1>
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          <h2>Installing Pihole</h2>

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	<li>Click the Applications button &gt; Accessories &gt; Terminal</li>
	<li>Run the following commands to install updates
	<div class="codeBlock"># update software repositories<br />
	sudo apt update<br />
	# install available software updates <br />
	sudo apt upgrade -y<br />
	# clean downloaded software downloads<br />
	sudo apt clean<br />
	# install pihole<br />
	curl -sSL https://install.pi-hole.net | bash</div>
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	<li>Press Enter until the DNS selection is displayed</li>
	<li>Select a DNS provider and press Enter</li>
	<li>Press Enter through the rest of the Pi-Hole installer, selecting the defaults</li>
	<li>Copy the randomly generated admin password (just in case)</li>
	<li>Press Enter to complete the installation</li>
	<li>Run the following command to change the Pi-Hole admin password
	<div class="codeBlock">sudo pihole -a -p</div>
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	<li>Enter and confirm the new password</li>
	<li>Click the Applications button &gt; Internet &gt; Chromium Web Browser</li>
	<li>Navigate to http://DNSorIP/admin</li>
	<li>Click Login</li>
	<li>Authenticate with the admin password</li>
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<h2>Testing Pi-Hole</h2>

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	<li>In a web browser, open a new tab and navigate to https://yahoo.com</li>
	<li>Go back to the Pi-Hole tab and see that some DNS queries have been blocked</li>
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<p>More on Pi-Hole <a href="https://pi-hole.net/" target="_blank">https://pi-hole.net/</a></p>
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