Download Pi-hole Core 5.1.1

Version 5.1.1 of Pi-hole has been released an hour after 5.1 was released. Pi-hole is an advertising-aware DNS and web server intended to run on a Raspberry Pi in the network. If the router references Pi-hole for dns handling, all devices on the network will automatically use it without any settings being required. Ads are then no longer fetched, causing pages to load faster. Potentially, it can also keep malware at bay. For more information, we refer you to the explanation and videos on this pageor this manual from tweaker jpgview. Below is what has changed since version 5.0:

Pi-hole Core v5.1.1

Cosmetic bug fix for fresh installs. Prevents IPV4_ADDRESS and IPV6_ADDRESS from being blanked out when the install script calls webpage.sh to set the web password (which in turn re-sources basic-install.sh and (currently) resets these two variables)

Edit: Also @PromoFaux broke the debug script, so that too.

Pi-hole Core v5.1

New

• Improve conditional forwarding #3260 †@DL6ER†
• Added support for CNAME record add/remove #3351 †@marank†
• Implement backend support for theming #3327 †@DL6ER†
• Debug extras #3423 †@PromoFaux†
• Add CAP_SYS_NICE to FTL’s capabilities #3455 †@DL6ER†
• Display warning if unsupported OS is detected #3441 (Subsquently fixed by #3490†@PromoFaux†

tweaks

• Remove wget from PIHOLE_DEPS #3185 †@msendinger†
• use py3 instead py2 #3153 †@jnozsc†
• Assorted typo fixes #3126 †@XhmikosR†
• Reduce apt-get install verbosity #3205 †@MichaIng†
• fix typo #3218 †@JulienOrain†
• Revert using hardcoded php-intl meta package #3204 †@MichaIng†
• Do not add pihole user to web server group #3226 †@MichaIng†
• Remove dead code #3312 †@subdavis†
• Only check SELinux states if “getenforce” command exists #3353 †@MichaIng†
• Update documentation links #3359 †@dnicolson†
• Fix GitHub capitalization #3360 †@dnicolson†
• Remove store/shop link from README #3369 †@apo†
• Start pihole-FTL after network #3248 †@MichaIng†
• Use toggle instead of select #3406 †@PromoFaux†
• Remove csslint from Strickler CI #3419 †@XhmikosR†
• Reload the lists, which will cause the cached privacy level to be updated #3415 †@fhriley†
• Remove deprecated Disconnect lists from “defaults” #3451 †@PromoFaux †
• Update links #3412 †@XhmikosR†
• Allow certain domain duplicates #3466 †@DL6ER †
• Change OS Detection in debug script #3434 †@PromoFaux†
• Improve man pihole restartdns section #3492 †@DL6ER†
• Improve IP validation function #3489 †@PromoFaux†
• Markdown tweaks #3420 †@XhmikosR†
• Fix/tweak blocking page #3403 †@XhmikosR†
• Tweak lighttpd configs #3425 †@XhmikosR†
• Prevent “pihole disable $timeout” from brass up future state changes #2887 †@tlk†
• Add additional information about local debug log location #3545 †@PromoFaux † @dschaper†

Fixes

• Minor bug fix for Binary detection #3347 †@PromoFaux†
• fixes #3217 by checking for existing pihole group #3246 †@pvogt09†
• Failsafe checks for available APT package #3203 – Fixes #2888 †@MichaIng†
• fix #3336 by creating adlist file even if no list was selected by user #3388 †@pvogt09†
• Updated gravity.sh to allow semicolons in URLs #3446 – Fixes #3444 †@pgl†
• Create adlist file even if no options are selected on install #3463 †@jesterchen†
• Replace possible “#” by “#” to fix AdminLTE#1427 #3470 †@DL6ER†