SearXNG install script errors out #1536

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opened 2026-02-05 01:29:32 +03:00 by OVERLORD · 2 comments
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Originally created by @derpindialer on GitHub (Aug 27, 2025).

Have you read and understood the above guidelines?

yes

📜 What is the name of the script you are using?

SearXNG

📂 What was the exact command used to execute the script?

bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/community-scripts/ProxmoxVE/main/ct/searxng.sh)"

⚙️ What settings are you using?

  • Default Settings
  • Advanced Settings

🖥️ Which Linux distribution are you using?

No response

📝 Provide a clear and concise description of the issue.

I have run both advanced setting and default settings and get the same error both times. I saw this was a new script and wanted to run it.

🔄 Steps to reproduce the issue.

I tried both advanced and default settings.

Paste the full error output (if available).

⚙️ Using Default Settings on node pve
🆔 Container ID: 106
🖥️ Operating System: debian (12)
📦 Container Type: Unprivileged
💾 Disk Size: 7 GB
🧠 CPU Cores: 2
🛠️ RAM Size: 2048 MiB
🚀 Creating a SearXNG LXC using the above default settings

✔️ Storage **** (Free: 11.5TB Used: 230.7GB) [Template]
✔️ Storage local-lvm (Free: 1.5TB Used: 212.5GB) [Container]
✔️ Template debian-12-standard_12.7-1_amd64.tar.zst [local]
✔️ LXC Container 106 was successfully created.
✔️ Started LXC Container
✔️ Network in LXC is reachable (ping)
✔️ Customized LXC Container
✔️ Set up Container OS
✔️ Network Connected: 10.0.0.176
✔️ IPv4 Internet Connected
✖️ IPv6 Internet Not Connected
✔️ Git DNS: github.com:(✔️ ) raw.githubusercontent.com:(✔️ ) api.github.com:(✔️ ) git.community-scripts.org:(✔️ )
✔️ Updated Container OS
✔️ Installed dependencies
✔️ User and directories ready
✔️ Cloned SearXNG
⠦ Creating Python virtual environmentbash: line 4: silent: command not found

[ERROR] in line 36: exit code 0: while executing command sudo -H -u searxng bash -c "
python3 -m venv /usr/local/searxng/searx-pyenv &&
. /usr/local/searxng/searx-pyenv/bin/activate &&
$STD pip install -U pip setuptools wheel pyyaml &&
$STD pip install --use-pep517 --no-build-isolation -e /usr/local/searxng/searxng-src
"
⠙ Creating Python virtual environment
[ERROR] in line 1353: exit code 0: while executing command lxc-attach -n "$CTID" -- bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/community-scripts/ProxmoxVE/main/install/${var_install}.sh)"

root@pve:~#

🖼️ Additional context (optional).

No response

Originally created by @derpindialer on GitHub (Aug 27, 2025). ### ✅ Have you read and understood the above guidelines? yes ### 📜 What is the name of the script you are using? SearXNG ### 📂 What was the exact command used to execute the script? bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/community-scripts/ProxmoxVE/main/ct/searxng.sh)" ### ⚙️ What settings are you using? - [x] Default Settings - [x] Advanced Settings ### 🖥️ Which Linux distribution are you using? _No response_ ### 📝 Provide a clear and concise description of the issue. I have run both advanced setting and default settings and get the same error both times. I saw this was a new script and wanted to run it. ### 🔄 Steps to reproduce the issue. I tried both advanced and default settings. ### ❌ Paste the full error output (if available). ⚙️ Using Default Settings on node pve 🆔 Container ID: 106 🖥️ Operating System: debian (12) 📦 Container Type: Unprivileged 💾 Disk Size: 7 GB 🧠 CPU Cores: 2 🛠️ RAM Size: 2048 MiB 🚀 Creating a SearXNG LXC using the above default settings ✔️ Storage **** (Free: 11.5TB Used: 230.7GB) [Template] ✔️ Storage local-lvm (Free: 1.5TB Used: 212.5GB) [Container] ✔️ Template debian-12-standard_12.7-1_amd64.tar.zst [local] ✔️ LXC Container 106 was successfully created. ✔️ Started LXC Container ✔️ Network in LXC is reachable (ping) ✔️ Customized LXC Container ✔️ Set up Container OS ✔️ Network Connected: 10.0.0.176 ✔️ IPv4 Internet Connected ✖️ IPv6 Internet Not Connected ✔️ Git DNS: github.com:(✔️ ) raw.githubusercontent.com:(✔️ ) api.github.com:(✔️ ) git.community-scripts.org:(✔️ ) ✔️ Updated Container OS ✔️ Installed dependencies ✔️ User and directories ready ✔️ Cloned SearXNG ⠦ Creating Python virtual environmentbash: line 4: silent: command not found [ERROR] in line 36: exit code 0: while executing command sudo -H -u searxng bash -c " python3 -m venv /usr/local/searxng/searx-pyenv && . /usr/local/searxng/searx-pyenv/bin/activate && $STD pip install -U pip setuptools wheel pyyaml && $STD pip install --use-pep517 --no-build-isolation -e /usr/local/searxng/searxng-src " ⠙ Creating Python virtual environment [ERROR] in line 1353: exit code 0: while executing command lxc-attach -n "$CTID" -- bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/community-scripts/ProxmoxVE/main/install/${var_install}.sh)" root@pve:~# ### 🖼️ Additional context (optional). _No response_
OVERLORD added the bug label 2026-02-05 01:29:32 +03:00
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@Jaccob7 commented on GitHub (Aug 27, 2025):

I'm having the same issue. I saw that someone else had this problem and managed to fix it, but they haven’t told me what they did, lol.

@Jaccob7 commented on GitHub (Aug 27, 2025): I'm having the same issue. I saw that someone else had this problem and managed to fix it, but they haven’t told me what they did, lol.
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@jershbytes commented on GitHub (Aug 27, 2025):

I'm also getting the same issue. Running PVE9 so i know that's probably not supported yet, but was able to install redlib just fine on pve9.

[ERROR] in line 36: exit code 0: while executing command sudo -H -u searxng bash -c "
  python3 -m venv /usr/local/searxng/searx-pyenv &&
  . /usr/local/searxng/searx-pyenv/bin/activate &&
  $STD pip install -U pip setuptools wheel pyyaml &&
  $STD pip install --use-pep517 --no-build-isolation -e /usr/local/searxng/searxng-src
"
⠴ Creating Python virtual environment
[ERROR] in line 1353: exit code 0: while executing command lxc-attach -n "$CTID" -- bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/community-scripts/ProxmoxVE/main/install/${var_install}.sh)"
@jershbytes commented on GitHub (Aug 27, 2025): I'm also getting the same issue. Running PVE9 so i know that's probably not supported yet, but was able to install redlib just fine on pve9. ```bash [ERROR] in line 36: exit code 0: while executing command sudo -H -u searxng bash -c " python3 -m venv /usr/local/searxng/searx-pyenv && . /usr/local/searxng/searx-pyenv/bin/activate && $STD pip install -U pip setuptools wheel pyyaml && $STD pip install --use-pep517 --no-build-isolation -e /usr/local/searxng/searxng-src " ⠴ Creating Python virtual environment [ERROR] in line 1353: exit code 0: while executing command lxc-attach -n "$CTID" -- bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/community-scripts/ProxmoxVE/main/install/${var_install}.sh)" ```
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Reference: starred/ProxmoxVE#1536