Chromebook Pixel 2 (Samus): Firmware update script won't run and complains flashrom can't be downloaded, yet flashrom is already installed

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[root@samus ~]# chmod +x firmware-util.sh 
[root@samus ~]# ./firmware-util.sh 

Downloading supporting files...
Error downloading flashrom; cannot proceed.

Unable to download flashrom utility; cannot continue

[root@samus ~]# which flashrom
/usr/bin/flashrom
[root@samus ~]# 

not sure what to do here without going in and chopping up the script in order to make it pass checks that it should be passing.

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Arch Linux installed currently, dug out my Samus in order to fiddle with it, trying to update to the latest firmware using the latest script downloaded from mrchromebook.tech, and the above error is the result

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user error, closing