Today I tried to do a full system upgrade using pacman -Syyu and I got pgp errors that files in the pacman cache are corrupted. I looked online and followed everything on the wiki and other sources that I could find to try and resolve the issue, but nothing has worked. Every time I try to install something using pacman I get more pgp errors and I do not know how to fix this. Please help me!
#Pacman pgp errors on every installation operation, cannot be resolved
radiant trench
wide crater
Would it be possible to get the exact PGP error message?
radiant trench
yeah, do you want all of them or just one
wide crater
I should only need one of them, if it is the problem I am thinking of.
radiant trench
:: File /var/cache/pacman/pkg/xz-5.2.8-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst is corrupted (invalid or corrupted package (PGP signature)).
Do you want to delete it? [Y/n] ```I get that for every package
not package
key
solar kiln
keyring may be outdated
radiant trench
I tried to reinstall but got similar errors
wide crater
Try running pacman -Syy archlinux-keyring, if you haven't already.
radiant trench
:: File /var/cache/pacman/pkg/archlinux-keyring-20221110-1-any.pkg.tar.zst is corrupted (invalid or corrupted package (PGP signature)).
Do you want to delete it? [Y/n] ```this is the output that I get
solar kiln
just hit yes to delete it
radiant trench
:: File /var/cache/pacman/pkg/archlinux-keyring-20221110-1-any.pkg.tar.zst is corrupted (invalid or corrupted package (PGP signature)).
Do you want to delete it? [Y/n] Y
error: failed to commit transaction (invalid or corrupted package (PGP signature))
Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded.```still does not work
solar kiln
try running the command again
radiant trench
same output
solar kiln
hmmm
wide crater
That is quite odd. Would it be possible to try a manual download and installation from the repository?
solar kiln
That is quite odd. Would it be possible to try a manual download and installatio...
i was gonna suggest that but realized it would also probably have a pgp error
solar kiln
Do you mean downloading and extracting manually?
this might work tho
wide crater
i was gonna suggest that but realized it would also probably have a pgp error
My thought is that there could be a bad mirror or similar.
solar kiln
that’s possible
radiant trench
this might work tho
the archlinux-keyring right?
wide crater
wide crater
Believe so.
Think the entire command, run from the download folder is pacman -U archlinux-keyring-20221110-1-any.pkg.tar.zst.
radiant trench
is the download from the upstream url, the gitlab link?
is that where I download it?
I found it
the installation completed without an error
wide crater
Now try your system upgrade.
radiant trench
same errors
wide crater
Remove them all, then try again.
wide crater
My suspicion is that you need to change your pacman mirror from the one you are currently using, as it appears to be corrupted.
radiant trench
ill try that
same errors
I just read something on the archlinux forums where someone asked the op if they had recently aborted a full system upgrade. I did today, would this cause any problems.
wide crater
Not after the existing things, and not with this sort of issue from what I recall.
radiant trench
hmmm
not really sure what to try next at this point after reading the relevant forum posts
might have to reinstall if I cannot fix this
in your opinion, what do you see as the best way to move forward?
wide crater
I am currently checking what is needed to regenerate a mirrorlist. I am almost certain this is a mirror issue.
radiant trench
okay, thanks
wide crater
Would you be willing to give my mirrorlist a try?
radiant trench
yeah
wide crater
Grabbing it now. It is a bit old, but has served me well so far.
radiant trench
sounds good
wide crater
Here is the entire contents of the file. ```
################################################################################
################# Arch Linux mirrorlist generated by Reflector #################
################################################################################
With: reflector @/etc/xdg/reflector/reflector.conf
When: 2022-02-01 04:30:36 UTC
From: https://archlinux.org/mirrors/status/json/
Retrieved: 2022-02-01 04:29:17 UTC
Last Check: 2022-02-01 03:51:01 UTC
Server = https://mirror.lty.me/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
Server = https://mirror.osbeck.com/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
Server = https://arch.mirror.constant.com/$repo/os/$arch
Server = https://mirror.pkgbuild.com/$repo/os/$arch
Server = https://archlinux.thaller.ws/$repo/os/$arch
Server = https://mirror.telepoint.bg/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
Server = https://mirror.f4st.host/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
Server = https://phinau.de/arch/$repo/os/$arch
Server = https://archmirror.it/repos/$repo/os/$arch
Server = https://mirror.cyberbits.asia/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
Server = https://mirror.luzea.de/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
Server = https://ftp.halifax.rwth-aachen.de/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
Server = https://mirror.pseudoform.org/$repo/os/$arch
Server = https://pkg.adfinis.com/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
Server = https://packages.oth-regensburg.de/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
Server = https://archlinux.uk.mirror.allworldit.com/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
Server = https://europe.mirror.pkgbuild.com/$repo/os/$arch
Server = https://america.mirror.pkgbuild.com/$repo/os/$arch
Server = https://mirror.theash.xyz/arch/$repo/os/$arch
Server = https://mirror.cyberbits.eu/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
I put it in my mirrorlist file, is there anything that I need to do to refresh pacman
wide crater
Just run pacman -Syyuu and it should pick it up.
radiant trench
double u or just one u?
wide crater
The double u, since it will allow potential downgrades if a mirror isn't updated yet.
wide crater
Give it a try.
wide crater
That is very odd. I am not sure what else to do then.
radiant trench
I guess im gonna have to reinstall then
thanks for all your help, im going to reinstall now after I back up all my files
wide crater
Just hope that a reinstall helps with the issue.
radiant trench
I hope so as well, thank you very much for all your help
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