[SOLVED] Public Keyring not found; | Arch Linux Community | Page 1

spiral arch Jul 18, 2023, 6:25 PM

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Hi there! Had a little issue while trying to install Arch today... here's some info:

Archiso environment

Tried installing the essential packages "base linux linux-firmware" using "pacstrap -K /mnt base linux linux-firmware" (as the wiki says in the installation guide)

I just got an error: "Public keyring not found; have you run 'pacman-key --init'?", followed by "error: keyring is not writeable" around 20 times or so.

I was expecting it to just simply install the packages on my root partition which has been mounted to /mnt.

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It's my first time installing Arch, so it would be awesome if someone could help :D

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Oh and by the way, I did try running "pacman-key --init"; in the end it just tells me that the trust database could not be updated. Before that it says A LOT OF other things that just went wrong

coral depot Jul 18, 2023, 6:35 PM

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Try running pacman -Sy archlinux-keyring and see if it helps

spiral arch Jul 18, 2023, 6:36 PM

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coral depot Try running `pacman -Sy archlinux-keyring` and see if it helps

error: failed to synchronize all databases (unexpected system error)

coral depot Jul 18, 2023, 6:37 PM

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hm, haven't seen that before

spiral arch Jul 18, 2023, 6:37 PM

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weird

coral depot Jul 18, 2023, 6:38 PM

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I would try rebooting the ISO

spiral arch Jul 18, 2023, 6:38 PM

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maybe that helps

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ill try it

coral depot Jul 18, 2023, 6:38 PM

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you'll need to remount your partitions and reconnect to wifi after though

spiral arch Jul 18, 2023, 6:38 PM

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alright

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i... think that might have worked?

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looks like it, well, guess the old trick of rebooting always seems to work, even in an arch linux installation

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thanks!

#[SOLVED] Public Keyring not found;