All Pacman Installations Fail Integrity Check

aggiechris · 2014-09-14 00:34:14

Hello all,

On a fresh Arch install after using it for a bit, I get the following when attempting to install anything with pacman:

[root@alpha-arch ~]# pacman -S blender
resolving dependencies...
looking for inter-conflicts...

Packages (12): glew-1.11.0-1  intel-tbb-4.3_20140724-1  jack-0.124.1-3  llvm-3.5.0-2.1  openal-1.16.0-1  opencollada-20140108-1  opencolorio-1.0.9-2  openimageio-1.4.13-1
               openshadinglanguage-1.5.10-2  zita-alsa-pcmi-0.2.0-1  zita-resampler-1.3.0-2  blender-14:2.71.git1.d42c08-5

Total Installed Size:   301.64 MiB

:: Proceed with installation? [Y/n] 
(12/12) checking keys in keyring                                                                         [##############################################################] 100%
(12/12) checking package integrity                                                                       [##############################################################] 100%
error: llvm: signature from "Evangelos Foutras <evangelos@foutrelis.com>" is invalid
:: File /var/cache/pacman/pkg/llvm-3.5.0-2.1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz is corrupted (invalid or corrupted package (PGP signature)).
Do you want to delete it? [Y/n]

I have tried cleaning the package cache (pacman -Sc) and resetting the keys with pacman-key according to articles online (pacman-key --init, pacman-key --populate archlinux, pacman-key --refresh-keys) all multiple times. I have installed Arch twice today, and both times this started happening. I have also verified that the system time is correct.

All I have installed are: xorg-server, xorg-server-utils, cinnamon, firefox, nvidia, vlc, libreoffice-still.

Any ideas on what is causing this? I am new to Arch, but have intermediate experience with a few other distros.

Thanks!

plat · 2014-09-14 00:51:18

Setting SigLevel = Never should fix it. Its in your pacman.conf file.

Edit: I guess I should ask if you installed yaourt &
Set archlinuxfr in your pacman.conf. I had the same issue until I changed the siglevel on archlinuxfr.

Last edited by plat (2014-09-14 00:58:28)

jasonwryan · 2014-09-14 00:57:02

That isn't a fix, it is a workaround, and a poor one at that.

aggiechris: have you -Syyu'ed?

plat · 2014-09-14 01:00:56

Ok so if it's a poor fix then how would you fix it?

aggiechris · 2014-09-14 01:10:19

jasonwryan, yes I have.

I had seen that 'fix' on some pages and hadn't tried it since I figured it kind of defeated the purpose of having the PGP signatures. I did try it though, and am now getting a similar error:

(12/12) checking package integrity                                                                                             [#############################################################################] 100%
:: File /var/cache/pacman/pkg/llvm-3.5.0-2.1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz is corrupted (invalid or corrupted package (checksum)).
Do you want to delete it? [Y/n]

Now instead of a PGP check error, it's another checksum error. It's like every download is in fact getting corrupted. I don't know how this could happend over and over again with different packages though.

jasonwryan · 2014-09-14 01:17:17

It could be a dud mirror, it could be your Internet connection. Try swapping mirrors, -Syyu'ing. You might also want to give another Xfer command a shot (in your pacman.conf).

aggiechris · 2014-09-14 01:52:00

Okay, I tried swapping mirrors, ran pacman -Syyu, and switched to wget, all while consistently clearing the cache every time. Still getting the same issue. This is really wierd. Both times I tried installing Arch, it worked perfectly for a time, and then it just stopped working. I really don't think it is my internet connection. I also just tried giving the hard drive a SMART test and it passed. Any other thoughts?

jasonwryan · 2014-09-14 02:00:52

Make sure you -Scc (or manually remove any packages that pacman reports as corrupted). If tar is one of those packages, you may need to acquire a good version and manually copy it across to allow you to successfully unpack downloads.

aggiechris · 2014-09-14 02:38:23

I reinstalled tar and xz, but to no avail.

However, I did find something weird, if I install only ONE package at a time (like just one dependency) it works. What in the world does that mean?

EDIT:

Okay, sometimes if I install just a couple at a time, it works. Other times, it does not. Now, for example, I have installed all depencies for Blender indivually and it worked (these SAME dependencies that failed when I tried to let pacman install them all automatically), but now I get the error just for the Blender package. How can they install successfully on their own, but not when I try to install them with a dependent package?

If I am not making sense, please let me know.

Thanks

Last edited by aggiechris (2014-09-14 02:47:32)

jasonwryan · 2014-09-14 03:05:28

Please use a paste service (not pastebin.com) to paste your pacman.conf, mirror list and the output of a failed download with debug enabled.

aggiechris · 2014-09-14 20:57:31

I know you asked me to paste that info, but I just discovered it is not a pacman problem. I reinstalled Arch once more and had no issues when I was arch-chrooted from the install disk, and I could install some things when I rebooted.

I just downloaded the same tarball three times and got three different MD5sums, none of which where correct.

I am so confused, I installed Arch and a ton of packages just fine, then it randomly starts doing this. I have tested the hard drive and the RAM and found no errors. Maybe a dying network card?

Where should I even start to look? Should I still upload output from pacman?

jasonwryan · 2014-09-14 21:08:12

You aren't using ftp mirrors, by any chance?

Is there any way to rule out some variables? Isolate one or two of the factors (the card, your ISP, etc)?

aggiechris · 2014-09-14 21:14:06

I have extensively used all of Windows 7, Fedora, and OpenSUSE on this same machine, same network card, same ISP. I have been using http mirrors only.

Could this possibly be a bug in the driver for my NIC?

jasonwryan · 2014-09-14 21:23:19

Well, if it works in the other Linux distros, I'd be surprised if it were a bug in the driver (which driver, BTW?).

Paste the files I asked for, and the debug output for a broken download, just in case someone else drops by and has some insights.

rgb-one · 2014-09-15 00:32:24

Try installing/reinstalling archlinux-keyring.

# pacman -S archlinux-keyring

aggiechris · 2014-09-15 13:36:22

Alright, here are my pacman.conf, mirrorlist, and failed attempt to install chromium:

https://gist.github.com/aggiechris/e7e4d0c0909a592576e2

@rgb-one, I have already tried that. It is not a pacman problem, it is now an issue with other downloads as well.

As for my NIC driver, it is using forcedeth. I have read about a few unreliability issues, but both Fedora and OpenSUSE use it with no issues.

Thanks again to anyone for your time.

jasonwryan · 2014-09-16 07:14:10

Use pacman-key to delete Evangelos' keys; re-populate the keyring and give it another shot.

salman · 2022-09-05 06:49:57

Today I encountered the same problem. I installed Archcraft and mirrors were slow. So, I change mine to Singapore. After that. I wasn't able to update the packages. pacman -Syu was failing at checksum stage.

So, after reading this thread, I did.

sudo pacman -S archlinux-keyring

pacman -Syyu

These fixed it for me. Thanks

WorMzy · 2022-09-05 07:14:52

Please don't necrobump with a well documented solution, especially when you aren't even running Arch.

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Genera … bumping%22
https://bbs.archlinux.org/misc.php?action=rules

Closing.

Arch Linux

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