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keitalbame

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Registered: 2015-07-20

Posts: 5

[Packagekit] Unable to install or update the system using pkcon

Im using Plasma5 at the moment and using Discover application to install and detect package updates

At the moment it always tells me that the system is up to date, when there is updates to install (it is Arch, so every day should have an update )
Also, installing software from it is not possible.

Manually updating the system with

pacman -Syu

works OK.

Installing sofware with pacman is also working OK.

If I try to use packagekit to detect the updates it gives the error:

$ pkcon get-updates
Getting updates               [=========================]         
Finished                      [=========================]         
Fatal error: [core]: invalid or corrupted database (PGP signature)

install software using pkcon:

$ pkcon install kwrite
Resolving                     [=========================]         
Finished                      [                         ] (0%)  
The following packages have to be installed:
 kwrite-16.12.0-1.x86_64        Text Editor
Proceed with changes? [N/y] y

                              [=========================]         
Testing changes               [=========================]         
Installing                    [=========================]         
Finished                      [=========================]         
Fatal error: download library error

pkmon returns

$ pkmon
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daemon connected=1
network status=online
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/34_beadceac    allow_cancel 1
/34_beadceac    percentage   -1
/34_beadceac    role         get-updates
/34_beadceac    status       finished
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/35_abbcbacc    allow_cancel 1
/35_abbcbacc    package-id   kwrite;16.12.0-1;x86_64;extra
/35_abbcbacc    percentage   -1
/35_abbcbacc    role         resolve
/35_abbcbacc    status       finished
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 1      /36_dcdccdbe
/36_dcdccdbe    allow_cancel 1
/36_dcdccdbe    percentage   -1
/36_dcdccdbe    role         install-packages
/36_dcdccdbe    status       dep-resolve
/36_dcdccdbe    status       test-commit
/36_dcdccdbe    package-id   kwrite;16.12.0-1;x86_64;extra
/36_dcdccdbe    package      installing:kwrite;16.12.0-1;x86_64;extra:Text Editor
/36_dcdccdbe    status       finished
/36_dcdccdbe    exit code: success
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/37_ebeaaddb    allow_cancel 1
/37_ebeaaddb    percentage   -1
/37_ebeaaddb    role         install-packages
/37_ebeaaddb    status       setup
/37_ebeaaddb    status       running
/37_ebeaaddb    status       dep-resolve
/37_ebeaaddb    status       test-commit
/37_ebeaaddb    allow_cancel 0
/37_ebeaaddb    status       running
/37_ebeaaddb    status       download
/37_ebeaaddb    allow_cancel 1
/37_ebeaaddb    status       finished
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Already removed the files that were on

/var/cache/PackageKit/alpm/

but still persists.
The files that were there were from 2015 and I suspect it was some remains from the Gnome instalation (Gnome-software also uses packagekit)

Some hints:

• This Arch install already had most of the DE installed (Gnome, Cinnamon, Mate)

• Used a 2nd partition with another Arch instalation for some time but now I got back using this one

• Already reinstalled packagekit and packagekit-qt5 but I dont see any difference

Any clues on how I can resolve this?

Thanks