gnome-desktop upgrade error

weedfreak · 2017-12-31 09:55:44

When trying to upgrade one box I get a database error message about a gnome-desktop version and name mismatch error.

On a second box I did not get that message but trying an update It fails with the message -

error: gnome-desktop: signature from "Jan Alexander Steffens (heftig) <jan.steffens@gmail.com>" is invalid
:: File /var/cache/pacman/pkg/gnome-desktop-1:3.26.2-2-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz is corrupted (invalid or corrupted package (PGP signature)).
Do you want to delete it? [Y/n]

I assume, which is often a fatal error, that I should delete the file and try to update again later, after the package is fixed. Or do I have another problem?

Last edited by weedfreak (2017-12-31 09:56:28)

WorMzy · 2017-12-31 10:40:15

Make sure your system time is correct, and try a different mirror.

Without seeing the first error, there's nothing we can do to help.

Last edited by WorMzy (2017-12-31 10:41:30)

weedfreak · 2018-01-01 09:38:01

The first erro was

error: local database is inconsistent: name mismatch on package gnome-desktop
error: local database is inconsistent: version mismatch on package gnome-desktop

which appeared after the repository updates during pacman -Syu

Time is updated by ntp so I assume is correct, I also tried different mirrors.

WorMzy · 2018-01-01 12:07:12

Okay, it doesn't look like these errors are related, it's likely just a coincidence that the gnome-destop package is involved in both. Please open a new topic about the inconsistent database error, and please include the output of the following commands in it:

$ ls -ld gnome-desktop*
$ find /var/lib/pacman/local/gnome-desktop*/desc -print -exec cat {} \;

Also, please update this topic's title to describe the corrupted package error.

Were you removing the corrupted package when prompted? If not, do that so pacman can download a fresh copy from the other mirror. If you still get the same error, don't delete the package; instead, post the outputs from the following commands:

$ ls -l /var/cache/pacman/pkg/gnome-desktop-1:3.26.2-2-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz
$ sha256sum /var/cache/pacman/pkg/gnome-desktop-1:3.26.2-2-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz
$ pacman-key --list-keys "Jan Alexander Steffens"
$ timedatectl

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#1 2017-12-31 09:55:44

gnome-desktop upgrade error

#2 2017-12-31 10:40:15

Re: gnome-desktop upgrade error

#3 2018-01-01 09:38:01

Re: gnome-desktop upgrade error

#4 2018-01-01 12:07:12

Re: gnome-desktop upgrade error

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