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light9876

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Registered: 2020-01-05

Posts: 137

[SOLVED] Error updating system (error: GPGME error: No data)

I am trying to update my system like so:

sudo -E pacman -Syu

But I get the following errors:

error: GPGME error: No data
error: GPGME error: No data
error: GPGME error: No data
:: Synchronising package databases...
 core                                                                974.9 KiB  1134 KiB/s 00:01 [#########################################################] 100%
 extra                                                               974.9 KiB  1547 KiB/s 00:01 [#########################################################] 100%
 community                                                           974.9 KiB  1486 KiB/s 00:01 [#########################################################] 100%
error: GPGME error: No data
error: GPGME error: No data
error: GPGME error: No data
error: failed to synchronize all databases (invalid or corrupted database (PGP signature))

I tried:

sudo rm /var/lib/pacman/db.lck

But it says the file does not exist. Also:

sudo -E pacman -Sy archlinux-keyring

But it does nothing. How can I solve it please?

Update:
I also tried enabling most servers in:

vim /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

Update 2:
I also tried:

sudo rm -R /var/lib/pacman/sync

Update 3:
My /etc/pacman.conf

#
# /etc/pacman.conf
#
# See the pacman.conf(5) manpage for option and repository directives

#
# GENERAL OPTIONS
#
[options]
# The following paths are commented out with their default values listed.
# If you wish to use different paths, uncomment and update the paths.
#RootDir     = /
#DBPath      = /var/lib/pacman/
#CacheDir    = /var/cache/pacman/pkg/
#LogFile     = /var/log/pacman.log
#GPGDir      = /etc/pacman.d/gnupg/
#HookDir     = /etc/pacman.d/hooks/
HoldPkg     = pacman glibc
#XferCommand = /usr/bin/curl -L -C - -f -o %o %u
#XferCommand = /usr/bin/wget --passive-ftp -c -O %o %u
#CleanMethod = KeepInstalled
Architecture = auto

#IgnorePkg   =
#IgnorePkg   =
#IgnoreGroup =

#NoUpgrade   =
#NoExtract   =

# Misc options
#UseSyslog
#Color
#TotalDownload
CheckSpace
#VerbosePkgLists

# By default, pacman accepts packages signed by keys that its local keyring
# trusts (see pacman-key and its man page), as well as unsigned packages.
SigLevel    = Required DatabaseOptional
LocalFileSigLevel = Optional
#RemoteFileSigLevel = Required

# NOTE: You must run `pacman-key --init` before first using pacman; the local
# keyring can then be populated with the keys of all official Arch Linux
# packagers with `pacman-key --populate archlinux`.

#
# REPOSITORIES
#   - can be defined here or included from another file
#   - pacman will search repositories in the order defined here
#   - local/custom mirrors can be added here or in separate files
#   - repositories listed first will take precedence when packages
#     have identical names, regardless of version number
#   - URLs will have $repo replaced by the name of the current repo
#   - URLs will have $arch replaced by the name of the architecture
#
# Repository entries are of the format:
#       [repo-name]
#       Server = ServerName
#       Include = IncludePath
#
# The header [repo-name] is crucial - it must be present and
# uncommented to enable the repo.
#

# The testing repositories are disabled by default. To enable, uncomment the
# repo name header and Include lines. You can add preferred servers immediately
# after the header, and they will be used before the default mirrors.

#[testing]
#Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

[core]
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

[extra]
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

#[community-testing]
#Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

[community]
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

# If you want to run 32 bit applications on your x86_64 system,
# enable the multilib repositories as required here.

#[multilib-testing]
#Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

#[multilib]
#Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

# An example of a custom package repository.  See the pacman manpage for
# tips on creating your own repositories.
#[custom]
#SigLevel = Optional TrustAll
#Server = file:///home/custompkgs

Last edited by light9876 (2021-07-19 20:56:40)

light9876

Member

Registered: 2020-01-05

Posts: 137

Re: [SOLVED] Error updating system (error: GPGME error: No data)

Fixed by:

First make sure the first mirror in [sudo vim /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist] is whitelisted
Then:

sudo rm -R /var/lib/pacman/sync

If you use e2guardian, make sure 'blanket block for SSL' is not enabled in [examplef1.story].
Then

sudo -E pacman -Syu

urparvezali

Member

Registered: 2022-08-18

Posts: 10

Re: [SOLVED] Error updating system (error: GPGME error: No data)

despite doing all these pacman does not working

V1del

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Registered: 2012-10-16

Posts: 23,170

Re: [SOLVED] Error updating system (error: GPGME error: No data)

Please don't necrobump an old [SOLVED] thread with your not yet specified issue and make a new one and post the exact output you are getting.

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Genera … bumping%22

Closing.