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hallyfm

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Registered: 2025-07-13

Posts: 2

[SOLVED] Invalid or corrupted database while using archinstall

I'm trying to reinstall Arch on my laptop, and came across a couple of issues. Connecting to the internet and using archinstall was fine, but when it came to downloading, I got an error explaining that it had failed to synchronize all databases. I used many resources online, but nothing seemed to fix it. It always returns some sort of error. Anything helps!

Wiping partitions and metadata: /dev/nvme0n1
Creating partitions: /dev/nvme0n1
Starting installation...
Waiting for time sync (timedatectl show) to complete.
Waiting for automatic mirror selection (reflector) to complete.
  core                              3.3 KiB   15.1 KiB/s 00:00 [#####################]  100%
  extra                             3.3 KiB   17.0 KiB/s 00:00 [#####################]  100%bnormal exit code [1]:  extra
error: GPGME error: No data
error: GPGME error: No data
error: failed to synchronize all databases (invalid or corrupted database (PGP signature))

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Last edited by hallyfm (2025-07-14 00:21:05)

Scimmia

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Registered: 2012-09-01

Posts: 13,725

Re: [SOLVED] Invalid or corrupted database while using archinstall

3.3KiB? Sounds like you're behind a captive portal and don't actually have an internet connection.

hallyfm

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Registered: 2025-07-13

Posts: 2

Re: [SOLVED] Invalid or corrupted database while using archinstall

3.3KiB? Sounds like you're behind a captive portal and don't actually have an internet connection.

Yup. That was the issue. I fixed it by connecting to my phone's hotspot. Thank you very much for the help.