[SOLVED] Package signature problems

optimusprime · 2012-08-09 16:35:50

Hi,

I have difficulties installing several packages because (apparently) their signatures are invalid or the packages are corrupted.
The packages are: libgnome-keyring, libsoup-gnome, libpng and libusb-compat

For each of them I get an error, for example:

"error: libpng: signature from "Ionut Biru <ibiru@archlinux.org>" is invalid "
failed to commit transaction (invalid or corrupted package)

So far I have tried several things to solve this:

- Use a bunch of different mirrors, including ftp.archlinux.org
- cleared the pacman cache (pacman -Sc )
- updated the package database, forced (pacman -Syy)

removed /etc/pacman.d/gnupg and initialized again by:

- pacman-key --init
- pacman-key --populate archlinux

Then clearing the cache, and trying to install again I still get the error messages..

Please note:

- Other packages install fine
- I have done a fresh system install, using the latest install media, all went fine so far.

The packages are a dependency for others, including gnome which I'm actually trying to install (pacman -S gnome)

Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks!

Last edited by optimusprime (2012-08-11 11:09:30)

karol · 2012-08-09 21:07:07

Have you tried changing mirrors?

optimusprime · 2012-08-10 07:20:10

Yes I tried several

mkkot · 2012-08-10 12:32:46

Sorry for taking over this thread, but I have tried the same steps with package:
kde-meta-kdeutils: signature from "Andrea Scarpino (Arch Linux) <andrea@archlinux.org>" is invalid

baetis · 2012-08-10 14:57:03

Edit: Nevermind. Different issue. My apologies.

Last edited by baetis (2012-08-10 15:01:20)

SS4 · 2012-08-10 15:23:43

optimusprime wrote:

- cleared the pacman cache (pacman -Sc )

That command only clears uninstalled packages which would work if they're not installed at the moment.

When I had a problem with a kde package (iirc it was bash) I rm'ed the offending package and downloaded/installd it again which worked.

viking60 · 2012-08-10 22:19:46

I got
perl-perl4-corelibs: signature from "Justin Davis" is unknown trust.

jasonwryan · 2012-08-10 22:29:54

viking60 wrote:

I got
perl-perl4-corelibs: signature from "Justin Davis" is unknown trust.

Separate issue: http://mailman.archlinux.org/pipermail/ … 29496.html

viking60 · 2012-08-11 09:48:40

Thanks! I will be ignoring Webmin and its dependency perl-perl4-corelibs until he is officially trusted again then.

mkkot · 2012-08-11 10:42:38

mkkot wrote:

Sorry for taking over this thread, but I have tried the same steps with package:
kde-meta-kdeutils: signature from "Andrea Scarpino (Arch Linux) <andrea@archlinux.org>" is invalid

Okay, it seems it's an orphan. I just removed it.

optimusprime · 2012-08-11 11:08:06

OK - ignoring all the sidetracks here.... SS4 gave the answer, thanks!

Manually deleting the corrupted packages from the pacman-cache && reinstalling works.

e.g.

rm /var/cache/pacman/pkg/libpng ..
pacman -S libpng

urup · 2012-08-22 07:46:33

Had similar issues with another package (some perl stuff).

The following command fixed the problem:
pacman-key --refresh-keys

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