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djraymondnm

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From: Socorro, NM, USA

Registered: 2011-12-28

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[Solved] corrupted "john" package?

While trying to install the "john 1.7.9-7" package, I get the message

kestrel:/home.kestrel/raymond# pacman -S john
resolving dependencies...
looking for inter-conflicts...

Packages (1): john-1.7.9-7

Total Download Size:    1.04 MiB
Total Installed Size:   3.40 MiB

:: Proceed with installation? [Y/n] y
:: Retrieving packages ...
 john-1.7.9-7-x86_64     1061.4 KiB  1643K/s 00:01 [######################] 100%
(1/1) checking keys in keyring                     [######################] 100%
(1/1) checking package integrity                   [######################] 100%
error: john: signature from "Thorsten Tpper <atsutane@freethoughts.de>" is unknown trust
:: File /var/cache/pacman/pkg/john-1.7.9-7-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz is corrupted (invalid or corrupted package (PGP signature)).
Do you want to delete it? [Y/n] 

I got this on two different computers on which "pacman -Syy" had been run recently.  Since john tries to crack passwords, I am especially hesitant to use it when it is flagged as corrupted.  Does it simply need to be redone with the updated arch keyring in place?  Do I need to do something on my own computers to fix this?

Last edited by djraymondnm (2014-03-04 16:29:40)

progandy

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Registered: 2012-05-17

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Re: [Solved] corrupted "john" package?

Edit: First make sure your system is up to date as alphaniner suggests in the next post.

You might want to try and execute "pacman-key --refresh-keys" and "--updatedb" as root to refresh the keys after they have changed.
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Pa … ion_failed
You might want to try and execute "pacman-key --refresh-keys" and "--updatedb" as root to refresh the keys after they have changed.
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Pa … ion_failed

Last edited by progandy (2014-03-04 15:34:54)

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alphaniner

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Re: [Solved] corrupted "john" package?

Do you mean pacman -Syu has been run recently? Syy just force-updates your package databases, and installing new software on an un-updated system is not supported.

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djraymondnm

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From: Socorro, NM, USA

Registered: 2011-12-28

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Re: [Solved] corrupted "john" package?

Thanks!
The key update commands

You might want to try and execute "pacman-key --refresh-keys" and "--updatedb" as root to refresh the keys after they have changed.

worked.  Not doing pacman -Suy wasn't the issue in this particular case, as this had been done recently.