Broken pacman, cyclical gnupg error... [SOLVED]

JohnBobSmith · 2016-07-18 15:37:06

Greetings,

I have managed to completely wreck pacman. Heres whats going on:
-I try to system upgrade, fails to do invalid signatures
-Remove the signature database before doing a pacman-key --init, as per the wiki
-cannot pacman-key --init because my libgcrypt, being 1.6.4 to have steam functioning, is less than 1.7.0....
-So I download and attempt to install the libgcrypt >= 1.7.0 and...
-It cannot install becasue pgp database cannot be found.
-Thus we have a cyclical error! Great!...

Now for some terminal outputs:

[jbs@dmb-gaming-laptop .aur_builds]$ sudo pacman-key --init
gpg: Fatal: libgcrypt is too old (need 1.7.0, have 1.6.4)
chmod: cannot access '/etc/pacman.d/gnupg/trustdb.gpg': No such file or directory
gpg: Fatal: libgcrypt is too old (need 1.7.0, have 1.6.4)
gpg: Fatal: libgcrypt is too old (need 1.7.0, have 1.6.4)
==> Updating trust database...
gpg: Fatal: libgcrypt is too old (need 1.7.0, have 1.6.4)
==> ERROR: Trust database could not be updated.

[jbs@dmb-gaming-laptop .aur_builds]$ sudo pacman -U libgcrypt-1.7.1-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz 
warning: Public keyring not found; have you run 'pacman-key --init'?
error: GPGME error: Invalid crypto engine
warning: Public keyring not found; have you run 'pacman-key --init'?
error: GPGME error: Invalid crypto engine
error: database 'xorg117' is not valid (invalid or corrupted database (PGP signature))
error: database 'catalyst' is not valid (invalid or corrupted database (PGP signature))
loading packages...
error: failed to prepare transaction (invalid or corrupted database)
[jbs@dmb-gaming-laptop .aur_builds]$ 

[jbs@dmb-gaming-laptop .aur_builds]$ pacman -Qi libgcrypt
warning: Public keyring not found; have you run 'pacman-key --init'?
error: GPGME error: Invalid crypto engine
warning: Public keyring not found; have you run 'pacman-key --init'?
error: GPGME error: Invalid crypto engine
Name            : libgcrypt
Version         : 1.6.4-1
Description     : General purpose cryptographic library based on the code from GnuPG
Architecture    : x86_64
URL             : http://www.gnupg.org
Licenses        : LGPL
Groups          : None
Provides        : None
Depends On      : libgpg-error>=1.10-2
Optional Deps   : None
Required By     : chromium  cryptsetup  gcr  gnupg  lib32-libgcrypt  libgnome-keyring  libsecret  libsystemd  libxslt  mesa  systemd  wireshark-cli  xorg-server  xorg-server-xdmx  xorg-server-xephyr  xorg-server-xnest
                  xorg-server-xvfb
Optional For    : None
Conflicts With  : None
Replaces        : None
Installed Size  : 1133.00 KiB
Packager        : Andreas Radke <andyrtr@archlinux.org>
Build Date      : Tue 08 Sep 2015 11:41:28 AM MDT
Install Date    : Fri 10 Jun 2016 11:08:28 AM MDT
Install Reason  : Installed as a dependency for another package
Install Script  : Yes
Validated By    : None
[jbs@dmb-gaming-laptop .aur_builds]$

My 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/
HoldPkg     = pacman glibc
#XferCommand = /usr/bin/curl -C - -f %u > %o
#XferCommand = /usr/bin/wget --passive-ftp -c -O %o %u
#CleanMethod = KeepInstalled
#UseDelta    = 0.7
Architecture = auto

# Pacman won't upgrade packages listed in IgnorePkg and members of IgnoreGroup
# IgnorePkg   = lib32-libgcrypt libgcrypt
# 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    = PackageRequired
#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.

[xorg117]
Server = http://catalyst.wirephire.com/repo/xorg117/$arch
## Mirrors, if the primary server does not work or is too slow:
Server = http://mirror.hactar.bz/Vi0L0/xorg117/$arch

[catalyst]
Server = http://catalyst.wirephire.com/repo/catalyst/$arch
## Mirrors, if the primary server does not work or is too slow:
Server = http://mirror.hactar.bz/Vi0L0/catalyst/$arch

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

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

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

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

#[community-testing]
#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

I hope that makes sense. This is incredibly frustrating. The fact that I and I alone have managed to wreck my system to this point... After taking a break, I will see what else can be done to fix things. Thank you for you help!

EDIT: Added pacman -Qi libgcrypt output and pacman.conf. The commented sigLevel lines were something I tried just now. No go

Last edited by JohnBobSmith (2016-07-18 16:23:52)

Scimmia · 2016-07-18 15:39:58

Boot from the install disk and completely update your system using pacman's --root option. Or turn off signature checking temporarily.

Partial updates strike again.

Last edited by Scimmia (2016-07-18 15:41:02)

JohnBobSmith · 2016-07-18 15:47:04

R.I.P. Until something like this just had to happen, I had no reason to care about partial upgrades. *sighs* Thus this is a result of my own stupidity then. I was warned repetitively about something like this happening. Now its my own damn fault. I'm sure I'll cleanup the pieces eventually...

At least I have a recent arch disk to work with. I'll post back if the rescue disk fixes my issue. Until then, ideas welcome!

JohnBobSmith · 2016-07-18 16:23:35

Topic solved and a very, very hard lesson learned.

Last edited by JohnBobSmith (2016-07-18 16:24:19)

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#1 2016-07-18 15:37:06

Broken pacman, cyclical gnupg error... [SOLVED]

#2 2016-07-18 15:39:58

Re: Broken pacman, cyclical gnupg error... [SOLVED]

#3 2016-07-18 15:47:04

Re: Broken pacman, cyclical gnupg error... [SOLVED]

#4 2016-07-18 16:23:35

Re: Broken pacman, cyclical gnupg error... [SOLVED]

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