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wrx

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Registered: 2021-08-21

Posts: 2

[SOLVED] Error: key "A85E811EB4CA2E08" could not be looked up remotely

$ sudo pacman -Syu
[sudo] password for thinker:
:: Synchronizing package databases...
 core is up to date
 extra                                                                                 1565.4 KiB  8.35 MiB/s 00:00 [#####################################################################] 100%
 community is up to date
:: Starting full system upgrade...
resolving dependencies...
looking for conflicting packages...

Packages (36) archlinux-keyring-20210820-1 ...

Total Installed Size:  1526.50 MiB
Net Upgrade Size:         7.83 MiB

:: Proceed with installation? [Y/n] y
(36/36) checking keys in keyring                                                                                    [#####################################################################] 100%
downloading required keys...

:: Import PGP key A85E811EB4CA2E08, "Caleb Maclennan <alerque@archlinux.org>"? [Y/n] y
error: key "A85E811EB4CA2E08" could not be looked up remotely
error: required key missing from keyring
error: failed to commit transaction (unexpected error)
Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded.

Any help?
Thank you!

Last edited by wrx (2021-08-22 15:57:56)

loqs

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Registered: 2014-03-06

Posts: 19,007

Re: [SOLVED] Error: key "A85E811EB4CA2E08" could not be looked up remotely

Install archlinux-keyring first which will contain the required key,  then perform the system update:

pacman -S archlinux-keyring
pacman -Su

wrx

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Registered: 2021-08-21

Posts: 2

Re: [SOLVED] Error: key "A85E811EB4CA2E08" could not be looked up remotely

Install archlinux-keyring first which will contain the required key,  then perform the system update:

pacman -S archlinux-keyring
pacman -Su

It works. Thank you!