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sq5rix

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Registered: 2021-09-21

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[SOLVED] sudo pacman -Syyu fails with SSL certificate problem

Hi
I try to upgrade my system and I get certificate error

error: failed retrieving file 'cuda-11.4.2-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst' from arch.nixlab.pl : SSL certificate problem: unable to get local issuer certificate
cuda-11.4.2-1-x86_64                                                 91.3 MiB  16.6 MiB/s 00:06 [--------------------------------------------------------]   5%
error: failed retrieving file 'cudnn-8.2.4.15-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst' from arch.nixlab.pl : SSL certificate problem: unable to get local issuer certificate
^Cudnn-8.2.4.15-1-x86_64

Please help!
Tom

Last edited by sq5rix (2021-09-22 20:45:50)

jonno2002

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Registered: 2016-11-21

Posts: 889

Re: [SOLVED] sudo pacman -Syyu fails with SSL certificate problem

use a different mirror thats not broken, check this list:
https://archlinux.org/mirrors/status/

Slithery

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From: Norfolk, UK

Registered: 2013-12-01

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Re: [SOLVED] sudo pacman -Syyu fails with SSL certificate problem

And also don't ever use pacman -Syyu unless you really know why you're doing it, use pacman -Syu instead.

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johnpiers

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From: Somerset West, Cape Town

Registered: 2012-07-22

Posts: 51

Re: [SOLVED] sudo pacman -Syyu fails with SSL certificate problem

Just a honest question Slithery, why do you say "...don't ever use pacman -Syyu unless you really know why you're doing it..."  My understanding is that: [Passing two --refresh or -y flags will force a refresh of all package databases, even if they appear to be up-to-date.]
What else can it do to cause problems? A waste of bandwidth or unnecessary use of Archlinux resources? Once again my question is not intended as facetious, I really would be interested to know.     
Thanks.

zpg443

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Registered: 2016-12-03

Posts: 316

Re: [SOLVED] sudo pacman -Syyu fails with SSL certificate problem

See Tips and tricks and Troubleshooting at:

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Pacman/Package_signing

Also, are you using Reflector or similar tool?

https://archlinux.org/packages/community/any/reflector/

Last edited by zpg443 (2021-09-21 18:48:58)

Slithery

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From: Norfolk, UK

Registered: 2013-12-01

Posts: 5,776

Re: [SOLVED] sudo pacman -Syyu fails with SSL certificate problem

https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=263556
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=1992203

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No, it didn't "fix" anything. It just shifted the brokeness one space to the right. - jasonwryan
Closing -- for deletion; Banning -- for muppetry. - jasonwryan

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johnpiers

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From: Somerset West, Cape Town

Registered: 2012-07-22

Posts: 51

Re: [SOLVED] sudo pacman -Syyu fails with SSL certificate problem

See Tips and tricks and Troubleshooting at:

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Pacman/Package_signing

Also, are you using Reflector or similar tool?

https://archlinux.org/packages/community/any/reflector/

In reply to whether or not I'm using Reflector, no I'm not.

Thanks @zpg443, and to Slithery for the reply(s). Apologies if I have hijacked this thread.

Cheers.

sq5rix

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Registered: 2021-09-21

Posts: 2

Re: [SOLVED] sudo pacman -Syyu fails with SSL certificate problem

Thank you very much!

I used
reflector --latest 20 --protocol https --sort rate --save /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
and then everything went fine!

Tom

zpg443

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Registered: 2016-12-03

Posts: 316

Re: [SOLVED] sudo pacman -Syyu fails with SSL certificate problem

Please mark thread as solved. thanks.