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error: database 'system' is not valid (invalid or corrupted database (PGP signat

I got the error after this
sudo pacman -Syu
[sudo] password for roland:
error: GPGME error: No data
error: GPGME error: No data
error: GPGME error: No data
error: database 'system' is not valid (invalid or corrupted database (PGP signature))
error: database 'world' is not valid (invalid or corrupted database (PGP signature))
error: database 'galaxy' is not valid (invalid or corrupted database (PGP signature))
Please help me solve this

Re: error: database 'system' is not valid (invalid or corrupted database (PGP signat

Reply #1 –
sudo pacman-key --init && pacman-key --populate artix
sudo pacman-key --refresh-keys
Cat Herders of Linux

Re: error: database 'system' is not valid (invalid or corrupted database (PGP signat

Reply #2 –
Terminal screen shot

Re: error: database 'system' is not valid (invalid or corrupted database (PGP signat

Reply #3 –
Solved with this:
sudo rm -R /var/lib/pacman/sync
pacman -Syu
And everything working now

Re: error: database 'system' is not valid (invalid or corrupted database (PGP signat

Reply #4 –
Quote from: roland – on
Solved with this:
sudo rm -R /var/lib/pacman/sync
pacman -Syu
And everything working now

TYSM!

I had the same issue after installing artix (attempting to run TDE) on a VM. My laptop battery died on me mid setup (thankfully no damage was done to the host system) and this fix worked perfectly.