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Init systems => runit => Topic started by: roland on 19 April 2022, 19:02:16

Title: error: database 'system' is not valid (invalid or corrupted database (PGP signat
Post by: roland on 19 April 2022, 19:02:16
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
Title: Re: error: database 'system' is not valid (invalid or corrupted database (PGP signat
Post by: cat herders of linux on 20 April 2022, 02:54:45
sudo pacman-key --init && pacman-key --populate artix
sudo pacman-key --refresh-keys
Title: Re: error: database 'system' is not valid (invalid or corrupted database (PGP signat
Post by: roland on 20 April 2022, 18:27:47
(https://telegra.ph/pgp-04-20) Terminal screen shot
Title: Re: error: database 'system' is not valid (invalid or corrupted database (PGP signat
Post by: roland on 20 April 2022, 19:18:10
Solved with this:
sudo rm -R /var/lib/pacman/sync
pacman -Syu
And everything working now
Title: Re: error: database 'system' is not valid (invalid or corrupted database (PGP signat
Post by: fl0wedm on 07 January 2023, 19:05:17
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.
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