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Title: gpg: keydb_search failed: Invalid packet error
Post by: Piere on 12 February 2024, 03:19:16

I'm trying to fix my keys using https://forum.artixlinux.org/index.php/topic,5944.msg37013.html#msg37013 this resource but I get errors when I try to run these commands.

Commands:
sudo pacman-key --init
sudo pacman-key --populate artix
sudo pacman-key --refresh-keys
sudo pacman -Syu

Errors:
gpg: keydb_search failed: Invalid packet
gpg: [don't know]: invalid packet (ctb=56)

Title: Re: gpg: keydb_search failed: Invalid packet error
Post by: tintin on 12 February 2024, 05:29:14

Have you tried this procedure:
https://wiki.artixlinux.org/Main/Troubleshooting#Invalid_or_corrupted_packages_.28PGP_signature.29

Title: Re: gpg: keydb_search failed: Invalid packet error
Post by: Piere on 12 February 2024, 07:01:33

Just tried it and I've got the same issue.

Title: Re: gpg: keydb_search failed: Invalid packet error
Post by: tintin on 12 February 2024, 10:42:10

By any chance, do you have gpgme:

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pacman -Ss gpg
system/gpgme 1.23.2-1 [installed]
    A C wrapper library for GnuPG
system/libgpg-error 1.47-1 [installed]

Title: Re: gpg: keydb_search failed: Invalid packet error
Post by: Piere on 12 February 2024, 15:17:59

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[user@101 ~]$ pacman -Ss gpg
system/gpgme 1.23.2-1 [installed]
    A C wrapper library for GnuPG
system/libgpg-error 1.47-1 [installed]
system/gpgme 1.23.2-1 [installed]
    A C wrapper library for GnuPG
system/libgpg-error 1.47-1 [installed]
    Support library for libgcrypt
system/python-gpgme 1.23.2-1 [installed]
    Python bindings for GPGme
system/qgpgme-qt5 1.23.2-1 [installed]
    Qt5 bindings for GPGme
system/qgpgme-qt6 1.23.2-1
    Qt6 bindings for GPGme
world/kgpg 23.08.4-1 (kde-applications kde-utilities)
    A GnuPG frontend
world/python-gnupg 0.5.2-1 [installed]
    A wrapper for the Gnu Privacy Guard (GPG or GnuPG)
lib32/lib32-libgpg-error 1.47-1 [installed]
    Support library for libgcrypt (32-bit)
extra/gpg-crypter 0.4.1-4
    A graphical front-end to GnuPG(GPG) using the GTK3 toolkit and libgpgme
extra/gpg-tui 0.10.0-1
    A terminal user interface for GnuPG
extra/gpgit 1:1.5.0-2
    A shell script that automates the process of signing Git sources via GPG
extra/jetring 0.30-1
    gpg keyring maintenance using changesets
extra/keybase 6.0.2-4
    CLI tool for GPG with keybase.io
extra/keybase-gui 6.0.2-4
    GUI frontend for GPG with keybase.io
extra/kgpg 23.08.4-1 (kde-applications kde-utilities)
    A GnuPG frontend
extra/python-gnupg 0.5.2-1 [installed]
    A wrapper for the Gnu Privacy Guard (GPG or GnuPG)
extra/ruby-gpgme 2.0.23-1
    Ruby interface to GnuPG Made Easy (GPGME)
extra/ruby-mail-gpg 0.4.4-2
    GPG/MIME extension for the Ruby Mail Library
extra/sequoia-chameleon-gnupg 0.3.2-1 (sequoia)
    A re-implementation and drop-in replacement of gpg and gpgv
multilib/lib32-libgpg-error 1.47-1 [installed]
    Support library for libgcrypt (32-bit)
chaotic-aur/agent-transfer 0.44-1
    Copy a secret key from GnuPG's gpg-agent to OpenSSH's ssh-agent
bash: system/gpgme: No such file or directory
bash: A: command not found
bash: system/libgpg-error: No such file or directory

This is the dialog which was generated.

[EDITed by a moderator: code tags]

Title: Re: gpg: keydb_search failed: Invalid packet error
Post by: tintin on 12 February 2024, 16:24:24

It's weird, can packages gpgme 1.23.2-1 and libgpg-error 1.47-1 be installed twice?

Quote from: Piere – on 12 February 2024, 15:17:59

[user@101 ~]$ pacman -Ss gpg
system/gpgme 1.23.2-1 [installed]
A C wrapper library for GnuPG
system/libgpg-error 1.47-1 [installed]
system/gpgme 1.23.2-1 [installed]
A C wrapper library for GnuPG
system/libgpg-error 1.47-1 [installed]
Support library for libgcrypt

I have this:

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pacman -Ss gpg
system/gpgme 1.23.2-1 [installed]
    A C wrapper library for GnuPG
system/libgpg-error 1.47-1 [installed]
    Support library for libgcrypt
system/python-gpgme 1.23.2-1
    Python bindings for GPGme
system/qgpgme-qt5 1.23.2-1
    Qt5 bindings for GPGme .../... etc.

Title: Re: gpg: keydb_search failed: Invalid packet error
Post by: Piere on 13 February 2024, 18:56:55

Anyone got any ideas on how to fix this?

Title: Re: gpg: keydb_search failed: Invalid packet error
Post by: tintin on 13 February 2024, 20:19:10

Quote from: Piere – on 13 February 2024, 18:56:55

Anyone got any ideas on how to fix this?

Not too many ideas.
Can you give us the result of:

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cat /etc/pacman.conf

Title: Re: gpg: keydb_search failed: Invalid packet error
Post by: Piere on 14 February 2024, 01:45:00

Sure

#
# /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/
#HookDir    = /etc/pacman.d/hooks/
HoldPkg    = pacman glibc
#XferCommand = /usr/bin/curl -L -C - -f -o %o %u
#XferCommand = /usr/bin/wget --passive-ftp -c -O %o %u
#CleanMethod = KeepInstalled
Architecture = auto

#IgnorePkg   =
#IgnorePkg   =
#IgnoreGroup =

#NoUpgrade   =
#NoExtract   =

# Misc options
#UseSyslog
Color
#NoProgressBar
CheckSpace
#VerbosePkgLists
ParallelDownloads = 15

# 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 = Never DatabaseNever
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 Artix Linux
# packagers with `pacman-key --populate artix`.

#
# 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 gremlins 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.

# Artix
#[gremlins]
#Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

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

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

#[galaxy-gremlins]
#Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

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

[omniverse]
Server = http://omniverse.artixlinux.org/$arch

# If you want to run 32 bit applications on your x86_64 system,
# enable the lib32 repositories as required here.

#[lib32-gremlins]
#Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

[lib32]
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

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

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

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

[community]
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist-arch

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

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

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

[chaotic-aur]
Include = /etc/pacman.d/chaotic-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

Title: Re: gpg: keydb_search failed: Invalid packet error
Post by: tintin on 14 February 2024, 05:43:45

Below is what I have.

I see differences from the start (SigLevel etc.).

Unless you are a gamer (wine, steam) you will probably not need 32 bit repositories.

Note that there have been changes at Arch and therefore community is obsolete:
https://wiki.artixlinux.org/Main/Repositories

You haven't activated the artix gremling repository, which would already be risky, but I see that you have activated testing from arch ! ? :o

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Title: Re: gpg: keydb_search failed: Invalid packet error
Post by: Piere on 16 February 2024, 22:03:31

==> Appending keys from artix.gpg...
==> Disabling revoked keys in keyring...
-> Disabled 1 keys.
==> Updating trust database...
gpg: public key of ultimately trusted key C424EF1E865D7EE1 not found
gpg: public key of ultimately trusted key 26884D59E86FD76A not found
gpg: marginals needed: 3 completes needed: 1 trust model: pgp
gpg: depth: 0 valid: 3 signed: 5 trust: 0-, 0q, 0n, 0m, 0f, 3u
gpg: depth: 1 valid: 5 signed: 14 trust: 5-, 0q, 0n, 0m, 0f, 0u
gpg: next trustdb check due at 2024-02-26
==> ERROR: Trust database could not be updated.
==> Updating trust database...
gpg: next trustdb check due at 2024-02-26

sudo pacman-key --populate archlinux artix
==> Appending keys from archlinux.gpg...
gpg: public key of ultimately trusted key C424EF1E865D7EE1 not found
gpg: public key of ultimately trusted key 26884D59E86FD76A not found
==> Appending keys from artix.gpg...
==> Locally signing trusted keys in keyring...
==> ERROR: 69E6471E3AE065297529832E6BA0F5A2037F4F41 could not be locally signed.
==> ERROR: D8AFDDA07A5B6EDFA7D8CCDAD6D055F927843F1C could not be locally signed.
==> ERROR: 3572FA2A1B067F22C58AF155F8B821B42A6FDCD7 could not be locally signed.
==> ERROR: 91FFE0700E80619CEB73235CA88E23E377514E00 could not be locally signed.

:: Import PGP key 1247D995F165BBAC, "Artix Build Bot <[email protected]>"? [Y/n] y
(1/1) checking package integrity [##################################################################] 100%
error: archlinux-keyring: signature from "Artix Buildbot <[email protected]>" is unknown trust
:: File /var/cache/pacman/pkg/archlinux-keyring-20240208-1-any.pkg.tar.zst is corrupted (invalid or corrupted package (PGP signature)).

==> ERROR: Remote key not fetched correctly from keyserver.

These are some errors I'm getting.

Title: Re: gpg: keydb_search failed: Invalid packet error
Post by: Piere on 16 February 2024, 23:33:37

Bald.

Title: Re: gpg: keydb_search failed: Invalid packet error
Post by: tintin on 17 February 2024, 04:38:59

Hello,

Your problem is known and probably solvable.

But first, it would be interesting to know if you modified /etc/pacman.conf:
cat /etc/pacman.conf

Title: Re: gpg: keydb_search failed: Invalid packet error
Post by: Piere on 17 February 2024, 05:01:32

Thank you for your response but I figured it out. I haven't had my keys break in a long time and I was fixing it wrong.

Title: Re: gpg: keydb_search failed: Invalid packet error
Post by: tintin on 17 February 2024, 05:25:48

OK.
But, there is no shame in telling us where your initial problem was.

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