Cannot update because of GPG problems

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Cannot update because invalid or corrupted database (PGP signature)

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Is the forum search also failing?

Update archive corrupted

Maybe I should have mentioned that I went through the whole #! bang - that is remove the database files as root# rm -f /var/lib/pacman/sync/* remove pacman pgp folder# rm -rf /etc/pacman.d/gnupg remove package cache# pacman -Scc init key database# pacman-key --init populate database# pacman-key --populate manjaro archlinux refresh pacman keys# pacman-key --refresh And for the sport of if - at this very moment I went to update my pine phone and lucky me - I just got the same issue …

"error: GPGME error: No data" when I'm trying to update

Looks like your local signatures are expired and/or invalid and are preventing you from installing the keyring and gnupg packages. It’s kind-of a catch-22: the local signatures need to be updated to function, but the signatures on the packages containing the required updates don’t match any valid local ones, and thus are prevented from installing. The fix is simple, but a bit of a security risk. The signatures are there to protect you against MITM (man in the middle) attacks. However, in order…

"gpg: error reading key: No public key" when updating manjaro-keyring

And you also tried: sudo rm -R /var/lib/pacman/sync sudo pacman-mirrors -f5 && pacman -Syyu and it did not work?

[root tip] Mitigate and prevent GPGME error when syncing your system

TL:DR Open the file /etc/pacman.conf in a terminl editor (nano, micro, vi) and locate the following section # 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 = Required DatabaseOptional LocalFileSigLevel = Optional #RemoteFileSigLevel = Required Change the SigLevel to .... SigLevel = Required DatabaseNever .... Remove the files in /var/lib/pacman/sync - they will be fetched as…

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Solved, the network gate created a /var/lib/pacman/sync/multilib.db.sig file and its OK after I deleted it.