Cannot update because of GPG problems

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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] [How To] Mitigate and prevent GPGME error when syncing your system

You are getting a message when syncing your system error: GPGME error: No data error: failed to synchronize all databases (invalid or corrupted database (PGP signature)) Before you continue [SOLVED] Error updating system (error: GPGME error: No data) / Newbie Corner / Arch Linux Forums Pacman troubleshooting - Manjaro Pacman looking for database signature files Also see this pacman bugreport from 2015 - which was closed as not a bug but a matter of configuration. FS#44445 : "GPGME err…