Can't update or install software: invalid or corrupted database

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   ~  pamac update                                                       ✔ 
Preparing...
Synchronizing package databases...
unable to lock database
Failed to synchronize databases
https://aur.manjaro.org/packages-meta-ext-v1.json.gz: Unacceptable TLS certificate
Failed to synchronize AUR database
Checking pacman-mirrors dependencies...
Checking google-chrome dependencies...
Checking protonvpn-gui dependencies...
Checking python-protonvpn-nm-lib dependencies...
Checking ceph-libs dependencies...
Checking libcurl-compat-minimal-git dependencies...
bsdtar: Failed to set default locale
Error: Failed to prepare transaction: invalid or corrupted database



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Have you tried to search the forum about that?

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Remove that package. It fails to build, and you probably don’t need it anyway.

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how whats the command line

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pamac remove ceph-libs
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   ~  sudo pacman -Syyu  :heavy_check_mark:  58s 
[sudo] password for mono:
error: GPGME error: No data
:: Synchronizing package databases…
core 163.9 KiB 105 KiB/s 00:02 [########################] 100%
extra 1865.0 KiB 776 KiB/s 00:02 [########################] 100%
community 7.5 MiB 2.19 MiB/s 00:03 [########################] 100%
multilib 169.3 KiB 111 KiB/s 00:02 [########################] 100%
error: GPGME error: No data
error: failed to synchronize all databases (unexpected error)

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yup it shows to update the mirrors ad i did it nothing happens

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The post @anon89812132 linked to tells you to do a whole lot more than just update your mirrors. :face_with_raised_eyebrow:

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[ Error writing /etc/pacman.conf: Permission denied ]

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You need to do that as root, or with sudo. Unprivileged users don’t have write access to system directories.

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   /home  sudo rm -f /var/lib/pacman/sync/  1 ✘  
rm: cannot remove ‘/var/lib/pacman/sync/’: Is a directory

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Try… :arrow_down:

sudo rm -f /var/lib/pacman/sync/*
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no match found

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sudo rm -f /var/lib/pacman/sync/  1 ✘
[sudo] password for mono:
rm: cannot remove ‘/var/lib/pacman/sync/’: Is a directory

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No problem then, I guess. :man_shrugging:

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should i proceed with this now ass said

sudo pacman-mirrors --continent

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That’s not legible, so you must have made a mistake in your command. You’re not supposed to remove the directory — only its contents.

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what the hell am i suppos to doo now

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Try this… :arrow_down:

LC_ALL=C sudo rm -f /var/lib/pacman/sync/*