Corrupted package manager

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Hi,
i have since weeks a corrupted package database.
no idea about the reasons…
I don’t where to start, i’ve done a: pacman -S
i got this:

sudo pacman -S
erreur : erreur GPGME : Pas de données
erreur : erreur GPGME : Pas de données
erreur : erreur GPGME : Pas de données
erreur : erreur GPGME : Pas de données
erreur : la base de données « core » n’est pas valide (base de données non valide ou corrompue (signature PGP))
erreur : la base de données « extra » n’est pas valide (base de données non valide ou corrompue (signature PGP))
erreur : la base de données « community » n’est pas valide (base de données non valide ou corrompue (signature PGP))
erreur : la base de données « multilib » n’est pas valide (base de données non valide ou corrompue (signature PGP))

So where to start , to solve this ?
thanks for any kind of support :slight_smile:

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The community repo doesn’t exist anymore.

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thanks all,
i looked at [SOLVED] Error updating system (error: GPGME error: No data) / Newbie Corner / Arch Linux Forums
i did sudo rm -R /var/lib/pacman/sync
then sudo -E pacman -Syu
great improvement
thanks for having provided me the entry points

i have still some strange ignored packages, that i would like to remove.
I will investigate with the links you provide me and let you know
thanks again :slight_smile:

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Don’t forget to check out the “community. db” thread linked by @banjo
The community repository has been removed a long time ago and needs to be dealt with

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Not anymore, unfortunately.
The (empty) repo has been reinstated - just to not force people to deal with this specific .pacnew file.
There will be no more errors because of this.

Lesson learned is: dealing with .pacnew files is not important ^^

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Oh, that has slipped my attention. Thank you for clarifying.

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Which is the worst example @philm could set. :man_facepalming:

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