Failed upgrade; downloaded corrupted packages?

[muzikjock58]

File /var/cache/pacman/pkg/libayatana-indicator-0.9.4-2-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst is corrupted (invalid or corrupted package (PGP signature)).
Do you want to delete it? [Y/n] n
error: failed to commit transaction (invalid or corrupted package)
Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded.
i previously answered with y..same result. how does this package get corrupted and how do i move passed this so i can upgrade? i don’t know what this indicator does. but i need to be able to upgrade my system

[musdus]

Hi @muzikjock58

Try a search on the forum like invalid or corrupted package PGP signatur

PGP signature inferno "Invalid or corrupted package (PGP signature)"

Hello, I recently had issues with updating packages from the pamac interface, and the more I dove in forums in search of a solution, the more problems I encountered. I’m looking for a kindred spirit that helps me out with this one. The error i get is always the same: "Invalid or corrupted package (PGP signature) These are the things I tried so far: Can’t update software - Keys missing from Keyring - Support / Software & Applications - Manjaro Linux Forum Unable to update (key issues / corrup…

[growler]

I would issue this command:

sudo rm -rf /var/cache/pacman/pkg/*

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Corrected for you. No charge.
@growler

[muzikjock58]

@musdus you’re a genius! that worked . honestly i didn’t know where to look.. i went to that forum and the command that fixed my problem even though it was advised as only a last resort was;

sudo pacman -S manjaro-keyring archlinux-keyring --overwrite '/usr/share/pacman/keyrings/*'

thank you so much for your help