Hey there,
Today i decided to update my OS but the process just freeze when trying to import a PGP key :
downloading required keys...
:: Import PGP key 150C200743ED46D8, "Mark Wagie <mark@manjaro.org>"? [Y/n]
It just stays here for ever (just left computer and got back after 2 hours still on this stage)
What should i do ? Also checked journald log and didn’t see any error related.
That’s ask. You need to press enter if you want to import this key.
Of course I have pressed Enter 
you can see the new line in the code i pasted too.
Try typing y and then pressing enter.
Have done that too.
try running these commands:
sudo rm -rf /etc/pacman.d/gnupg
sudo rm -R /root/.gnupg/
sudo pacman-key --init
sudo pacman-key --populate archlinux manjaro
sudo pacman -Sy gnupg archlinux-keyring manjaro-keyring
sudo pacman-key --refresh-keys
sudo pacman -Scc
sudo pacman -Syyu
run them one at a time and ignore any errors
This command freezes :
sudo pacman-key --refresh-keys
I guess it has something to do with keyring server, how can I check if keyring server is accessible and is not giving any timeout ?
try refreshing your mirrors:
sudo pacman-mirrors --fasttrack 5 && sudo pacman -Syyu
It downloads updates but then says every single downloaded package is corrupted :
error: key "991F6E3F0765CF6295888586139B09DA5BF0D338" could not be looked up remotely
:: File /var/cache/pacman/pkg/zita-alsa-pcmi-0.5.1-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst is corrupted (invalid or corrupted package (PGP signature)).
Do you want to delete it? [Y/n]
Also when i try to follow manjaro wiki pacman key guide, when I run the line below :
mkdir -pv $HOME/.cache/pkg/ && sudo pacman -Syw archlinux-keyring manjaro-keyring --cachedir $HOME/.cache/pkg/
I get this result :
:: Synchronizing package databases...
core is up to date
extra is up to date
community is up to date
multilib is up to date
resolving dependencies...
Packages (2) archlinux-keyring-20220831-1 manjaro-keyring-20220514-2
Total Download Size: 1.64 MiB
:: Proceed with download? [Y/n]
:: Retrieving packages...
archlinux-keyring-20220831-1-any 1130.1 KiB 726 KiB/s 00:02 [################################################] 100%
manjaro-keyring-20220514-2-any 548.8 KiB 648 KiB/s 00:01 [################################################] 100%
Total (2/2) 1678.9 KiB 605 KiB/s 00:03 [################################################] 100%
(2/2) checking keys in keyring [################################################] 100%
(2/2) checking package integrity [################################################] 100%
error: manjaro-keyring: signature from "Mark Wagie <mark@manjaro.org>" is unknown trust
:: File /home/user/.cache/pkg/manjaro-keyring-20220514-2-any.pkg.tar.zst is corrupted (invalid or corrupted package (PGP signature)).
Do you want to delete it? [Y/n]
error: archlinux-keyring: signature from "Christian Hesse <eworm@archlinux.org>" is unknown trust
:: File /home/user/.cache/pkg/archlinux-keyring-20220831-1-any.pkg.tar.zst is corrupted (invalid or corrupted package (PGP signature)).
Do you want to delete it? [Y/n]
error: failed to commit transaction (invalid or corrupted package (PGP signature))
Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded.
ok, so now it didnt freeze … but you are one of the unfortunate ones where commands will not work …
Open /etc/pacman.conf and edit this line:
SigLevel = Required DatabaseOptional - its on the 45 line
to look like this:
SigLevel = Optional TrustAll
save the file and rerun update again:
sudo pacman -Syyu
Before going TrustAll route, I want to know that whether I can say no to this question or not :
error: manjaro-keyring: signature from "Mark Wagie <mark@manjaro.org>" is unknown trust
:: File /home/user/.cache/pkg/manjaro-keyring-20220514-2-any.pkg.tar.zst is corrupted (invalid or corrupted package (PGP signature)).
Do you want to delete it? [Y/n]
Because I see a note in manjaro wiki saying I can ignore pgp errors in this step :
GPG check errors can be ignored, since it only downloads the keyring packages.
yes you can
@brahma keeping the keyrings and installing them using pacman worked and update completed. Thanks a lot for your help.
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