Pamac gui software center - reset to "factory defaults"

complains:

checking dependencies...
error: failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies)
:: removing libpamac breaks dependency 'libpamac' required by libpamac-flatpak-plugin
:: removing libpamac breaks dependency 'libpamac>=11' required by manjaro-application-utility
:: removing pamac-cli breaks dependency 'pamac-cli' required by manjaro-application-utility
:: removing pamac-gtk breaks dependency 'pamac-gtk' required by manjaro-application-utility
:: removing pamac-gtk breaks dependency 'pamac-gtk' required by pamac-tray-icon-plasma
:: removing libpamac breaks dependency 'libpamac' required by python-manjaro-sdk

I’m worried I’d get into a long list of manual removals and installs, so I tried removing just the config file first rm -r ~/.config/pamac, and after restarting I’m back to my initial error:

invalid or corrupted database (PGP signature)

I’ll see if this guide helps and report back here.

Thanks a lot for your help!