Unable to update system due to untrusted key manuel@endeavouros.com

[kim203]

Hello,

I was updating my system (yay -Syu) and I am getting the following errors:

error: rate-mirrors: signature from "manuel <manuel@endeavouros.com>" is unknown trust
:: File /var/cache/pacman/pkg/rate-mirrors-0.15.1-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst is corrupted (invalid or corrupted package (PGP signature)).
Do you want to delete it? [Y/n] n
error: yay: signature from "manuel <manuel@endeavouros.com>" is unknown trust
:: File /var/cache/pacman/pkg/yay-12.0.5-1-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 (PGP signature))
Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded.
 -> error installing repo packages

I have run gpg --refresh-keys, sudo pacman-key --refresh-keys and sudo pacman -Sy archlinux-keyring (although this just reinstalled the package). None of these helped.

For pacman-key --list-keys manuel@endeavouros.com I get

gpg: Note: trustdb not writable
pub   ed25519 2022-05-23 [C] [expires: 2042-05-18]
      0F20FADC599D1C46EB556455AED8858E4B9813F1
uid           [  full  ] manuel <manuel@endeavouros.com>

How shall I proceed?

[anon11595408]

EndeavourOS keyring updated, users should update soon

Today package endeavouros-keyring was updated. This means users should update this package as soon as possible in order to avoid issues when updating other packages. Similar to what we have been doing when Arch keyring updates, you should run commands sudo pacman -Sy endeavouros-keyring sudo pacman -Syu Edit 2023.05.28: Alternatively, you can run command eos-update

@kim203

How shall I proceed?

sudo pacman -Sy endeavouros-keyring && sudo pacman -Syu

[kim203]

@anon11595408

sudo pacman -Sy endeavouros-keyring && sudo pacman -Syu

Thank you! I didn’t know there was a separate EndevourOS keyring

[kim203]

As a general note. I think it would be helpful if endevour-os welcome updated keys first, before updating the system, such that a novice user who uses the GUI never has to face issues like these

[BS86]

@kim203

a novice user who uses the GUI never has to face issues like these

endavouros just like Arch is terminal - centered meaning you should know or learn the commands. The GUI is just like training wheels - and you are already on the way to not need them any more

[k4ever07]

@BS86

endavouros just like Arch is terminal - centered meaning you should know or learn the commands. The GUI is just like training wheels - and you are already on the way to not need them any more

This is not a great attitude to have. We should be making things easier, not harder, for all users. If making a simple change to the endeavour-os welcome update will prevent this, why not make it?

I’ve used Linux for 25 years and I am highly comfortable and familiar with using the terminal, enough to know to do some research on an issue before randomly executing commands. This lead me to here. However, I would have liked to save the ten minutes of frustration I just went through dealing with the issue.

[manuel]

For the record, Welcome now has a new (experimental) button

Update System (eos-update --yay)

under the After Install and Assistant tabs.

[anon11595408]

I truly think you’re all doing it right! - So many different sentiments, and you’re pleasing us all!!!

Thanks a bunch, EnOS-Team!!!

…

[manuel]

Pleasing all is actually impossible, but this particular new button should not hurt anyone, and quite likely helps users new to the Arch/EndeavourOS world.

However, as mentioned here, it is a good idea to look behind the scenes and find out what each command really does. Welcome helps new users, and may make some things easier for veterans too.