[arch-general] error: key "A6234074498E9CEE" could not be looked up remotely
The last few days when I try to update (pacman -Syyu) I get the following:- (29/29) checking keys in keyring [######################] 100% downloading required keys... error: key "A6234074498E9CEE" could not be looked up remotely error: required key missing from keyring error: failed to commit transaction (unexpected error) Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded. how do I fix it??
On Thursday, February 12, 2015 14:06:39 mick wrote:
error: key "A6234074498E9CEE" could not be looked up remotely
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=193382 Regards, Felix Yan
On 02/11/2015 10:06 PM, mick wrote:
The last few days when I try to update (pacman -Syyu) I get the following:- .. error: key "A6234074498E9CEE" could not be looked up remotely error: required key missing from keyring error: failed to commit transaction (unexpected error) Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded.
how do I fix it??
Try changing keyserver line in /etc/pacman.d/gnupg/gpg.conf to hkp://pgp.mit.edu:11371 rerun pacman -Syu and accept the import the new key. Let us know if that gets around the problem. You can change it back or not after this - experts can opine more. Gene
On Wed, 11 Feb 2015 22:11:49 -0500
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On 02/11/2015 10:06 PM, mick wrote:
The last few days when I try to update (pacman -Syyu) I get the following:- .. error: key "A6234074498E9CEE" could not be looked up remotely error: required key missing from keyring error: failed to commit transaction (unexpected error) Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded.
how do I fix it??
Try changing keyserver line in /etc/pacman.d/gnupg/gpg.conf to
hkp://pgp.mit.edu:11371
rerun pacman -Syu and accept the import the new key.
Let us know if that gets around the problem.
You can change it back or not after this - experts can opine more.
Gene
Many thanks, that did it
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