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Camden

Mint update W: GPG error

Post by Camden »

Hi there, this seems similar to some of the other update issues but I cannot seem to get any of the other fixes to work - when I run update it returnes this error message, then the second.

W: GPG error: http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal Release: The following signatures were invalid: BADSIG 40976EAF437D05B5 Ubuntu Archive Automatic Signing Key <ftpmaster@ubuntu.com>

E: Encountered a section with no Package: header
E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/packages.medibuntu.org_dists_quantal_free_i18n_Translation-en
E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
E: _cache->open() failed, please report.

Also I cannot now access software manager, software sources or package manager - they ask for my password then fail to load.
any help would be appreciated
Mint 14 KDE 64bit
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durieux arnaud

Re: Mint update W: GPG error

Post by durieux arnaud »

Salut, ouvres un terminal et tente ça:

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sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys 40976EAF437D05B5
Postes nous ensuite le retour complet de

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 sudo apt-get update
Camden

Re: Mint update W: GPG error

Post by Camden »

Hi there tried the above and still returned the same error - out put

durieux arnaud

Re: Mint update W: GPG error

Post by durieux arnaud »

Essaye ceci en terminal:

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 sudo rm /var/lib/apt/lists/* -vf
sudo apt-get update
et postes nous les retours.
Camden

Re: Mint update W: GPG error <solved>

Post by Camden »

That seems to have done the trick thank you!
esdub1775

Re: Mint update W: GPG error

Post by esdub1775 »

thanks helped a lot I had to do it in this order though:
sudo rm /var/lib/apt/lists/* -vf
sudo dpkg --configure -a
sudo apt-get update
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