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Hi,

I'm new to linux as I have changed as got sick of the bugs in windows so have converted to Linux now and it is so much faster and better. I can't believe I didn't do this sooner. I am having an issue updating the system though as I gettin the below error when trying to update.

apt update
Ign http://packages.linuxmint.com nadia InRelease
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com quantal-security InRelease
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal InRelease
Get:1 http://packages.linuxmint.com nadia Release.gpg [197 B]
Ign http://archive.canonical.com quantal InRelease
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com quantal-security Release.gpg
Get:2 http://packages.linuxmint.com nadia Release [17.6 kB]
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal-updates InRelease
Get:3 http://archive.canonical.com quantal Release.gpg [933 B]
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com quantal-security Release
Get:4 http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal Release.gpg [933 B]
Hit http://archive.canonical.com quantal Release
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com quantal-security/main i386 Packages
Ign http://archive.canonical.com quantal Release
Get:5 http://packages.linuxmint.com nadia/main i386 Packages [22.6 kB]
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com quantal-security/restricted i386 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal-updates Release.gpg
Ign http://archive.canonical.com quantal/partner i386 Packages/DiffIndex
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com quantal-security/universe i386 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal Release
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal Release
Get:6 http://packages.linuxmint.com nadia/upstream i386 Packages [11.3 kB]
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com quantal-security/multiverse i386 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal-updates Release
Get:7 http://packages.linuxmint.com nadia/import i386 Packages [44.0 kB]
Hit http://packages.medibuntu.org quantal InRelease
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal/main i386 Packages/DiffIndex
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com quantal-security/main Translation-en
Hit http://archive.canonical.com quantal/partner i386 Packages
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal/restricted i386 Packages/DiffIndex
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com quantal-security/multiverse Translation-en
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal/universe i386 Packages/DiffIndex
Hit http://packages.medibuntu.org quantal/free i386 Packages
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal/multiverse i386 Packages/DiffIndex
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com quantal-security/restricted Translation-en
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal/main Translation-en_AU
Hit http://packages.medibuntu.org quantal/non-free i386 Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com quantal-security/universe Translation-en
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal/main Translation-en
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal/multiverse Translation-en_AU
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal/multiverse Translation-en
Ign http://archive.canonical.com quantal/partner Translation-en_AU
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal/restricted Translation-en_AU
Ign http://archive.canonical.com quantal/partner Translation-en
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal/restricted Translation-en
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal/universe Translation-en_AU
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal/universe Translation-en
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal-updates/main i386 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal-updates/restricted i386 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal-updates/universe i386 Packages
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com quantal-security/main Translation-en_AU
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal-updates/multiverse i386 Packages
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com quantal-security/multiverse Translation-en_AU
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com quantal-security/restricted Translation-en_AU
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal-updates/main Translation-en
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com quantal-security/universe Translation-en_AU
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal-updates/multiverse Translation-en
Ign http://packages.linuxmint.com nadia/import Translation-en_AU
Ign http://packages.linuxmint.com nadia/import Translation-en
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal-updates/restricted Translation-en
Ign http://packages.linuxmint.com nadia/main Translation-en_AU
Ign http://packages.linuxmint.com nadia/main Translation-en
Ign http://packages.linuxmint.com nadia/upstream Translation-en_AU
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal-updates/universe Translation-en
Ign http://packages.linuxmint.com nadia/upstream Translation-en
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal/main i386 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal/restricted i386 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal/universe i386 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal/multiverse i386 Packages
Ign http://packages.medibuntu.org quantal/free Translation-en_AU
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal-updates/main Translation-en_AU
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal-updates/multiverse Translation-en_AU
Ign http://packages.medibuntu.org quantal/free Translation-en
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal-updates/restricted Translation-en_AU
Ign http://packages.medibuntu.org quantal/non-free Translation-en_AU
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal-updates/universe Translation-en_AU
Ign http://packages.medibuntu.org quantal/non-free Translation-en
Fetched 97.6 kB in 18s (5,306 B/s)
Reading package lists... Error!
W: GPG error: http://archive.canonical.com quantal Release: The following signatures were invalid: BADSIG 40976EAF437D05B5 Ubuntu Archive Automatic Signing Key <ftpmaster@ubuntu.com>
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.

Can some one please point me in the right direction to be able to fix this issue?

Thank you for your help.

Dev-jam

For the badsig, you may try the following two commands from the terminal (one at a time). You can copy text to/from the terminal, see its Edit menu. You will be asked to provide your password; note that on the terminal you do not get any feedback as you type your password. For the MergeList, do the following, to delete all package index files. That should solve both problems. Then run the following command to get all package index files anew. Any more errors, please share here.

I tried getting new keys but still get these invalid key errors ?

W: GPG error: http://www.mirrorservice.org nadia Release: The following signatures were invalid: BADSIG 3EE67F3D0FF405B2 Clement Lefebvre (Linux Mint Package Repository v1) <root@linuxmint.com>
W: GPG error: http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal Release: The following signatures were invalid: BADSIG 40976EAF437D05B5 Ubuntu Archive Automatic Signing Key <ftpmaster@ubuntu.com>
W: GPG error: http://dl.google.com stable Release: The following signatures were invalid: BADSIG A040830F7FAC5991 Google, Inc. Linux Package Signing Key <linux-packages-keymaster@google.com>

The error (and its solution) are detailed here: http://askubuntu.com/questions/89198/th ... re-invalid

ok now I get one less error (after changing to main download server):

W: GPG error: http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal Release: The following signatures were invalid: BADSIG 40976EAF437D05B5 Ubuntu Archive Automatic Signing Key <ftpmaster@ubuntu.com>
W: GPG error: http://dl.google.com stable Release: The following signatures were invalid: BADSIG A040830F7FAC5991 Google, Inc. Linux Package Signing Key <linux-packages-keymaster@google.com>

tried the above fix and tried getting new keys

Try installing the package ubuntu-keyring.

reinstalled ubuntu-keyring but still the same.

this worked for me:

sudo apt-get clean
cd /var/lib/apt
sudo mv lists lists.old
sudo mkdir -p lists/partial
sudo apt-get clean
sudo apt-get update

Thanks aac74, this worked for me too.

Cheers!

Since Medibuntu was discontinued, you can also get similar errors if it is still included in your sources.list: http://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=2469.

xenopeek wrote:

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sudo rm -fv /var/lib/apt/lists/*

I got a similar error as the OP when running apt-get update, running only the quoted command solved it for me. Thanks!