Did you try the fixes mentioned in below link. https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Pacman/Package_signing#Cannot_import_keys
I initially tried installing archlinux on Virtualbox. There seems to be an issue with keyserver and virtual box time syncing which invalidates all the keys. You can try qemu/kvm which would not face such an issue. On Mon, 24 Aug 2020 at 17:22, RAGINI <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello, > > Few points on the below keyserver: > > 1. It is a valid keyserver, here is the link: > https://sks-keyservers.net/overview-of-pools.php > > 2. HKPS is the first web-based PGP keyserver which was written for thesis > by Marc Horowitz > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Key_server_(cryptographic) > > I am still trying to resolve the issue, I have tried few things mentioned > on sks-keyservers.net site and also on the archlinux.org > > I am digging into it, if anybody else has some pointers, Please free to > share. > > Wanted to keep the thread updated. > > > thanks > Ragini > > On Tue, 11 Aug 2020, RAGINI wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > Today we tried to a fresh installation on Virtual Box for archlinux and > got the following error, while we were at the pacstrap step. > > > > Error: > > > > invalid of corrupted package (PGP signature) > > > > We tried the following to update the signatures: > > pacman-key --init > > pacman-key --refresh > > > > the second command gave us error "A specified local key could not be > updated from a keyserver." > > > > The keyserver it is refering to is "hkps://hkps.pool.sks-keyservers.net" > > > > This does not seem to be the correct URL, there is no such protocol as > hkps > > > > When typed and searched over internet, the above got resolved to > https://sks-keyservers.net, However, when trying to execute pacman-key > --refresh --keyserver https://sks-keyservers.net gives the same error as > above. > > > > What could be the possible issue ? > > > > thanks > > Ragini > > > -- Regards, *Prince*
