[Assist] Can't update on a fresh install

[Luther Thompson]

On 8/21/20 6:49 PM, bill-auger wrote:
> the key-servers have been troublesome lately - 
> probably you just need to try again a few times
> 
> to make it faster, you can update only the three
> remaining keys by putting the key-id after
>  --refresh-keys, like the example below
> 
> for future reference, there is a simple way to get text
> out of a LiveISO -  (install 'gnu-netcat' if necessary)
> 
> either put the text in 'a-file' then run this command:
> 
> $ cat a-file | nc termbin.com 9999
> 
> or post the entire output of a command:
> 
> $ some-command 2>&1 | nc termbin.com 9999
> 
> for example:
> 
> $ sudo pacman-key --keyserver hkp://pool.sks-keyservers.net --refresh-keys 7258734B41C31549 2>&1 | nc termbin.com 9999
> 
> that will print a simple URL, which you can type into emails or chat
Thanks for the tip.

When refreshing keys one at a time, as you suggested, I get this:

==> ERROR: The key identified by 3B94A80E50A477C7 could not be found
locally.

Same error for all 3 keys. It looks like the problem may be on my own
system rather than the keyserver.

Luther

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