From 5bbc86322d74976584eea5089ebf33cde8eab6a2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Alyssa Rosenzweig Date: Sat, 13 May 2017 08:44:02 -0700 Subject: Parabola troubleshooting guide was badly broken --- docs/gnulinux/encrypted_parabola.md | 83 +++++++++++++++++++++++-------------- 1 file changed, 51 insertions(+), 32 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/gnulinux/encrypted_parabola.md b/docs/gnulinux/encrypted_parabola.md index e1f6a9d7..48dba39b 100644 --- a/docs/gnulinux/encrypted_parabola.md +++ b/docs/gnulinux/encrypted_parabola.md @@ -278,38 +278,57 @@ server)) and then did: In my case I did the steps in the next paragraph, and followed the steps in this paragraph again. -\ -   The following is based on 'Verification of package signatures' in -the Parabola install guide.\ -   Check there first to see if steps differ by now.\ -   Now you have to update the default Parabola keyring. This is used for -signing and verifying packages:\ -   \# **pacman -Sy parabola-keyring**\ -   It says that if you get GPG errors, then it's probably an expired -key and, therefore, you should do:\ -   \# **pacman-key --populate parabola**\ -   \# **pacman-key --refresh-keys**\ -   \# **pacman -Sy parabola-keyring**\ -   To be honest, you should do the above anyway. Parabola has a lot of -maintainers, and a lot of keys. Really!\ -   If you get an error mentioning dirmngr, do:\ -   \# **dirmngr \ +Troubleshooting +--------------- + +The following is based on 'Verification of package signatures' in +the Parabola install guide. + +Check there first to see if steps differ by now. + +Now you have to update the default Parabola keyring. This is used for +signing and verifying packages: + +   # pacman -Sy parabola-keyring + +It says that if you get GPG errors, then it's probably an expired +key and, therefore, you should do: + +   # pacman-key --populate parabola +   # pacman-key --refresh-keys +   # pacman -Sy parabola-keyring + +To be honest, you should do the above anyway. Parabola has a lot of +maintainers, and a lot of keys. Really! + +If you get an error mentioning dirmngr, do: + +   # dirmngr < /dev/null + +Also, it says that if the clock is set incorrectly then you have to manually +set the correct time + +   # date MMDDhhmm\[\[CC\]YY\]\[.ss\] + +I also had to install: + +   # pacman -S archlinux-keyring +   # pacman-key --populate archlinux + +In my case I saw some conflicting files reported in pacman, stopping +me from using it. +I deleted the files that it mentioned and then it worked. +Specifically, I had this error: + +   licenses: /usr/share/licenses/common/MPS exists in filesystem + +I rm -Rf'd the file and then pacman worked. I'm told that the +following would have also made it work: + + # pacman -Sf licenses + +More packages +-------------- I also like to install other packages (base-devel, compilers and so on) and wpa\_supplicant/dialog/iw/wpa\_actiond are needed for wireless after -- cgit v1.2.3-70-g09d2