[SOLVED] Trouble updating new 14.2 installation

mfoley · 09-22-2016, 06:28 PM

I've installed millions of Slackware systems, but have run into a unique problem just now. After installing from the same 14.2 installation DVD as I've used half a dozen times in the past, I did:

slackpkg update

It downloaded files, then ended with the error:

ERROR: Verification of the gpg signature on CHECKSUMS.md5
failed! This could mean that the file is out of date
or has been tampered with.

I then did

slackpkg update gpg

and re-ran `slackpkg update`, but got the same error. I'm stumped! How can I get past this?

STDOUBT · 09-22-2016, 06:56 PM

I suspect a fouled/updating mirror.
Did you try a different one?

trollog · 09-22-2016, 07:02 PM

transient mirror problem.

try again in a few hours.

or try another mirror.

mfoley · 09-22-2016, 09:26 PM

I changed my mirror from http://mirrors.slackware.com/slackware/slackware64-14.2 to http://ftp.osuosl.org/.2/slackware/slackware64-14.2 and that worked. That's the first time that ever happened to me!

bassmadrigal · 09-23-2016, 07:29 AM

mirrors.slackware.com will try to find the closest mirror to you automatically. If that mirror is some how screwed up, then you could see the errors you show. For that reason, I tend to always specify a specific mirror.

If you're interested in finding what mirrors are fastest for you, I'll shamelessly plug my slack-mirror-speedtest.sh script. By default, it has the US mirrors pulled from slackpkg's mirror file, but you can replace those with any you might be interested in.

mfoley · 09-27-2016, 12:02 PM

That works great! Thanks.