Upgrade to 21.1 error

[SkilPhil]

I have been trying to upgrade for a couple of days but keep getting the following error. "Failed to fetch http://packages.linuxmint.com/dists/vera/InRelease 403 Forbidden [IP: 91.241.95.156 80]The repository 'http://packages.linuxmint.com/ vera InRelease' is not signed." I have tried all available mirrors with the same result.

[carlosmintfan]

Could you show me the output of: ls /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d and: ls /usr/share/keyrings ?

[carlosmintfan]

Could you show me the full output of: apt-get update ?

[SkilPhil]

Reading package lists... Done E: Could not open lock file /var/lib/apt/lists/lock - open (13: Permission denied) E: Unable to lock directory /var/lib/apt/lists/ W: Problem unlinking the file /var/cache/apt/pkgcache.bin - RemoveCaches (13: Permission denied) W: Problem unlinking the file /var/cache/apt/srcpkgcache.bin - RemoveCaches (13: Permission denied)

[SkilPhil]

I did send the original request to your email. Not sure if I was to send it here. Here it is. ls /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d linuxmint-keyring.gpg ubuntu-keyring-2016-dbgsym.gpg ubuntu-defaults.chroot.key.gpg ubuntu-keyring-2018-archive.gpg ubuntu-keyring-2012-cdimage.gpg

ls /usr/share/keyrings linuxmint-keyring.gpg ubuntu-cloudimage-removed-keys.gpg meganz-archive-keyring.gpg ubuntu-dbgsym-keyring.gpg ubuntu-archive-keyring.gpg ubuntu-dbgsym-removed-keys.gpg ubuntu-archive-removed-keys.gpg ubuntu-master-keyring.gpg ubuntu-cloudimage-keyring.gpg

[carlosmintfan]

Ah sorry, please run sudo apt-get update and please also the full output of the sudo mintupgrade command until the step where you're getting the error.

[SkilPhil]

sudo apt-get update

Ign:1 https://mirror.wiru.co.za/linuxmint-packages vanessa InRelease Hit:2 https://mirror.wiru.co.za/ubuntu jammy InRelease Get:3 https://mirror.wiru.co.za/ubuntu jammy-updates InRelease [114 kB] Get:4 https://mirror.wiru.co.za/ubuntu jammy-backports InRelease [99.8 kB] Hit:5 https://mirror.wiru.co.za/linuxmint-packages vanessa Release Get:6 https://mirror.wiru.co.za/ubuntu jammy-updates/main amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [97.1 kB] Get:7 https://mirror.wiru.co.za/ubuntu jammy-updates/universe amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [257 kB] Get:9 https://mirror.wiru.co.za/ubuntu jammy-updates/multiverse amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [940 B] Get:10 https://mirror.wiru.co.za/ubuntu jammy-backports/universe amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [11.5 kB] Get:11 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-security InRelease [110 kB] Get:12 https://mega.nz/linux/repo/xUbuntu_22.04 ./ InRelease [2,961 B] Get:13 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-security/main amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [41.4 kB] Get:14 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-security/universe amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [13.3 kB] Fetched 749 kB in 3s (277 kB/s) Reading package lists... Done

~$ sudo apt install mintupgrade Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done Reading state information... Done The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required: avfs kactivities-bin kactivitymanagerd kde-cli-tools kde-cli-tools-data kio-extras kio-extras-data kpackagelauncherqml kpackagetool5 libappimage0 libkdsoap1 libkf5activities5 libkf5activitiesstats1 libkf5auth5 libkf5declarative-data libkf5declarative5 libkf5dnssd-data libkf5dnssd5 libkf5kcmutils-data libkf5kcmutils5 libkf5kiofilewidgets5 libkf5package-data libkf5package5 libkf5pty-data libkf5pty5 libkf5quickaddons5 libkf5su-bin libkf5su-data libkf5su5 libkf5syntaxhighlighting-data libkf5syntaxhighlighting5 libkworkspace5-5 libsquashfuse0 linux-headers-5.15.0-53 linux-headers-5.15.0-53-generic linux-headers-5.15.0-56 linux-headers-5.15.0-56-generic linux-image-5.15.0-53-generic linux-image-5.15.0-56-generic linux-modules-5.15.0-53-generic linux-modules-5.15.0-56-generic linux-modules-extra-5.15.0-53-generic linux-modules-extra-5.15.0-56-generic Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them. The following additional packages will be installed: acpi crudini python3-iniparse The following NEW packages will be installed: acpi crudini mintupgrade python3-iniparse 0 upgraded, 4 newly installed, 0 to remove and 7 not upgraded. Need to get 150 kB of archives. After this operation, 942 kB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y Get:1 https://mirror.wiru.co.za/ubuntu jammy/universe amd64 acpi amd64 1.7-1.1ubuntu1 [13.0 kB] Get:2 https://mirror.wiru.co.za/ubuntu jammy/universe amd64 python3-iniparse all 0.4-3 [20.1 kB] Get:3 https://mirror.wiru.co.za/ubuntu jammy/universe amd64 crudini amd64 0.9.3-5 [15.3 kB] Get:4 https://mirror.wiru.co.za/linuxmint-packages vanessa/main amd64 mintupgrade all 2022.08.13 [102 kB] Fetched 150 kB in 6s (27.0 kB/s) Selecting previously unselected package acpi. (Reading database ... 494335 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack .../acpi_1.7-1.1ubuntu1_amd64.deb ... Unpacking acpi (1.7-1.1ubuntu1) ... Selecting previously unselected package python3-iniparse. Preparing to unpack .../python3-iniparse_0.4-3_all.deb ... Unpacking python3-iniparse (0.4-3) ... Selecting previously unselected package crudini. Preparing to unpack .../crudini_0.9.3-5_amd64.deb ... Unpacking crudini (0.9.3-5) ... Selecting previously unselected package mintupgrade. Preparing to unpack .../mintupgrade_2022.08.13_all.deb ... Unpacking mintupgrade (2022.08.13) ... Setting up acpi (1.7-1.1ubuntu1) ... Setting up python3-iniparse (0.4-3) ... Setting up crudini (0.9.3-5) ... Setting up mintupgrade (2022.08.13) ... Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.26+mint1+vanessa) ... Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme (0.17-2) ... Processing triggers for doc-base (0.11.1) ... Processing 1 added doc-base file... Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.36.0-1ubuntu3) ... Processing triggers for libglib2.0-0:amd64 (2.72.4-0ubuntu1) ... Processing triggers for man-db (2.10.2-1) ... Processing triggers for mailcap (3.70+nmu1ubuntu1) ...

This reinstalls vanessa.

Running the update from the 'update manager' there is not log to record. The file list disappears when the error occurs. Just get the attached screenshot.

[carlosmintfan]

Oh. You're upgrading from 21 to 21.1, right? Then this issue should be moved to mintupdate.

[carlosmintfan]

Make sure you have the latest version of linuxmint-keyring before upgrading. Does that help?

[carlosmintfan]

If that doesn't work: Run the following command in a terminal: sudo cp /usr/share/mint-upgrade-info/vanessa/official-package-repositories.list /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list Then, what does sudo apt-get update say? Note: The above command sudo cp /usr/share... points your package repositories to Vera. And it points your Mint and Ubuntu repos to packages.linuxmint.com/archive.ubuntu.com

[carlosmintfan]

But your repositories should already point to Vera if you started to upgrade until the error came - if you didn't change your mirrors.

[clefebvre]

I'll close this since this is a troubleshooting issue, not a bug per se.

Two quick ways to get back on your feet:

• Restore the system to the last functional snapshot using Timeshift
• Or go to mintsources -> Restore the default settings

You can use the forums to seek help while troubleshooting this issue, or alternatively if you want to chat live with people there's the IRC or the Discord. Give people the output of "inxi -r", along with the output of "apt update". This is the most relevant information.