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I can't update...

I have been trying to troubleshoot this problem for a while now... The only way I found is to re-install Ubuntu...

sudo apt-get update -o Debug::Acquire::http=true
0% [Connecting to mirror.bytemark.co.uk (212.110.161.69)] [Connecting to archivGET /ubuntu/dists/trusty/InRelease HTTP/1.1
Host: archive.canonical.com
Cache-Control: max-age=0
Accept: text/*
Range: bytes=213-
If-Range: Mon, 02 Jun 2014 21:50:58 GMT
User-Agent: Debian APT-HTTP/1.3 (1.0.1ubuntu2)


0% [Connecting to mirror.bytemark.co.uk (212.110.161.69)] [Waiting for headers]GET /ubuntu/dists/trusty/InRelease HTTP/1.1
Host: mirror.bytemark.co.uk
Cache-Control: max-age=0
Accept: text/*
Range: bytes=213-
If-Range: Sat, 07 Jun 2014 00:11:36 GMT
User-Agent: Debian APT-HTTP/1.3 (1.0.1ubuntu2)


GET /ubuntu/dists/trusty/InRelease HTTP/1.1
Host: extras.ubuntu.com
Cache-Control: max-age=0
Accept: text/*
Range: bytes=213-
If-Range: Sat, 07 Jun 2014 00:19:18 GMT
User-Agent: Debian APT-HTTP/1.3 (1.0.1ubuntu2)


GET /appgrid/stable/ubuntu/dists/trusty/InRelease HTTP/1.1
Host: ppa.launchpad.net
Cache-Control: max-age=0
Accept: text/*
Range: bytes=213-
If-Range: Thu, 05 Jun 2014 14:53:42 GMT
User-Agent: Debian APT-HTTP/1.3 (1.0.1ubuntu2)


GET /torproject.org/dists/trusty/InRelease HTTP/1.1
Host: deb.torproject.org
Cache-Control: max-age=0
Accept: text/*
If-Modified-Since: Fri, 30 May 2014 11:28:02 GMT
User-Agent: Debian APT-HTTP/1.3 (1.0.1ubuntu2)


HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8
Content-Length: 213
Date: Sat, 07 Jun 2014 00:20:52 GMT
Server: Apache/2.2.22 (Ubuntu)
Vary: Accept-Encoding

Get:1 http://extras.ubuntu.com trusty InRelease [213 B]                        
94% [1 InRelease gpgv 213 B] [Waiting for headers] [Waiting for headers] [WaitiSplitting up /var/lib/apt/lists/partial/extras.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_trusty_InRIgn http://extras.ubuntu.com trusty InRelease                                  
E: GPG error: http://extras.ubuntu.com trusty InRelease: Clearsigned file isn't valid, got 'NODATA' (does the network require authentication?)
superuser@dude-X202E:~$ sudo apt-get update -o Debug::Acquire::http=true
0% [Working]GET /ubuntu/dists/trusty/InRelease HTTP/1.1
Host: archive.canonical.com
Cache-Control: max-age=0
Accept: text/*
Range: bytes=213-
If-Range: Mon, 02 Jun 2014 21:50:58 GMT
User-Agent: Debian APT-HTTP/1.3 (1.0.1ubuntu2)


GET /ubuntu/dists/trusty/InRelease HTTP/1.1
Host: extras.ubuntu.com
Cache-Control: max-age=0
Accept: text/*
Range: bytes=213-
If-Range: Sat, 07 Jun 2014 00:21:27 GMT
User-Agent: Debian APT-HTTP/1.3 (1.0.1ubuntu2)

GET /ubuntu/dists/trusty/InRelease HTTP/1.1
Host: archive.ubuntu.com
Cache-Control: max-age=0
Accept: text/*
Range: bytes=213-
If-Range: Sat, 07 Jun 2014 00:08:34 GMT
User-Agent: Debian APT-HTTP/1.3 (1.0.1ubuntu2)



GET /appgrid/stable/ubuntu/dists/trusty/InRelease HTTP/1.1
Host: ppa.launchpad.net
Cache-Control: max-age=0
Accept: text/*
Range: bytes=213-
If-Range: Thu, 05 Jun 2014 14:53:42 GMT
User-Agent: Debian APT-HTTP/1.3 (1.0.1ubuntu2)


GET /torproject.org/dists/trusty/InRelease HTTP/1.1
Host: deb.torproject.org
Cache-Control: max-age=0
Accept: text/*
If-Modified-Since: Fri, 30 May 2014 11:28:02 GMT
User-Agent: Debian APT-HTTP/1.3 (1.0.1ubuntu2)


HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8
Content-Length: 213
Date: Sat, 07 Jun 2014 00:21:32 GMT
Server: Apache/2.2.22 (Ubuntu)
Vary: Accept-Encoding

Get:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com trusty InRelease [213 B]
94% [1 InRelease 213 B/213 B 100%] [Waiting for headers] [Waiting for headers] GET /ubuntu/dists/trusty-updates/InRelease HTTP/1.1
Host: archive.ubuntu.com
Cache-Control: max-age=0
Accept: text/*
User-Agent: Debian APT-HTTP/1.3 (1.0.1ubuntu2)


HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8
Content-Length: 213
Date: Sat, 07 Jun 2014 00:21:32 GMT
Server: Apache/2.2.22 (Ubuntu)
Vary: Accept-Encoding

Get:2 http://extras.ubuntu.com trusty InRelease [213 B]                        
97% [1 InRelease gpgv 213 B] [Connecting to archive.ubuntu.com (91.189.92.200)]Splitting up /var/lib/apt/lists/partial/archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_trusty_InIgn http://archive.ubuntu.com trusty InRelease                                 
E: GPG error: http://archive.ubuntu.com trusty InRelease: Clearsigned file isn't valid, got 'NODATA' (does the network require authentication?)
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  • Did you solved the problem after the reinstallation?
    – Lucio
    Jun 7, 2014 at 0:58
  • It appears the problem isn't so much GPG as the fact that you feed it no data. Connection issues? Empty (in error of course) signature file on remote end? Jun 7, 2014 at 1:22
  • Can you post the output of wget -O - -S http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/trusty/InRelease
    – bain
    Jun 7, 2014 at 1:35

2 Answers 2

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When I was running sudo apt-get update I got the error:

Ign http://br.archive.ubuntu.com trusty InRelease                              
E: GPG error: http://br.archive.ubuntu.com trusty InRelease: Clearsigned file isn't valid, got 'NODATA' (does the network require authentication?)

To solve that, first I tried:

wget https://dl.dropbox.com/u/8850924/fixpackage
chmod +x ./fixpackage
sudo ./fixpackage

As recomended in https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/251767

But it didn't work for me. So finally I tried the following lines and it solved my problem:

sudo apt-get clean
sudo mv /var/lib/apt/lists /var/lib/apt/lists.broke
sudo mkdir -p /var/lib/apt/lists/partial
sudo apt-get update
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  • 2
    This solution does not work on Ubuntu 14.04. Jan 1, 2016 at 17:25
  • worked for me on Ubuntu 14.04.4 on Ubuntu on Windows 10
    – rofrol
    Aug 19, 2016 at 11:46
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I have the same error, but after enabling internet traffic from/to (system) through the firewall solved the issue.

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