Firefox-appmenu issue in pamac

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Hi,

I am having an issue with installing new version of firefox-appmenu in pamac. For last few weeks, trying to download and compile firefox-appmenu will always result in the following error:


    firefox-89.0.source.tar.xz ... Passed
    firefox-89.0.source.tar.xz.asc ... Skipped
    0001-Use-remoting-name-for-GDK-application-names.patch ... Passed
    firefox.desktop ... Passed
    unity-menubar.patch ... Passed
    fix_csd_window_buttons.patch ... Passed
==> Verifying source file signatures with gpg...
    firefox-89.0.source.tar.xz ... FAILED (unknown public key EBE41E90F6F12F6D)
==> ERROR: One or more PGP signatures could not be verified!
Failed to build firefox-appmenu

I've tried importing PGP key from developers gitlab but the result is still the same. Consulting previous topics on firefox-appmenu here on the Garuda Forums, I think it might have been removed from the repository and that is causing bad public key failure.

Any way to remove firefox-appmenu and install a precompiled version - I have a gaming laptop but still it takes many minutes to compile. I guess if theres no quick solution, I will finally switch to FireDragon :slight_smile:

Thanks in advance for any help.

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That’s the best thing you would do :wink:

Or type this in terminal:

upd && yay -S firefox-appmenu
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Unfortunately, the error in terminal is same as shown in pamac:

Verifying source file signatures with gpg...
firefox-89.0.source.tar.xz ... FAILED (unknown public key EBE41E90F6F12F6D)
==> ERROR: One or more PGP signatures could not be verified!
error downloading sources: firefox-appmenu
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Oh, sorry. I got mistaken :disappointed:
Let me try build it and then report here.

Edit: Yes, you're right. Both firefox-appmenu and firefox-appmenu-bin give the same error.

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I got lazy and I am using sync feature in Firefox, that way I have all the history and bookmarks across all my devices - bad thing is that at work I'm forced to use Apple ecosystem, and I am not sure if FireDragon will be able to sync across all the devices.

Nevertheless, it might be just a temporary error and in version 90 this could be fixed. It doesn't affect any functionality right now, it's just popping up as an update which bothers me not.

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You can try installing firefox-appmenu-bin by following the pinned comment.

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I've tried this yesterday, sadly it still threw me the same error.

Well I guess I will give FireDragon a try - from what I've seen and read it really is a supeb browser.

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Just now I installed it successfully
:thinking:

Have no doubt in that :smiley:

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There is an extension called Floccus which I find to be a good replacement for Mozillas sync (which has been disabled along with all other connections to Mozilla)

Also, reading the respective AUR page sometimes helps: :wink:
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Yes, I’ve mentioned that I’ve tried importing PGP key from developers gitlab - I’ve not mentioned it correctly but this is where I imported the key from. I get the following result:

[🔴] × sudo gpg --keyserver keys.gnupg.net --recv-keys 85F86E317555BECC1C2184BF2C45BA09ABC5D7DA
[sudo] password for dancuc:
gpg: key 2C45BA09ABC5D7DA: "nikatar <[email protected]>" not changed
gpg: Total number processed: 1
gpg:              unchanged: 1

But I’m still not able to install it - key 2C4… is different from the PGP key in the package. Weird.

However I’ve took a look at Floccus and I think now it is safe for me to switch to FireDragon.

Thanks to @SameExpert and @dr460nf1r3 for your involvement :smiley:

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Here is what mistake you did. You should run this without sudo because Pamac builds apps as user, not as root.

Summary 
gpg --keyserver keys.gnupg.net --recv-keys 85F86E317555BECC1C2184BF2C45BA09ABC5D7DA && yay -S firefox-appmenu-bin

Anyways, you took a better choise :slightly_smiling_face: :+1:

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so after this error and the same error with firefox about 2 months ago. I have decided to delete all firefox from my system. Brave browser works wonderfully.

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So you basically recommend Brave over Firefox because of failing to read AUR instructions, not because of other reasons? No offense, just wondering :eyes: Also welcome the forum :wink:

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I would recommend Brave over just about any other browser no matter what.

I did read the instructions and corrected the issue 2 months ago. But apparently the devs for firefox like to reintroduce the error and work around has to be used again. So Why would I have to continue to do something special for one app that I don't really like nor use.?

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Having another signing key is actually a security practice which might happen due to several reasons, really nothing special or particularly bad. :eyes:

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