Failed to load repository information

Running Zorin OS 15.3

I’m getting the above error message when I use the software updater

I’ve clicked on settings to get to “Software & Updates” then the “Other Software” tab to find the repository list & checked I can see each repository using a browser & they all appear to be there

Any ideas where I should look ?

@eyot Hi and welcome to the forum.
Have you changed your software sources for installs/updates set to ‘Main Server’ instead of your country server?
Which version of 15.3 do you have e.g. Core or Lite?

So the repositories work in a browser.
What error do you get?
If you run

sudo apt-get update

Doss it work or give you a better error message?

Just throwing this in: Software Updater settings

Hi all, thanks for the assists, hope this is useful

@zabadabadoo - I’m running the Core version
Installs/updates were set to the UK server, I just changed it to the main server & I’m getting the same issue

@carmar @zabadabadoo - I can’t post an image of the current settings as I’m new here & I’ve had to break the links for the same reason

So in Software & updates
Zorin Software tab
All but source code checkboxes are ticked
Download is from “Main Server”

Other Software tab, checked options are
dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/ubuntu/ main
download.opensuse.org/repositories/Emulators:/Wine:/Debian/xUbuntu_18.04/ ./
ppa. launchpad. net/zorinos/apps/ubuntu bionic main
packages. zorinos. com/stable bionic main
packages. zorinos. com/patches bionic main
packages. zorinos. com/apps bionic main
packages. zorinos. com/drivers bionic main restricted
ppa. launchpad. net/zorinos/stable/ubuntu bionic main
ppa. launchpad. net/zorinos/patches/ubuntu bionic main
ppa. launchpad. net/zorinos/drivers/ubuntu bionic main

@jgordon - tried the “sudo apt-get update” & got the following

Hit:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic InRelease
Hit:2 http://ppa.launchpad.net/zorinos/apps/ubuntu bionic InRelease                                                                                   
Hit:3 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates InRelease                                                                                       
Hit:4 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-backports InRelease                                                                                     
Hit:5 https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/ubuntu bionic InRelease                                                                                       
Hit:6 http://ppa.launchpad.net/zorinos/drivers/ubuntu bionic InRelease                                                                                
Hit:7 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security InRelease                                                                                      
Hit:8 http://ppa.launchpad.net/zorinos/patches/ubuntu bionic InRelease                                                                                
Hit:9 http://ppa.launchpad.net/zorinos/stable/ubuntu bionic InRelease                                                                                 
Get:10 https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/Emulators:/Wine:/Debian/xUbuntu_18.04 ./ InRelease [1,562 B]                              
Hit:11 https://packages.zorinos.com/stable bionic InRelease                                                          
Hit:12 https://packages.zorinos.com/patches bionic InRelease
Err:10 https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/Emulators:/Wine:/Debian/xUbuntu_18.04 ./ InRelease
  The following signatures were invalid: EXPKEYSIG DFA175A75104960E Emulators OBS Project <Emulators@build.opensuse.org>
Hit:13 https://packages.zorinos.com/apps bionic InRelease
Hit:14 https://packages.zorinos.com/drivers bionic InRelease
Fetched 1,562 B in 1s (1,198 B/s)
Reading package lists... Done
W: An error occurred during the signature verification. The repository is not updated and the previous index files will be used. GPG error: https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/Emulators:/Wine:/Debian/xUbuntu_18.04 ./ InRelease: The following signatures were invalid: EXPKEYSIG DFA175A75104960E Emulators OBS Project <Emulators@build.opensuse.org>
W: Failed to fetch https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/Emulators:/Wine:/Debian/xUbuntu_18.04/./InRelease  The following signatures were invalid: EXPKEYSIG DFA175A75104960E Emulators OBS Project <Emulators@build.opensuse.org>
W: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.

I don’t know why you have an opensuse repository in there but as you can see from here: Software Updater settings it is not the right one for Wine.
Remove that and you should be fine.

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@eyot How did you install Wine?
Using "Windows App Support" package from Software centre is reccomended:

(Edit to point to first post in that thread, not 8th. My bad)

@carmar, I unchecked the opensuse repository & the updater works, without any errors, thanks :+1:

@zabadabadoo, Hi, I used the built in “System Tools” > “Software” application to install wine

I moved to Zorin when my Windows 7 system stopped getting updates & there were a couple of games that I wanted to keep that had no Linux equivalents otherwise I wouldn’t be using it at all

Thanks for the help everyone, I’m happy to close this

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Glad your system is fixed. If you happen to run into Wine problems in the future, try steps #1 & #2 here: NET Framework 4.5.2

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