On Sun, Jul 02, 2017 at 01:14:26PM +0100, Vincent Bentley wrote:
> I tried again using: sudo apt update
>
> Get:1 http://packages.devuan.org/merged ascii InRelease [113 kB]
> Err:1 http://packages.devuan.org/merged ascii InRelease
> Couldn't create temporary file /tmp/apt.conf.r8vXm3 for passing config
> to apt-key
> Reading package lists... Done
> W: GPG error: http://packages.devuan.org/merged ascii InRelease:
> Couldn't create temporary file /tmp/apt.conf.r8vXm3 for passing config
> to apt-key
> E: The repository 'http://packages.devuan.org/merged ascii InRelease' is
> not signed.
> N: Updating from such a repository can't be done securely, and is
> therefore disabled by default.
> N: See apt-secure(8) manpage for repository creation and user
> configuration details.

I don't know whether it's relevant, but apt keeps ranting about not
being able to create a temporary file under /tmp. Are you sure you
have enough space there?

My2Cents

KatolaZ

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