kali full-upgrade issue

[kiddjsh]

I am having an issue with updating my version of Kali Linux using the update / full-upgrade commands and receiving output errors after running the commands.
I have installed Kali Linux some years ago, via a USB installation, after copying the .iso to a USB drive. Here is the output of my system information

ilku@kide:~$ cat /etc/os-release      PRETTY_NAME="Kali GNU/Linux Rolling"
NAME="Kali GNU/Linux"
ID=kali
VERSION="2021.2"
VERSION_ID="2021.2"
VERSION_CODENAME="kali-rolling"
ID_LIKE=debian
ANSI_COLOR="1;31"
HOME_URL="https://www.kali.org/"
SUPPORT_URL="https://forums.kali.org/"
BUG_REPORT_URL="https://bugs.kali.org/"
ilku@kide:~$ 

I have followed the instructions from How to update Kali here https://www.kali.org/docs/general-use/updating-kali/

My

/etc/apt/sources.list

output isn't showing the same output per the instructions

ilku@kide:~$ cat /etc/apt/sources.listdeb http://http.kali.org/kali kali-rolling main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
ilku@kide:~$ 

When running

ilku@kide:~$ 
ilku@kide:~$ sudo apt update           
[sudo] password for ilku: 

the following type error is received

Err:1 http://kali.download/kali kali-rolling InRelease
  The following signatures were invalid: EXPKEYSIG ED444FF07D8D0BF6 Kali Linux Repository <[email protected]>
Fetched 41.5 kB in 1s (30.8 kB/s)
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
2237 packages can be upgraded. Run 'apt list --upgradable' to see them.
W: An error occurred during the signature verification. The repository is not updated and the previous index files will be used. GPG error: https://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb stable InRelease: The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY E88979FB9B30ACF2
W: An error occurred during the signature verification. The repository is not updated and the previous index files will be used. GPG error: http://kali.download/kali kali-rolling InRelease: The following signatures were invalid: EXPKEYSIG ED444FF07D8D0BF6 Kali Linux Repository <[email protected]>
W: Failed to fetch http://http.kali.org/kali/dists/kali-rolling/InRelease  The following signatures were invalid: EXPKEYSIG ED444FF07D8D0BF6 Kali Linux Repository <[email protected]>
W: Failed to fetch https://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/dists/stable/InRelease  The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY E88979FB9B30ACF2
W: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.

When running

ilku@kide:~$ sudo apt full-upgrade -y
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done

the following type errors are received

2237 upgraded, 473 newly installed, 30 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 3,293 MB/3,754 MB of archives.
After this operation, 4,906 MB of additional disk space will be used.
Err:1 http://http.kali.org/kali kali-rolling/main amd64 base-files amd64 1:2022.3.0
  404  Not Found [IP: 18.211.24.19 80]
Err:2 http://http.kali.org/kali kali-rolling/main amd64 libgpg-error0 amd64 1.45-2
  404  Not Found [IP: 18.211.24.19 80]
Err:3 http://http.kali.org/kali kali-rolling/main amd64 libzstd1 amd64 1.5.2+dfsg-1
  404  Not Found [IP: 18.211.24.19 80]
Err:4 http://http.kali.org/kali kali-rolling/main amd64 libssl3 amd64 3.0.5-2
  404  Not Found [IP: 18.211.24.19 80]
Err:5 http://http.kali.org/kali kali-rolling/main amd64 libcryptsetup12 amd64 2:2.5.0-2
  404  Not Found [IP: 18.211.24.19 80]
Err:6 http://http.kali.org/kali kali-rolling/main amd64 libsystemd-shared amd64 251.4-3
  404  Not Found [IP: 18.211.24.19 80]
Err:7 http://http.kali.org/kali kali-rolling/main amd64 libc6 amd64 2.34-4
  404  Not Found [IP: 18.211.24.19 80]
Err:8 http://http.kali.org/kali kali-rolling/main amd64 libc-bin amd64 2.34-4
  404  Not Found [IP: 18.211.24.19 80]
Err:9 http://http.kali.org/kali kali-rolling/main amd64 libc-l10n all 2.34-4
  404  Not Found [IP: 18.211.24.19 80]
Err:10 http://http.kali.org/kali kali-rolling/main amd64 locales all 2.34-4
  404  Not Found [IP: 18.211.24.19 80]
Err:11 http://http.kali.org/kali kali-rolling/main amd64 libgcrypt20 amd64 1.10.1-2
  404  Not Found [IP: 18.211.24.19 80]
Err:12 http://http.kali.org/kali kali-rolling/main amd64 libsystemd0 amd64 251.4-3
  404  Not Found [IP: 18.211.24.19 80]
Err:13 http://http.kali.org/kali kali-rolling/main amd64 less amd64 590-1
  404  Not Found [IP: 18.211.24.19 80]
Err:14 http://http.kali.org/kali kali-rolling/main amd64 libblkid1 amd64 2.38.1-1
  404  Not Found [IP: 18.211.24.19 80]
Err:15 http://http.kali.org/kali kali-rolling/main amd64 libudev1 amd64 251.4-3
  404  Not Found [IP: 18.211.24.19 80]
... ...
E: Failed to fetch http://http.kali.org/kali/pool/main/x/xfce4-panel/xfce4-panel_4.16.5-1_amd64.deb  404  Not Found [IP: 18.211.24.19 80]
E: Failed to fetch http://http.kali.org/kali/pool/main/x/xfce4-places-plugin/xfce4-places-plugin_1.8.1-1+b1_amd64.deb  404  Not Found [IP: 18.211.24.19 80]
E: Failed to fetch http://http.kali.org/kali/pool/main/x/xfce4-sensors-plugin/xfce4-sensors-plugin_1.4.3-1_amd64.deb  404  Not Found [IP: 18.211.24.19 80]
E: Failed to fetch http://http.kali.org/kali/pool/main/x/xfce4-settings/xfce4-settings_4.16.3-1_amd64.deb  404  Not Found [IP: 18.211.24.19 80]
E: Failed to fetch http://http.kali.org/kali/pool/main/x/xfce4-session/xfce4-session_4.16.0-2_amd64.deb  404  Not Found [IP: 18.211.24.19 80]
E: Failed to fetch http://http.kali.org/kali/pool/main/x/xfce4-systemload-plugin/xfce4-systemload-plugin_1.3.1-1_amd64.deb  404  Not Found [IP: 18.211.24.19 80]
E: Failed to fetch http://http.kali.org/kali/pool/main/x/xfce4-wavelan-plugin/xfce4-wavelan-plugin_0.6.3-1_amd64.deb  404  Not Found [IP: 18.211.24.19 80]
E: Failed to fetch http://http.kali.org/kali/pool/main/x/xfce4-xkb-plugin/xfce4-xkb-plugin_0.8.3-1_amd64.deb  404  Not Found [IP: 18.211.24.19 80]
E: Failed to fetch http://http.kali.org/kali/pool/main/x/xfdesktop4/xfdesktop4_4.16.1-1_amd64.deb  404  Not Found [IP: 18.211.24.19 80]
E: Failed to fetch http://http.kali.org/kali/pool/main/x/xfdesktop4/xfdesktop4-data_4.16.1-1_all.deb  404  Not Found [IP: 18.211.24.19 80]
E: Failed to fetch http://http.kali.org/kali/pool/main/x/xserver-xorg-input-libinput/xserver-xorg-input-libinput_1.2.1-1+b1_amd64.deb  404  Not Found [IP: 18.211.24.19 80]
E: Failed to fetch http://http.kali.org/kali/pool/main/z/zenity/zenity-common_3.43.0-1_all.deb  404  Not Found [IP: 18.211.24.19 80]
E: Failed to fetch http://http.kali.org/kali/pool/main/z/zenity/zenity_3.43.0-1_amd64.deb  404  Not Found [IP: 18.211.24.19 80]
E: Failed to fetch http://http.kali.org/kali/pool/main/libz/libzstd/zstd_1.5.2+dfsg-1_amd64.deb  404  Not Found [IP: 18.211.24.19 80]
E: Unable to fetch some archives, maybe run apt-get update or try with --fix-missing?
ilku@kide:~$ 
ilku@kide:~$ 

After this step is completed, the following versioning information is still observed and the os hasn't been updated to the most recent kali os

ilku@kide:~$ cat /etc/os-release      
PRETTY_NAME="Kali GNU/Linux Rolling"
NAME="Kali GNU/Linux"
ID=kali
VERSION="2021.2"
VERSION_ID="2021.2"
VERSION_CODENAME="kali-rolling"
ID_LIKE=debian
ANSI_COLOR="1;31"
HOME_URL="https://www.kali.org/"
SUPPORT_URL="https://forums.kali.org/"
BUG_REPORT_URL="https://bugs.kali.org/"

Since my /etc/apt/sources.list output wasn't the same as displayed within the Kali Linux instructions,
I moved to the Kali Instructions Default Network Repository Values here https://www.kali.org/docs/general-us...pository-value
My output when following these instructions, displays the proper output for a clean install

ilku@kide:~$ 
ilku@kide:~$ 
ilku@kide:~$ grep-v '#' /etc/apt/sources.list | sort -u
deb http://http.kali.org/kali kali-rolling main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
ilku@kide:~$ 
ilku@kide:~$ 

I have attempted to redirect the repository by repointing to the kali-rolling branch in ROOT

┌──(root💀kide)-[~]
└─# echo"deb http://http.kali.org/kali kali-rolling main contrib non-free non-free-firmware" | sudotee /etc/apt/sources.list
deb http://http.kali.org/kali kali-rolling main contrib non-free non-free-firmware

This has not helped resolve the issue and I am still unable to get a full upgrade when running the commands, I am also not able to install some general applications, which I believe is a result of not being able to fully update my package, such as flameshot, and google chrome. Is someone able to assist, without me having to do a fresh install of the operating system?

[Fred Sheehan]

Kali is a rolling release, and as such, if you haven't upgraded for a long time, it will not be possible, there have been 'breaking changes' between Linux kernel versions that mean you will no longer be able to simply upgrade from such an old install.

Download the latest ISO image and reinstall is the only option.