I had the same issue with emacs-nox, but I have installed it on Windows 10 inside of WSL2 with Ubuntu 18.04.
I was able to workaround the issue with: gpg --homedir ~/.emacs.d/elpa/gnupg --keyserver hkps://keyserver.ubuntu.com:443 --receive-keys 066DAFCB81E42C40 After successfully importing the key, a package-refresh-contents worked fine. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1862713 Title: Failed to verify signature archive-contents.sig To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/emacs25/+bug/1862713/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs