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Kali updating troubles

If you have any trouble to update your VM Kali Linux with response like this:

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$ sudo apt update 
Get:1 https://kali.download/kali kali-rolling InRelease [30.6 kB]
Err:1 https://kali.download/kali kali-rolling InRelease
  The following signatures were invalid: EXPKEYSIG ED444FF07D8D0BF6 Kali Linux Repository <devel@kali.org>
Reading package lists... Done
W: GPG error: https://kali.download/kali kali-rolling InRelease: The following signatures were invalid: EXPKEYSIG ED444FF07D8D0BF6 Kali Linux Repository <devel@kali.org>
E: The repository 'https://http.kali.org/kali kali-rolling 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.

So here I can help with that problem

Solution

In this case I have to use this commands for working my updating

First you have to verify your key fingerprint

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$ wget -q -O - https://archive.kali.org/archive-key.asc | apt-key add

Your response must to be like this:

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$ wget -q -O - https://archive.kali.org/archive-key.asc | apt-key add

Warning: apt-key is deprecated. Manage keyring files in trusted.gpg.d instead (see apt-key(8)).
OK

Then write this command

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$ sudo apt install kali-archive-keyring

And this is the result:

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$ sudo apt install kali-archive-keyring
....
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
kali-archive-keyring is already the newest version (2020.2).
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.

for confirm the fixed we are writting sudo apt upgrade

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$ sudo apt upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.

then sudo apt update

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$ sudo apt update 
Get:1 http://kali.download/kali kali-rolling InRelease [41.2 kB]
Get:2 http://kali.download/kali kali-rolling/main amd64 Packages [19.5 MB]
Get:3 http://kali.download/kali kali-rolling/contrib amd64 Packages [115 kB]
Get:4 http://kali.download/kali kali-rolling/non-free amd64 Packages [223 kB]
Fetched 19.8 MB in 8s (2,390 kB/s)                                        
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
1861 packages can be upgraded. Run 'apt list --upgradable' to see them.

Desktop

how you can see the screen the error is fixed _(^o^)_/

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