fresh install on raspberry pi can't download "gnu" archive

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Raspberry Pi, Model 4, everything up to date with Raspberry Pi OS. I execute the following commands:

sudo apt install emacs (verson 26.1)

mkdir .emacs.d

emacs

then

M-x package-refresh-contents

which gives the error message:

Failed to download the gnu archive

I have tried a couple of things from these links:

But I haven't gotten anything to succeed yet.

Have to check later, but initially I had set the package-archives to the standard options for elpa and melpa: https://melpa.org/#/getting-started, I was able to pull packages from melpa, but not from elpa — Vince W., Jul 28, 2020 at 17:26
Make sure it contains an entry like this: ("gnu" . "https://elpa.gnu.org/packages/"). — NickD, Jul 28, 2020 at 17:36
(("gnu" . "https://elpa.gnu.org/packages/")), just checked — Vince W., Jul 28, 2020 at 17:42
What's the emacs version? If it is 26.3 or so, I would try the (setq package-set-signature nil) method (from your second link). — NickD, Jul 28, 2020 at 17:58

Drew · Accepted Answer · 2020-09-02 22:56:54Z

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If you're running an emacs version earlier than 26.3 (like 26.1), try (setq gnutls-algorithm-priority "NORMAL:-VERS-TLS1.3").

If that works then you're hitting a bug in Emacs that was fixed in 26.3.

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