Check Sum
I have never had an issue with download integrity but I noticed a few linux-related downloads list md5s(?).
I don't know a check sum from a hole in the wall and no one has ever told me they are used for file integrity or how to check file integrity... I can't explain it but I just sort of know naturally that that is what it is for. More to the point... it seems that when using linux verifying file integrity is important so I sorta need to know what I need to know to confirm file integrity. I am new at this so I could be way off base. Z/Z |
md5sum /path/to/file it will then give you a long number check that number corrisponds to the number where you downloaded from
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Thanks Spiky Z/Z
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Well, yes ... and no. You do not need to check the integrity of EVERYTHING you download, as long as you stay INSIDE the distro's repo. Wow, Latin ;) . More explanation. Linux comes in several flavors, wel call it a "distro". Every distro has a library of software for it, without that, Linux would still be very usable, but...you'd have to write all the software. Like re-inventing sliced bread...it's not very productive.
I noticed you use Mint, well, Mint has quite a bundle of software, for the everyday user, but a more selective user could time and again need/want/require software that's not in the repo, hence, download-n-check. The process is simple, let's take an example with a download, go to the download page for DSL, and look. All the way down, there is a file called dsl-4.4.10.iso, okay, right under that is an other file, open it and look, that's an MD5 checksum, let's use that. Once the iso is downloaded , enter a console, navigate to the folder where the iso is located and issue: Quote:
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If the two are identical, the downloads is clean...and safe to use. Granted, DSL is somewat dated, but..it illustrated the concept. Try it! Download Crunchbang for example, they have a checksum too...did you notice? Hope this helps! Thor |
Thank you Thor 2.0... the explanation was easy to follow. "Somewhere on my hard drive..." you successfully transferred your consciousness to your hard drive! I tried that once but I couldn't find a floppy for the commodore 64 with the 5 and a quarter disk drive at the dump. Z/Z
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And yes, I live somewhere on the grand Hard Drive called Life! Wellness to you! And, welcome to the forums! Thor |
:) My first was a Tandy CoCo 3 with 128k total memory but my cousins in Gander had a Commodore 64 and they taught me how to use it. I used the Commodore 64 reference because NOBODY knows what a CoCo 3 is. Z/Z
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Too bad, beause my favorite CPU was (and is) the Z80A, elegant machinecode...great little puncher... Ah...sweet memories... :) Thor |
Ah the days when a computers primary selling point was that it had more than 2 colours and could play Thexder or Silpheed. Good call on the C64 though...much friendlier and much better games than the CoCo 3 ... some really odd games as I recall...Transformers and Mario Bros were cool but then there were the "odd" ones like some messed up game where the objective was to answer questions correctly or a smoker would take a drag.
Any who... Imma take a nap... nice chatting though. Z/Z |
No sweat...likewise
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