MD5 for LMDE 2014 doesn't match [Solved]

José Martínez · Post by **José Martínez** » Tue Aug 05, 2014 4:16 pm

Hi. I've downloaded four different ISO files for LMDE 201403 Mate 32-bit (from diferent mirrors) from http://www.linuxmint.com/edition.php?id=99 and after getting their MD5 using GtKHash in LInux Mint 17 Mate I found that all of them have different MD5's and none of them match with the posted MD5 on the LMDE download web page (fa20dba24e4d321ad616b6037c06a79f.) At this point I haven't burnt any ISO image because of this. Can somebody tell me why is this happening? How I can be sure that the downloaded file is not corrupted or tampered with if the MD5 doesn't match? Thx. for any idea.

gtsfer · Post by **gtsfer** » Tue Aug 05, 2014 10:06 pm

Try it from the command line (Terminal) like this...

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md5sum linuxmint-201403-mate-dvd-32bit.iso

ofb · Post by **ofb** » Tue Aug 05, 2014 11:10 pm

As gtsfer says, try md5sum in the terminal.

With four downloads and four results, I'll hazard a guess that what's wrong is your download connection. Are the files four different sizes?

FWIW I use Opera for downloads. It's pretty reliable about showing when a download is properly completed, and offering a Resume function for dropped connections.

Incentive I.C · Post by **Incentive I.C** » Wed Aug 06, 2014 1:22 am

You could try a download manager.

py-thon · Post by **py-thon** » Thu Aug 07, 2014 9:39 am

I downloaded the same version in May from one of the mirrors using Opera 12.16 without problem. Miscalculations by gtkhash do not seem likely to me. Either you have serious problems with your internet connection or someone in the middle is delivering special files for you

Post by **Monsta** » Thu Aug 07, 2014 9:55 am

Why not try downloading ISOs via torrents?

José Martínez · Post by **José Martínez** » Mon Aug 11, 2014 11:26 am

gtsfer wrote:Try it from the command line (Terminal) like this...
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md5sum linuxmint-201403-mate-dvd-32bit.iso

Thx. gtsfer. I deleted all the previus ISO images and got a fresh one and after getting the MD5 using the command line, as you suggested, it matched with the MD5 posted online (still I got a different MD5 using GtKhash: that app is gone from my computer now, something is wrong with it

From now on I will use the command line to check the MD5 of ISO images.

py-thon · Post by **py-thon** » Mon Aug 11, 2014 12:19 pm

José Martínez wrote:still I got a different MD5 using GtKhash

Very strange. I just checked my downloaded iso again with GtkHash and it works correctly (same md5sum as yours of course).

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