<SOLVED> -bash: sha256sum: command not found; verify ISO, Integrity check, v18.3, Mac OSX El Capitan

[weinbefe]

Hi, I am using OS X El Capitan v10.11.6 on a Macbook Pro (15'', Mid 2012), 2,3 GHz Intel Core i7

My plan is to install Linux Mint instead. When I want to verify my ISO as written here:
https://linuxmint.com/verify.php

I've created the ISO folder and copied the files into it.

For the Integrity Check I entered the commands:

cd
cd ISO
sha256sum -b *.iso

But instead of the SHA256 sum of my ISO file, I get the following message:

"-bash: sha256sum: command not found"

Here's what it looks like:

Thanks! Hope you can help..

[thx-1138]

"-bash: sha256sum: command not found"

...i think that on this OS the command should be shasum -a 256...

[weinbefe]

Thank you for your reply. Now the name of the shell or the window changed, but nothing else happened.
(see attachment please)

[karlchen]

Hello, weinbefe.

You have to specify the name of the downloaded ISO image file as well, else shasum does not know which data to process.

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shasum -a 256 /path/to/linuxmint-18.3-cinnamon-64bit.iso

Note:
/path/to/linuxmint-18.3-cinnamon-64bit.iso is only a placeholder and has to be replaced by the correct pathname and filename on your system.

HTH,
Karl

[weinbefe]

Thank you!

[karlchen]

weinbefe, you're welcome.
Sometimes Greek-German co-operation yields good results.

[thx-1138]

Sometimes Greek-German co-operation yields good results.

Lol!
Co-operation & solidarity between people always yields good results - it's the money hungry powers-that-be that cause problems...

@weinbefe - welcome to Mint!