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yeehi
March 22nd, 2009, 03:40 PM
I have the file on my hard disk.
How do I check its md5sum?

I tried right clicking and looking in properties, but nothing was listed.

Do I need to install another program? Which one?
taurus
March 22nd, 2009, 03:42 PM
What file is it? Are you currently running windows or Linux?

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/HowToMD5SUM
yeehi
March 22nd, 2009, 03:44 PM
On linux, OperaTor:

http://archetwist.com/opera/operator

Thank you for your help.
taurus
March 22nd, 2009, 03:50 PM
How about running it from a terminal. Open a terminal, Applications -> Accessories -> Terminal, and change to whichever directory that you've saved the first. Then run md5sum from there.


cd ~/Desktop (Assuming you've saved it to your desktop.)
md5sum filename
yeehi
March 22nd, 2009, 03:59 PM
Thank you.
I did the MD5sum.

A GUI for the MD5sum would be very nice. It would help with checking the comparison, too.

Is there an application you recommend for this?
Sef
March 22nd, 2009, 04:05 PM
A GUI for the MD5sum would be very nice. It would help with checking the comparison, too.

Is there an application you recommend for this?

If you download via a torrent, then the md5sum is done automatically.
yeehi
March 22nd, 2009, 04:07 PM
I would like to check md5sums on files not downloaded from a torrent, too.

Typing md5sum into package manager results in lots of hits. I donīt know which to choose.
roger_1960
March 22nd, 2009, 04:32 PM
Hi

I suggest you try gisomount It has a GUI and can be run by typing gisomount in terminal. You can of course create an icon on the desktop to run it if you wish.