Verify The MD5 Checksum

• Each package has an individual checksum that can be verified with the following command:

  md5sum package_name

• Here is a specific example:

  md5sum mysql-standard-5.0.40-linux-i686.tar.gz

• Verify that resulting checksum (the string of hexadecimal digits) matches the one displayed on the download page immediately below the respective package.
  • Verify the checksum of the archive file, and not of the files that are contained inside the archive.
    • The .zip or .tar.gz file.

How do I verify signatures using GPG?

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© 2007 John Michael Pierobon

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