md5

[Michael Roth]

On Thu, 9 Sep 1999, Martin P. Peikert wrote:

> The question is: how can I verify the checksum.  

Their are two ways to perform this task:

a.) calculate the MD5 of your GnuPG copy with the tool `md5sum` and
    compare your result with the published MD5:

    # md5sum gnupg-1.0.0.tar.gz

    This will print out a line with the MD5 of your copy. For example this
    should be the correct result:

    bba45febd501acf8e19db402506dae94  gnupg-1.0.0.tar.gz


b.) Use `md5sum` to verify your GnuPG copy:
    
    1.) Go to the directoy with the gnupg-1.0.0.tar.gz file

    2.) Type the following command with the MD5 of GnuPG you saw on this
        mailing list or other sources:

        # echo "MD5_FOUND_IN_THE_NET gnupg-1.0.0.tar.gz" | md5sum -c"

    3.) If the MD5 checksum is correct, you will see this result:

        gnupg-1.0.0.tar.gz: OK



cu
		Michael