Easy md5sum checking

[dyfi]

@ Jerry 3904

Yes, you are correct - most new users would appreciate a GUI. I can remember in my early linux days always looking for a GUI for everything. The terminal can be terminal for learners!

[entropyfoe]

I MX, I installed k3b for burning. It computes the md5 automatically when opening an .iso for bruning.

[joany]

If you are a KDE aficionado, you can create an md5sum action in Dolphin. Copy this code into a xxx.desktop file in the directory /usr/share/kde4/services/ServiceMenus/

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[Desktop Entry]
Type=Service
ServiceTypes=KonqPopupMenu/Plugin
MimeType=application/x-iso;application/x-cd-image;inode/ISO-image;
Icon=dialog-ok
Actions=checkmd5;
TryExec=md5sum

[Desktop Action checkmd5]
Name=Read md5 Checksum
Icon=dialog-ok
Exec=notify-send -i "dialog-ok" "Checksum" "`md5sum %F`" 

Make sure libnotify-bin and xsel are installed on your system. When you right-click on a file, the action "Read md5 Checksum" will appear. By selecting that, a popup will appear in the Panel notifications area that displays the file name and its md5sum.

[Werner P. Schulz]

The terminal can be terminal for learners!

Who never learned the basics of terminal will never become a real and good lover of Linux! It's the terminal which makes the big difference to Windows.

[chrispop99]

Who never learned the basics of terminal will never become a real and good lover of Linux! It's the terminal which makes the big difference to Windows.

When Microsoft first introduced a GUI, it was also said it wasn't 'proper' computing.

I have used various Linux distributions for around 15 years to serve my main computing needs. I help out here and elsewhere, and try to explain what Linux is to non-technical people. In those respects, I feel I fit the description of 'a real and good lover of Linux'. However, I only ever use the terminal as an absolute last resort, and consider it a failure to some degree if I have to do so.

Chris

[Jerry3904]

[This probably deserves a separate thread...]

It's not an either/or type of question, but both/and. For me it's like any good appliance (a concept that Apple has grasped well): most of the time, it should just carry out the task at hand and leave me alone. But if I want to change its operations, I do not want the case to be sealed shut.

[asqwerth]

If easy, GUI-based checking of hashsums can be added MX15 without the size of the iso image taking a hit, why not?

For newer users of MX or Linux in general, gtkhash can serve that purpose.

For MX users who know how to check hashsums using the terminal, or who in any case are going to install KDE packages like Krusader or K3b (which have hashsum checking functionality among their many features), the small program can be ignored.

I have found that I prefer ripping my CDs with Asunder rather than K3b (which I have in my Kubuntu partition), so I don't intend to install k3b in MX. I don't do much disk burning nowadays. I only learnt about Krusader recently so don't have it in MX. Maybe I'll install it when I get my new computer soon.

So gtkhash and/or the Thunar plugin work well for me. It can calculate different types of hashsums - not just md5 - at one go. If I were to use the terminal to work out more than 1 type of hashsum for the same file, lazy ol' me would have to do even more typing, I think. :-)

[malspa]

If you put gtkhash in the Synaptic Search box you come up with an extension for Thunar.

Interesting thread. I've never used a GUI for md5sum checking, and don't see much need for one. But... well, I just added gtkhash in Wheezy Xfce... Hey, pretty cool!

GtkHash_001.png

[TJ Hoye]

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I probably use as many guis as anyone else here.

When I pointed out the *directions* given for the gtkhash/thunar
approach don't work for me, as I understand them,
most of what I got back was 'it works for me' as a response.

I was hoping someone might work with me to help make my prospective
md5sum gui work. At present, it only works in a foolish fashion.
And, I do know another way that's pretty good, in itself.

It's not an either/or discussion I intended to start. I use
linux because I *can* have it both ways. I'm using MX because it's
cutting edge; but you have to look under the hood to see some of that.
It's not just its guis that are cutting edge.

[malspa]

@ TJ Hoye: In my case, with gtkhash, I didn't have the check sum in a folder along with the .iso, and I did have to copy and paste the check sum into the "Check:" box. And it wasn't totally obvious to me at first how to use the GUI, so I see what you're saying. Also, I have to admit, I had no idea what Jerry3904 meant by "just RC the ISO."

But it does look like a nice tool, saves a little bit of time because you don't have to check the md5sum by eye.