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wanderingmagus@lemm.ee 3 months agoIt should be fine. If you’re truly worried, go here:
ftp.heanet.ie/mirrors/linuxmint.com/stable/
And click the version of Linux Mint you downloaded - it’s probably 21.3 - and then download both sha256sum.txt and sha256sum.txt.gpg by right-clicking -> “save link as…” to download the files themselves.
After that, verify the iso you had in your downloads folder by following the instructions here:
Again, as long as you downloaded from one of the mirrors linked on the Linux Mint download page, you should be absolutely fine. This step is a just-in-case, for your personal ease of mind. It will, however, need you to open cmd.exe and copy the code inside the green boxes into the terminal and press Enter. There’s a pictoral guide if you’re doing the verification on Windows still, right here:
forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=42&t=291093
Let me know if you get stuck!
ItsComplicated@sh.itjust.works 3 months ago
Thanks. These are the instructions having a time with. I am going to take a break. I think I have just stared at it too long overthinking it!
wanderingmagus@lemm.ee 3 months ago
No problem, and again - if you experience any confusion during the process, just let me know! I also had to get help with installing Linux Mint myself when I first got started.
ItsComplicated@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
I am still unable to verify the iso. I installed gnupg but it keeps saying file not found.
wanderingmagus@lemm.ee 2 months ago
Were you ever able to figure this out?
wanderingmagus@lemm.ee 2 months ago
Did you make sure that you opened the terminal inside the folder where your iso and txt files are, or at least navigated to that folder after opening the terminal? Basically, it’ll say “file not found” if you run the CertUtil command while not “inside” the folder containing both the iso and the txt files. Same with running the gpg command.