Need help installing Linux Mint

[GrayTech]

Hello

I downloaded a Linux Mint 18.1 ISO and it says that I should verify it. But I can't download the files I need to do so. Is it even necessary to verify the ISO?

Thanks for your hlep!

 

[fjdhdhcyfhf]

it does help prevent errors in installation. follow instructions here

https://linuxmint.com/verify.php

download text file from ^ that contains the checksum hash value.

perform sha algorithm on your iso. are you using windows? CertUtil -hashfile linux-mint-filname.iso SHA256

compare the output of sha with the text file.

I like to download iso files by torrent because it has built in verification that I find makes downloading more successful than downloading from web browser. I have downloaded a lot of iso installers and I have not yet had one fail from torrent.

[GrayTech]

22 minutes ago, SCHISCHKA said:

download text file from ^ that contains the checksum hash value.

 

35 minutes ago, GrayTech said:

But I can't download the files

 

[fjdhdhcyfhf]

you can download the checksum file. You are just doing it wrong.

https://ftp.heanet.ie/mirrors/linuxmint.com/stable/18.1/sha256sum.txt

here are its contents

469b346800c71a60bd7204e03d4cc909c2dc1099f6fc1eaade320411f0fd2990 *linuxmint-18.1-cinnamon-32bit.iso
b99f4b98a1b41737ded072dc1a7060ca32224e23236074790d4fc86b51009e3c *linuxmint-18.1-cinnamon-64bit.iso
a478284343313cabc59fa8867a8e21a899a979665f273ab3a4e6a9641af284c1 *linuxmint-18.1-kde-32bit.iso
62e144db08600ab0be08bdd8489dfb615c401899af869fa0c29679bc866d9dc5 *linuxmint-18.1-kde-64bit.iso
6870a73d8e4667ed6799930be926c0e035e8596e1efc8bd399d7bd987dadae84 *linuxmint-18.1-mate-32bit.iso
b41c5258c03bd8fe4ecab5f1db33f4484bd1992ec306ea4bdde25fc7d6ea2f40 *linuxmint-18.1-mate-64bit.iso
44054c7cf5229d697570222608e352f5e247fcb8981683c871cf3c117c576e70 *linuxmint-18.1-xfce-32bit.iso
7dc167bd5e6e28641c8aaaf406bba46b1be2d472f85d1d86280ed80e19bb8462 *linuxmint-18.1-xfce-64bit.iso

[Bananasplit_00]

never done it and never had problems installing mint but i know its recomended so its up to you to do it.

[GrayTech]

8 minutes ago, SCHISCHKA said:

you can download the checksum file. You are just doing it wrong.

https://ftp.heanet.ie/mirrors/linuxmint.com/stable/18.1/sha256sum.txt

here are its contents

469b346800c71a60bd7204e03d4cc909c2dc1099f6fc1eaade320411f0fd2990 *linuxmint-18.1-cinnamon-32bit.iso
b99f4b98a1b41737ded072dc1a7060ca32224e23236074790d4fc86b51009e3c *linuxmint-18.1-cinnamon-64bit.iso
a478284343313cabc59fa8867a8e21a899a979665f273ab3a4e6a9641af284c1 *linuxmint-18.1-kde-32bit.iso
62e144db08600ab0be08bdd8489dfb615c401899af869fa0c29679bc866d9dc5 *linuxmint-18.1-kde-64bit.iso
6870a73d8e4667ed6799930be926c0e035e8596e1efc8bd399d7bd987dadae84 *linuxmint-18.1-mate-32bit.iso
b41c5258c03bd8fe4ecab5f1db33f4484bd1992ec306ea4bdde25fc7d6ea2f40 *linuxmint-18.1-mate-64bit.iso
44054c7cf5229d697570222608e352f5e247fcb8981683c871cf3c117c576e70 *linuxmint-18.1-xfce-32bit.iso
7dc167bd5e6e28641c8aaaf406bba46b1be2d472f85d1d86280ed80e19bb8462 *linuxmint-18.1-xfce-64bit.iso

Thanks for your help! But this link doesn't work for me. I get an error message when I open it.