On Saturday 02 April 2016 05:11:43 David Wright wrote: > Lisi Reisz wrote: > >On Tuesday 29 March 2016 23:55:33 Steve McIntyre wrote: > >> look in the directories on cdimage.debian.org for the > >> signed checksums alongside the images: > > > >I'm very grateful for everything the dds do, honestly. But please, now > > that you help the blind a little, could you not start to remember the > > partially sighted? > > > > > http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/unofficial/non-free/cd-including-firm > > >ware > >> > >>/archive/8.2.0/amd64/iso-cd/ (8.2.0 in the archive) > >> > >> http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/unofficial/non-free/cd-including-firmw > >>are /8.3.0/amd64/iso-cd/ (8.3.0, the current stable release) > > > >This information is not available on the website. It is gold-dust. The > >website has a hyperlink that says "AMD64" > >https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/debian-installer/ > > > ><rant> > >Yes, it says that the check-sums are available. It says that they are in > > the same directories. It doesn't say where and what those directories > > are. It just has flipping hyperlinks that don't go to the directories, > > which would be fine, they just go straight into downloading. > > Yes, it does annoy me that the link doesn't warn you of that. > I don't know how you browse so this might not help you, but here > is what I do: > > After navigating to the page with the ISO link (either from Debian > home page or directly by googling something like debian installer ) > I take care not to left-click on the link, but instead right-click and > select Copy Link Location.
That appeared to do nothing, so I tried everything else offered. The three "Open link <something-or-other>" all produced 404s, "Save link as" downloaded, "Inspect" opened the relevant section of HTML, with the relevant line highlighted. Bingo! Success! Thank you, David. That's a big help. But a hyperlink to the checksums or a clear offering on the website would be still better. I'm all right now, Jack, but what about everybody else? Lisi > Then I type "wget " in an xterm and paste the link after it. That > downloads the ISO file. > > I then open a blank browser page and paste the same link into the > address bar. Without pressing Return, I then erase the filename back > as far as the last directory slash. Now pressing Return takes you to > the directory containing the ISO file and, of course, all the SHA stuff. > Right-click on the SHA512SUMS and paste that as you did the ISO. Ditto > the SHA512SUMS.sign. > > To validate, I type sha512sum * > /tmp/sums (in the directory I > wget'd into), then > diff -u SHA512SUMS /tmp/sums | less -S > and you should see no lines beginning with +, but only - or blank. > Then I gpg2 --verify SHA512SUMS.sign which gives a fingerprint > that occur somewhere on the page https://www.debian.org/CD/verify > > So the method all depends on right-clicking giving you that menu, > which I hope it does. > > Cheers, > David.