Re: How to check integrity of .deb files

[Dale Scheetz <dwarf@polaris.net>]

On 17 Jul 1997, Eloy A. Paris wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I suspect some of the .deb files for Debian 1.3.1 are corrupted
> in my hard disk after some problems with bad sectors.
> 
> Is there a way to check for integrity of these files with dpkg
> or something else?
> 
You can use md5sums to verify their integrity. There is a list of the
correct checksum values in the indices directory of the archive that you
can use to compare with the values that md5sum gives for the packages.

Luck,

Dwarf
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