[GRLUG] Hash Sum Mismatch

[Bob Kline]

On Jan 16, 2008 9:49 PM, Michael Mol <mikemol at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Jan 16, 2008 9:19 PM, Bob Kline <bob.kline at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I installed Kubuntu 7.10 on a new
> > machine, and started to install some
> > packages using apt-get.  Seems most
> > to everything I asked for got the
> > response "insert system media," or words
> > to that effect, and then I invariably would
> > get "Hash Sum Mismatch."
> >
> > Looking on the web,  I discover this is a
> > common problem.  One solution was
> > something like:
> >
> > Patient:  Doctor, it hurts when I do this.
> >
> > Doctor:  Don't do that.
> >
> > In this case the suggestion was to comment
> > out the line in /etc/apt/sources.list having to
> > do with the CDROM.
> >
> > That did in fact cure most of what was ailing
> > things, but it still seems like a bug, cured by
> > what M$ would call a patch.
> >
> > Anyone know in any detail what "Hash Sum
> > Mismatch" is saying?  It sounds like a corrupt
> > DVD, but then the OS appears to have installed
> > without problems.
> >
> > I have no particular desire to get to the CDROM,
> > because the newest stuff will not be there, but I'd
> > still like to have a better idea what is going on.
>
> Do you know which script is raising the error?
>
> --

I really don't know anything beyond what
I said before.  I took the CDROM entry out
of /etc/apt/sources.list,  and apt-get install X,
where X is some package,  now works.

Meaning that I don't get the message.

    -Bob
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