{"id":7551,"date":"2018-02-27T15:16:38","date_gmt":"2018-02-27T15:16:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=7551"},"modified":"2018-02-27T15:16:38","modified_gmt":"2018-02-27T15:16:38","slug":"files-checksums-properties-dialog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2018\/02\/files-checksums-properties-dialog\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Display File&#8217;s Checksums in Properties Dialog Box"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/gnome-logo-icon.png\" alt=\"Paper GTK3 and Icon themes\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3879\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/gnome-logo-icon.png 250w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/gnome-logo-icon-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After receiving an installation file from the download server, we check its checksums to verify data integrity.<\/p>\n<p>Other than running a Linux command or using a graphical tool, a Nautilus (the default file browser in Ubuntu Gnome) extension, nautilus-gtkhash, is available for computing checksums and showing them in file&#8217;s properties dialog box.<\/p>\n<p><b>To install the extension<\/b>, open terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T) and run command:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo apt-get install nautilus-gtkhash<\/pre>\n<p><i>Input your password (no visual feedback while typing) when it prompts and hit Enter<\/i><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/nautilus-gtkhash-600x81.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"81\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-7552\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/nautilus-gtkhash-600x81.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/nautilus-gtkhash-450x61.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/nautilus-gtkhash.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Once installed, <b>restart Nautilus<\/b> via command:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">nautilus -q<\/pre>\n<p>Finally, right-click on your file and go to Properties dialog. Under <b>Digests<\/b> tab, click the <b>Hash<\/b> button to compute checksums and enjoy!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/file-checksums-600x470.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"470\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-7553\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/file-checksums-600x470.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/file-checksums-450x353.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/file-checksums.jpg 712w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After receiving an installation file from the download server, we check its checksums to verify data integrity. Other than running a Linux command or using a graphical tool, a Nautilus (the default file browser in Ubuntu Gnome) extension, nautilus-gtkhash, is available for computing checksums and showing them in file&#8217;s properties dialog box. To install the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[1530,859],"class_list":["post-7551","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-howtos","tag-checksums","tag-nautilus-extension"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7551","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7551"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7551\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7551"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7551"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7551"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}