[SOLVED] Missing MD5 checksum

[asqwerth]

For the past 10 days, I have been having problems updating as quite a few of the packages (e.g. curl, wget, git) will not update in Gslapt or terminal due to the "Missing MD5 checksum" error message.

The same problem arises in respect of the kernel upgrades (needed to patch Meltdown vulnerabilities) that have to be done in the terminal.

For now I've updated in Gslapt on a piecemeal basis certain user-facing apps like Firefox, exaile, flash. But for the kernel upgrades at the very least, will it be safe to follow the terminal directions to override:

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Missing MD5 checksum, override with --no-md5

[djemos]

type in a terminal

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sudo slapt-get --clean
sudo slapt-get -u
sudo slapt-get --upgrade

to install the kernel for 64 bit system, type

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sudo slapt-get -i kernel-firmware kernel-headers kernel-huge kernel-modules kernel-source

Before reboot run

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sudo update-grub

otherwise system will not boot.

[asqwerth]

Thanks. All sorted.