<div>Hi,</div> <div> </div> <div>I downloaded files</div><PRE>03/06/2007 11:52 548,974,564 <A href="ftp://ftp.ntua.gr/mirror/ctan/systems/windows/protext/ProTeXt-2.0.exe">ProTeXt-2.0.exe</A> 03/06/2007 11:52 50 <A href="ftp://ftp.ntua.gr/mirror/ctan/systems/windows/protext/ProTeXt-2.0.exe.md5">ProTeXt-2.0.exe.md5</A> 02/11/2007 06:29 15 <A href="ftp://ftp.ntua.gr/mirror/ctan/systems/windows/protext/protext.exe">protext.exe</A> 02/11/2007 06:29 19 <A href="ftp://ftp.ntua.gr/mirror/ctan/systems/windows/protext/protext.exe.md5">protext.exe.md5</A> </PRE> <div> </div> <div>from ftp site <A href="ftp://ftp.ntua.gr/mirror/ctan/systems/windows/protext/">ftp://ftp.ntua.gr/mirror/ctan/systems/windows/protext/</A></div> <div> </div> <div>but using neither <A href="ftp://ftp.ntua.gr/mirror/ctan/systems/windows/protext/ProTeXt-2.0.exe">ProTeXt-2.0.exe</A> nor <A
href="ftp://ftp.ntua.gr/mirror/ctan/systems/windows/protext/protext.exe">protext.exe</A> , I can't install MiKTeX at first...</div> <div> </div> <div>When extracting those .rar archive files, always these problems occuring according to install log:</div> <div> </div> <div>Extracting MiKTeX/tm/packages/latex2e-help-texinfo.cab<BR>MiKTeX/tm/packages/latex2e-help-texinfo.cab<BR>The archive is either in unknown format or damaged<BR>The archive is either in unknown format or damaged<BR>The archive is either in unknown format or damaged<BR>Extracting MiKTeX/tm/packages/latexdiff.tar.bz2<BR>Extracting MiKTeX/tm/packages/latexfonts.cab</div> <div>.</div> <div> </div> <div>and after while i am trying to install MiKTeX after rar file extracted, it says md5 checksum mismatch occurred.</div> <div> </div> <div>Log is like this: </div> <div> </div>
<div>********************************************************************************************************<BR>MiKTeX Setup 2.5.2545 Report</div> <div>Date: Tuesday, July 24, 2007<BR>Time: 20:45:46<BR>OS version: Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition Service Pack 2 (Build 2600)<BR>SystemAdmin: yes<BR>PowerUser: false<BR>SharedSetup: yes<BR>Setup path: C:\Documents and Settings\Gandalf\Desktop\latex_windows\pro\ProTeXt\MiKTeX\setup\setup.exe<BR>Roots: <none specified><BR>UserData: <none specified><BR>UserConfig: <none specified><BR>CommonData: <none specified><BR>CommonConfig: <none specified></div> <div>Installation: C:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.5<BR>Loading package database...<BR>starting package maintenance...<BR>installation directory: "C:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.5"<BR>package repository: "C:\Documents and Settings\Gandalf\Desktop\latex_windows\pro\ProTeXt\MiKTeX\tm\packages"<BR>opening repository "C:\Documents and
Settings\Gandalf\Desktop\latex_windows\pro\ProTeXt\MiKTeX\tm\packages"...<BR>repository type: local package repository<BR>loading lightweight database file...<BR>DBlight digest: edd0a72cd84ec2e4e33b9374559fe304</div> <div>An error occurred:<BR> source file: C:\work3\miktex-2.5\Libraries\MiKTeX\PackageManager\PackageInstaller.cpp<BR> source line: 2355<BR> message: The package file</div> <div> C:\Documents and Settings\Gandalf\Desktop\latex_windows\pro\ProTeXt\MiKTeX\tm\packages\latex2e-help-texinfo.cab</div> <div>failed verification due to a MD5 checksum mismatch:</div> <div> 6052080490bb91fe5ef1d14c5caa5181 (expected MD5 checksum)<BR> 314a6d2d3cf3bd7f1e72d9186ac77ce3 (actual MD5 checksum)</div> <div>This can be the result of a failed download operation. Another reason might be that the local package database is outdated.<BR> info: </div> <div><<<Cancel? Yes!>>><BR></div> <div> </div>
<div>********************************************************************************************************</div> <div> </div> <div>Can anyone please help me understand what is the problem?</div> <div>Are the files I downloaded corrupted or something or anyone else having same error?</div> <div> </div> <div>Thank you in advance.</div> <div> </div> <div>cansaner</div> <div> </div> <div> <BR><BR></div><p> 
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