Download One Binary: Build Version, Tar, MD5 – How to Make It Work
2. Actions Taken
| Step | Action | Details |
|------|--------|---------|
| 1 | Identify binary | Located target binary (e.g., app_binary_v2.1.0) from specified source. |
| 2 | Download | Used wget or curl to download binary from given URL. |
| 3 | Verify build version | Executed ./binary --version or strings binary \| grep buildver → confirmed buildver: 1.2.3. |
| 4 | Compute MD5 | Ran md5sum binary → output: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (example). |
| 5 | Compare with expected MD5 | Matched against provided hometar.md5 file. |
| 6 | Work context | All operations performed inside ~/hometar/ directory (or tar-archived home environment). |
Step-by-Step Guide
Extract single binary
tar -xzf hugo_extended_0.128.0_linux-amd64.tar.gz
User Story
As a developer or release engineer, I want to download one binary for a specific build version and verify its MD5 checksum against a reference in a home-tar archive, so that I can trust the binary hasn’t been corrupted or tampered with.
