00:56:37 n​eospal2:matrix.org: Hello, I am new to Monero and am in the process of trying to set up a Monero GUI wallet on my Linux Ubuntu 24.04 Desk top PC. I am using the terminal commands in my Ubuntu and have hit a snag with trying to down load the Hashes.txt file for verification of my installation. I am using the Tor browser with standard security (browser and website features are enabled). The download fa<clipped message>
00:56:38 n​eospal2:matrix.org: ils and I receive the following in the Terminal response to the command: $ wget -O hashes.txt https://www.getmonero.org/downloads/hashes.txt
00:56:40 n​eospal2:matrix.org: --2026-02-22 15:03:00-- https://www.getmonero.org/downloads/hashes.txt
00:56:42 n​eospal2:matrix.org: Resolving www.getmonero.org (www.getmonero.org)... 157.185.148.131
00:56:44 n​eospal2:matrix.org: Connecting to www.getmonero.org (www.getmonero.org)|157.185.148.131|:443... connected.
00:56:46 n​eospal2:matrix.org: HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 403 Forbidden
00:56:48 n​eospal2:matrix.org: 2026-02-22 15:03:00 ERROR 403: Forbidden.
00:56:50 n​eospal2:matrix.org: can anyone offer any help with correcting this problem?
01:52:37 n​eospal2:matrix.org: The problem may be my VPN and/or browser security settings. Checking that now.
02:04:17 jpk68: I could be wrong, but your IP is probably just blocked by Cloudflare. A number of people have been having issues with accessing the site recently
02:05:07 jpk68: wget fails on my end as well, both with VPN and without. wget doesn't use the browser, so your browser security settings are not the problem.
02:05:23 jpk68: I would suggest trying the command again without a VPN/Tor on
02:06:09 jpk68: If all else fails, you can just try and open the text file manually and then download it
05:19:28 o​frnxmr:xmr.mx: Use the github source
05:19:28 o​frnxmr:xmr.mx: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/monero-project/monero-site/refs/heads/master/downloads/hashes.txt
05:22:54 o​frnxmr:xmr.mx: jpk68, for some reason the cdn is blocking wget, curl, and some firefox browsers
07:57:15 n​eospal2:matrix.org: I used the command: wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/monero-project/monero-site/refs/heads/master/downloads/hashes.txt and it looks like that worked. The response I get in the terminal is: --2026-02-22 23:52:18-- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/monero-project/monero-site/refs/heads/master/downloads/hashes.txt
07:57:16 n​eospal2:matrix.org: Resolving raw.githubusercontent.com (raw.githubusercontent.com)... 2606:50c0:8002::154, 2606:50c0:8003::154, 2606:50c0:8001::154, ...
07:57:18 n​eospal2:matrix.org: Connecting to raw.githubusercontent.com (raw.githubusercontent.com)|2606:50c0:8002::154|:443... connected.
07:57:20 n​eospal2:matrix.org: HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
07:57:22 n​eospal2:matrix.org: Length: 3041 (3.0K) [text/plain]
07:57:24 n​eospal2:matrix.org: Saving to: ‘hashes.txt.1’
07:57:26 n​eospal2:matrix.org: hashes.txt.1 100%[===================>] 2.97K --.-KB/s in 0s
07:57:28 n​eospal2:matrix.org: 2026-02-22 23:52:18 (24.1 MB/s) - ‘hashes.txt.1’ saved [3041/3041]
08:10:15 n​eospal2:matrix.org: Not sure what directory it was sent to. I guess I will see if it shows up in either my "Home directory" or the "Downloads directory". That is where the wallet download (monero-gui-linux-x64-v0.18.4.5.tar.bz2) went.
08:40:54 o​frnxmr:xmr.mx: That saves to hashes.txt.1 << you probably alteady have a hashes.txt inthe sae folder
08:41:10 o​frnxmr:xmr.mx: It downloads to the folder that the terminal shoes it in
08:41:20 o​frnxmr:xmr.mx: If it doesnt show a folder (just username@host) then its probably in your home folder
16:30:50 xmr-pr: selsta opened pull request #4568: build: prepare v0.18.4.6
16:30:50 xmr-pr: > https://github.com/monero-project/monero-gui/pull/4568
17:18:55 selsta: .merge+ 4568
17:18:56 xmr-pr: Added
20:18:06 selsta: luigi1111: please also merge 4568 and tag gui v0.18.4.6
23:49:42 n​eospal2:matrix.org: Thank you for the help! By same folder do mean the directory that the Wallet installation (monero-gui-linux-x64-v0.18.4.5.tar.bz2) resides in..the Downloads directory. Please forgive my ignorance, as you can tell I am not fluent in the operation of Linux. I am primarily focused on obtaining BTC and now XMR. Sort of a "learn as I go"deal. I will start looking in the Downloads and H<clipped message>
23:49:43 n​eospal2:matrix.org: ome directories for these **.txt files.
23:54:28 n​eospal2:matrix.org: Thank you. I do not know what "<selsta> luigi111: please also merge 4568 and tag gui v0.18.4.6" means.
23:55:04 selsta: it wasn't related to what you wrote