<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>

<n​eospal2:matrix.org> ils and I receive the following in the Terminal response to the command: $ wget -O hashes.txt getmonero.org/downloads/hashes.txt

<n​eospal2:matrix.org> --2026-02-22 15:03:00-- getmonero.org/downloads/hashes.txt

<n​eospal2:matrix.org> Resolving www.getmonero.org (www.getmonero.org)... 157.185.148.131

<n​eospal2:matrix.org> Connecting to www.getmonero.org (www.getmonero.org)|157.185.148.131|:443... connected.

<n​eospal2:matrix.org> HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 403 Forbidden

<n​eospal2:matrix.org> 2026-02-22 15:03:00 ERROR 403: Forbidden.

<n​eospal2:matrix.org> can anyone offer any help with correcting this problem?

<n​eospal2:matrix.org> The problem may be my VPN and/or browser security settings. Checking that now.

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

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.

I would suggest trying the command again without a VPN/Tor on

If all else fails, you can just try and open the text file manually and then download it

<o​frnxmr:xmr.mx> Use the github source

<o​frnxmr:xmr.mx> raw.githubusercontent.com/monero-pr…s/heads/master/downloads/hashes.txt

<o​frnxmr:xmr.mx> jpk68, for some reason the cdn is blocking wget, curl, and some firefox browsers

<n​eospal2:matrix.org> I used the command: wget raw.githubusercontent.com/monero-pr…s/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-- raw.githubusercontent.com/monero-pr…s/heads/master/downloads/hashes.txt

<n​eospal2:matrix.org> Resolving raw.githubusercontent.com (raw.githubusercontent.com)... 2606:50c0:8002::154, 2606:50c0:8003::154, 2606:50c0:8001::154, ...

<n​eospal2:matrix.org> Connecting to raw.githubusercontent.com (raw.githubusercontent.com)|2606:50c0:8002::154|:443... connected.

<n​eospal2:matrix.org> HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK

<n​eospal2:matrix.org> Length: 3041 (3.0K) [text/plain]

<n​eospal2:matrix.org> Saving to: ‘hashes.txt.1’

<n​eospal2:matrix.org> hashes.txt.1 100%[===================>] 2.97K --.-KB/s in 0s

<n​eospal2:matrix.org> 2026-02-22 23:52:18 (24.1 MB/s) - ‘hashes.txt.1’ saved [3041/3041]

<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.

<o​frnxmr:xmr.mx> That saves to hashes.txt.1 << you probably alteady have a hashes.txt inthe sae folder

<o​frnxmr:xmr.mx> It downloads to the folder that the terminal shoes it in

<o​frnxmr:xmr.mx> If it doesnt show a folder (just username@host) then its probably in your home folder

.merge+ 4568

Added

luigi1111: please also merge 4568 and tag gui v0.18.4.6

<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>

<n​eospal2:matrix.org> ome directories for these **.txt files.

<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.

it wasn't related to what you wrote