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cfv installation

cfv is a command-line utility to both test and create .sfv(Simple File Verify), .csv, .crc, md5sum, bsd md5, sha1sum, and .torrent files.

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1. Firstly please use the following command:
mkdir -p ~/bin && echo "PATH=\$HOME/bin:\$PATH" >> ~/.bashrc && source ~/.bashrc
2. Now to download cfv:
cd && wget -q http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/cfv/cfv/1.18.3/cfv-1.18.3.tar.gz
3. Extract the file downloaded:
tar xvf 1.18.3/cfv-1.18.3.tar.gz
4. Now you need to edit ~/cfv-1.18.3/Makefile file:
nano ~/cfv-1.18.3/Makefile
Find the following line:
prefix=/usr/local
edit to:
prefix=~
Now press F3 and ENTER to save changes and F2 to exit.

5. Go to extracted cfv path:
cd ~/cfv-1.18.3
6. Now install it:
make && make install
cfv has been installed, to verify if everything is OK and to get help page, type:
cfv -h
If you have help page in return everything is OK.

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