Display distro version on console

Panagiotis_IOA · 07-11-2007, 08:41 AM

Hi all,

How can I display on the console what distribution is running? Or is there any other file where this is being specified? I need to know a way to check the distribution and the exact version.

Thanks in advance!

IndyGunFreak · 07-11-2007, 10:07 AM

Code:

 

ken@ubuntu:~$ uname -a
Linux ubuntu 2.6.20-16-generic #2 SMP Thu Jun 7 20:19:32 UTC 2007 i686 GNU/Linux

ken@ubuntu:~$ uname -r
2.6.20-16-generic

ken@ubuntu:~$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description:    Ubuntu 7.04
Release:        7.04
Codename:       feisty

Not sure which one you want exactly, but there's the commands/outputs of all the commands I know that give out info about your distro and its kernel.

IGF

Panagiotis_IOA · 07-11-2007, 10:22 AM

IndyGunFreak, thanks for your reply. What I was looking for was something like lsb_release -a. It seems that it does what I want... Only it's not installed by default in every distribution, or I think so...

pwc101 · 07-11-2007, 10:47 AM

Sometimes

Code:

cat /etc/*-release

will work. It seems to be fairly common too...

iman_idiotte · 07-11-2007, 02:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pwc101

Sometimes

Code:

cat /etc/*-release

will work. It seems to be fairly common too...

Thanks pwc101