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Old 06-16-2009, 10:07 AM   #1
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Displaying distro version

How do you display or find out the version of your distro?

I have looked in /proc/version but that only displays (SUSE Linux) and not the actual version of SUSE..

I also tried a "procinfo" and "uname -a", neither of which displayed the version number.

Seems pretty counter-intuitive to me.
 
Old 06-16-2009, 10:09 AM   #2
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For Debian or APT based systems, cat /etc/apt/sources.list
 
Old 06-16-2009, 10:10 AM   #3
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In a terminal type
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cat /etc/SuSE-release
 
Old 06-16-2009, 10:11 AM   #4
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For Debian or APT based systems, cat /etc/apt/sources.list
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lsb_release -a
would be easier
 
Old 06-16-2009, 10:13 AM   #5
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Perfect, "lsb_release -a" is exactly what I was looking for.

Thank you!
 
Old 06-16-2009, 11:17 AM   #6
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Code:
lsb_release -a
would be easier
Just a word of warning on the lsb_release -a command. It seems to be a bit out of date. So on my Debian/Squeeze(testing) box I get this:
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Distributor ID: Debian
Description: Debian GNU/Linux testing (lenny)
Release: testing
Codename: lenny
OTOH, if I ctl-alt-F1 into a virtual console then I get this:
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Debian GNU/Linux squeeze/sid Attila tty1
which is more accurate.
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