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Submitted by ggarron on Mon, 01/05/2009 - 21:51

Normally you know which version of a given distro you are running if you are on your machine, but what if you are on a rented server, or a friend's machine.

If you want to know which version of Debian or Ubuntu you are running, you can always check the /etc/apt/sources.list there you will see the version you are running but a better way is to run this on a terminal:

lsb_release -a

The output in my Debian Box is:

Distributor ID: Debian
Description:    Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 (lenny)
Release:        5.0
Codename:       lenny

You can also run this in a Debian Linux.

cat /etc/debian_version

In my Debian box this is the output:

5.0

I do not have an Ubuntu machine now, but I can remember that if you run this on an Ubuntu Linux, you will get

sid

As the output, as Ubuntu is based on Debian sid.

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Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 01/16/2009 - 06:02. #

i just wonder how i could find out the exact Version, i mean, how can i see if i use Debian4.0 or Debian4.0r6. Would this also written in /etc/issue or /etc/debian_version, or is there always 4.0, no matter which Release-Version i use?

TIA
Stone

 
Submitted by ggarron on Sat, 01/17/2009 - 10:23. #
Hi, I am using Lenny 5.0, and this is the output those command you mentioned. 
---@debian:/boot$ cat /etc/issue
Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 \n \l

---@debian:/boot$ cat /etc/debian_version 
5.0
Guillermo Garron
 
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sun, 01/11/2009 - 08:31. #

don't forget /etc/issue:

james@zeus:13:28:29$ cat /etc/issue
Ubuntu 8.10 \n \l

james@zeus:13:28:41$

 
Submitted by ggarron on Tue, 01/13/2009 - 07:19. #

Thanks!,
did not know that one!

Guillermo Garron

 
Submitted by Eisenhorn (not verified) on Tue, 01/06/2009 - 03:58. #

You could also check it via

cat /proc/version

Btw, in ubuntu8.10:

$ cat /etc/debian_version
lenny/sid

 
Submitted by ggarron on Tue, 01/06/2009 - 07:23. #

Thanks!

Guillermo Garron

 

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