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LSB_VERSION="core-2.0-noarch:core-3.2-noarch:core-2.0-x86_64:core-3.2-x86_64" | LSB_VERSION="core-2.0-noarch:core-3.2-noarch:core-2.0-x86_64:core-3.2-x86_64" | ||
cat: /etc/lsb-release.d: Is a directory | cat: /etc/lsb-release.d: Is a directory | ||
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Revision as of 12:53, 26 July 2009
To find out your distribution, open a console and issue:
cat /etc/*ele* /etc/*ersion*
As an example, here is the output of SUSE Linux 11.1:
tweedleburg:~ # cat /etc/*ele* openSUSE 11.1 (x86_64) VERSION = 11.1 LSB_VERSION="core-2.0-noarch:core-3.2-noarch:core-2.0-x86_64:core-3.2-x86_64" cat: /etc/lsb-release.d: Is a directory
If you get a Debian release, you have Debian or Ubuntu. To find out if you have Debian or Ubuntu, issue
lsb_release -rd
