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| + | = Find out your distribution = | ||
To find out your distribution, [[open a console]] and issue: | To find out your distribution, [[open a console]] and issue: | ||
| − | cat /etc/*ele | + | lsb_release -rd |
| + | As an example, here is the output of SUSE Linux 11.4: | ||
| + | tweedleburg:~ # lsb_release -rd | ||
| + | Description: openSUSE 11.4 (x86_64) | ||
| + | Release: 11.4 | ||
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| + | If this does not work for you you have a distribution that is not lsb-compatible. In this case you can still find out your distribution, but it gets heuristic. Enter | ||
| + | cat /etc/*ele* | ||
As an example, here is the output of SUSE Linux 11.1: | As an example, here is the output of SUSE Linux 11.1: | ||
tweedleburg:~ # cat /etc/*ele* | tweedleburg:~ # cat /etc/*ele* | ||
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lsb_release -rd | lsb_release -rd | ||
| + | = Find out your kernel = | ||
To find out your kernel, use | To find out your kernel, use | ||
uname -a | uname -a | ||
| + | = Find out gcc that compiled your kernel = | ||
To find out the gcc that compiled the kernel, use | To find out the gcc that compiled the kernel, use | ||
cat /proc/version | cat /proc/version | ||
| + | Example: | ||
| + | tweedleburg:~ # cat /proc/version | ||
| + | Linux version 2.6.37.6-0.7-desktop (geeko@buildhost) (gcc version 4.5.1 20101208 [gcc-4_5-branch revision 167585] (SUSE Linux) ) #1 SMP PREEMPT 2011-07-21 02:17:24 +0200 | ||
Revision as of 09:07, 5 September 2011
Find out your distribution
To find out your distribution, open a console and issue:
lsb_release -rd
As an example, here is the output of SUSE Linux 11.4:
tweedleburg:~ # lsb_release -rd Description: openSUSE 11.4 (x86_64) Release: 11.4
If this does not work for you you have a distribution that is not lsb-compatible. In this case you can still find out your distribution, but it gets heuristic. Enter
cat /etc/*ele*
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
Find out your kernel
To find out your kernel, use
uname -a
Find out gcc that compiled your kernel
To find out the gcc that compiled the kernel, use
cat /proc/version
Example:
tweedleburg:~ # cat /proc/version Linux version 2.6.37.6-0.7-desktop (geeko@buildhost) (gcc version 4.5.1 20101208 [gcc-4_5-branch revision 167585] (SUSE Linux) ) #1 SMP PREEMPT 2011-07-21 02:17:24 +0200
