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How to find out your Ubuntu's release codename or version

Arne Hartherz
March 06, 2013Software engineer at makandra GmbH

So you want to know if you are on natty, precise, quantal, or something else? Check /etc/lsb-release.

$ cat /etc/lsb-release 
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=12.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=precise
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS"
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Or, use the lsb_release command:

$ lsb_release -cd
Description:	Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS
Codename:	trusty
Posted by Arne Hartherz to makandra dev (2013-03-06 09:56)