Check the Ubuntu version
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There are several ways to check the currently installed Ubuntu version. Ubuntu-Releases appear semi-annually and every two years appear so called "Long Term Support" versions. These offer updates and support for 3 years on the desktop and 5 years on the server side. The other releases will be supported for 18 months.[1]
Check the Ubuntu version
On the command line, the following command can be used to display the Ubuntu version:
$ lsb_release -a
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS
Release: 16.04
Codename: xenial
Alternatively, the content of the /etc/lsb-release
file can be read-out by using cat.
$ cat /etc/lsb-release
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=16.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=xenial
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS"
Einzelnachweise
- ↑ Ubuntu Releases (ubuntu.com)
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