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The following command will list the LSB Profiles which are currently supported on this platform. | The following command will list the LSB Profiles which are currently supported on this platform. | ||
<font size="3> | <font size="3>lsb_release -a</font> | ||
Display all LSB information specific to your Linux distribution. Output will resemble the following: | |||
LSB Version: core-5.0-amd64:core-5.0-noarch | |||
Distributor ID: openSUSE project | |||
Description: openSUSE Leap 42.2 | |||
Release: 42.2 | |||
Codename: n/a | |||
'''Note:''' If you receive a message like this: | |||
''No LSB modules are available'' | |||
..you will need to install the LSB core software first. See section Installing LSB Core above for more information. | |||
=Related command= | =Related command= | ||
[[Category:Operatsioonisüsteemide administreerimine ja sidumine]] | [[Category:Operatsioonisüsteemide administreerimine ja sidumine]] |
Revision as of 09:29, 25 September 2017
Author
Elizaveta Romanova, A21
.09.2017
About command
The lsb_release command displays LSB (Linux Standard Base) information about your specific Linux distribution. It's a reliable way to get version information about the Linux system you're using.
Syntax
lsb_release [OPTIONS]
Options
-v | --version | show LSB modules this system supports |
-i | --id | show distributor ID |
-d | --description | show description of this distribution |
-r | --release | show release number of this distibution |
-c | --codename | show code name of this distribution |
-a | --all | show all of the above information |
-s | --short | show requested information in short format |
-h | --help | show this help message and exit |
Installing LSB Core
lsb_release is part of a software package called the LSB core, which is not necessarily installed on your system by default. To install it, run the command below that corresponds to your specific system:
Ubuntu, Debian
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install lsb-core
CentOS
sudo yum update && sudo yum install redhat-lsb-core
Fedora
sudo dnf update && sudo dnf install redhat-lsb-core
OpenSUSE
sudo zypper update && sudo zypper install lsb-core
Arch
pacman -Syu lsb-release
Other distributions
If your Linux distribution is not listed here, consult your package manager's repository for the package that contains "lsb-core" and/or "lsb_release".
Examples
The following command will list the LSB Profiles which are currently supported on this platform.
lsb_release -a
Display all LSB information specific to your Linux distribution. Output will resemble the following: LSB Version: core-5.0-amd64:core-5.0-noarch Distributor ID: openSUSE project Description: openSUSE Leap 42.2 Release: 42.2 Codename: n/a
Note: If you receive a message like this: No LSB modules are available ..you will need to install the LSB core software first. See section Installing LSB Core above for more information.