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Use this in the terminal to show the details about the installed Ubuntu "version": lsb_release -a This may be more verbose than you need - maybe you just wanted to see 15.4? It can be shown separately by the option -r (--release): $ lsb_release -r Release: 15.04 Add -s (--short) for use in a script: $ lsb_release -r -s 15.04
answered Jun 14, 2012 at 19:24. carnendil. 5,489 2 31 56. 5. That gives the codename. for the description including the OS name ("Ubuntu" on an Ubuntu system) and the release number, use lsb_release -d. For the release number only, use lsb_release -r. For all available lsb information, use lsb_release -a. – Eliah Kagan.
23. If you want to know the terminal program you are using, use this: ps -o 'cmd=' -p $(ps -o 'ppid=' -p $$) Run this just after opening the terminal (shell) without forking any further shell instance. When you open up the terminal program, it basically spawns a child program, a shell.
Hit Command (mac) or Window key. Type Details, and select "Details" icon. Read "OS type" field. 64 bit OS will read "64-bit". Alternative to get the above screen: click System Menu (gear at top right corner) click "About this Computer". I know the terminal responses are good but I guess this is the GUI answer. :)
To check your Ubuntu version using the command line: Open a Terminal by pressing Ctrl + Alt + T. Type: lsb_release -a and press Enter. The Ubuntu version is displayed on the ' Description: ' line. References: Identifying the version of Ubuntu you are using. edited Oct 22, 2012 at 8:25.
uname -a for all information regarding the kernel version, uname -r for the exact kernel version. lsb_release -afor all information related to the Ubuntu version, lsb_release -r for the exact version. sudo fdisk -l for partition information with all details. For more understandable information regarding paritions, please use commands given in ...
glxinfo | grep 'version' server glx version string: 1.4 client glx version string: 1.4 GLX version: 1.4 Max core profile version: 4.1 Max compat profile version: 3.0 Max GLES1 profile version: 1.1 Max GLES[23] profile version: 3.0 OpenGL core profile version string: 4.1 (Core Profile) Mesa 11.1.2 OpenGL core profile shading language version ...
30. The way how to know version of an installed package varies for different programs. Usually. application_name --version. or. application_name -version. can be used to know it. It is better to see man application_name and search which is the command line switch to know the version. If you installed any package using apt, to see the version ...
If that's all you need, you're done. But to see every version of python in your system takes a bit more. In Ubuntu we can check the resolution with readlink -f $(which python). In default cases in 14.04 this will simply point to /usr/bin/python2.7. We can chain this in to show the version of that version of Python:
Show version information. So you can use the command google-chrome with the --version option: google-chrome --version. gives: Google Chrome 36.0.1985.125. For the following commands, I am using grep and regex, because it is much more adaptable to changes in Google Chrome version format changes. To get just the version number run the following ...