How to Find Out Your Linux Distribution Name And Version
This post will guide you how to find out what name and version of your Linux distribution from the bash shell prompt. How to find out what version of Linux you are running.
There are many ways to check your Linux distribution name and version. you can use one of the following commands:
$ cat e/etc/*-release $ lsb_release -a $ cat /proc/version $ hostnamectl $ uname -a $ dmesg | grep "Linux" $ yum repolist
Outputs:
[root@mydevops opc]# cat /etc/*-release CentOS Linux release 7.6.1810 (Core) NAME="CentOS Linux" VERSION="7 (Core)" ID="centos" ID_LIKE="rhel fedora" VERSION_ID="7" PRETTY_NAME="CentOS Linux 7 (Core)" ANSI_COLOR="0;31" CPE_NAME="cpe:/o:centos:centos:7" HOME_URL="https://www.centos.org/" BUG_REPORT_URL="https://bugs.centos.org/" CENTOS_MANTISBT_PROJECT="CentOS-7" CENTOS_MANTISBT_PROJECT_VERSION="7" REDHAT_SUPPORT_PRODUCT="centos" REDHAT_SUPPORT_PRODUCT_VERSION="7" CentOS Linux release 7.6.1810 (Core) CentOS Linux release 7.6.1810 (Core) [root@mydevops opc]# cat /proc/version Linux version 3.10.0-957.27.2.el7.x86_64 (mockbuild@kbuilder.bsys.centos.org) (gcc version 4.8.5 20150623 (Red Hat 4.8.5-36) (GCC) ) #1 SMP Mon Jul 29 17:46:05 UTC 2019 [root@mydevops opc]# hostnamectl Static hostname: guo-instance-20190911-1434 Transient hostname: mydevops Icon name: computer-vm Chassis: vm Machine ID: 98a78d7d0dfb407b8c21c6cc39088f74 Boot ID: e7c9904fd1304d0da61ed675f2a2f21a Virtualization: kvm Operating System: CentOS Linux 7 (Core) CPE OS Name: cpe:/o:centos:centos:7 Kernel: Linux 3.10.0-957.27.2.el7.x86_64 Architecture: x86-64 [root@mydevops opc]# [root@mydevops opc]# uname -a Linux mydevops 3.10.0-957.27.2.el7.x86_64 #1 SMP Mon Jul 29 17:46:05 UTC 2019 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux [root@mydevops opc]# dmesg | grep "Linux" [ 0.000000] Linux version 3.10.0-957.27.2.el7.x86_64 (mockbuild@kbuilder.bsys.centos.org) (gcc version 4.8.5 20150623 (Red Hat 4.8.5-36) (GCC) ) #1 SMP Mon Jul 29 17:46:05 UTC 2019 [ 0.602881] SELinux: Initializing. [ 0.604016] SELinux: Starting in permissive mode [ 0.918180] ACPI: Added _OSI(Linux-Dell-Video) [ 2.054186] SELinux: Registering netfilter hooks [ 2.129185] Linux agpgart interface v0.103 [root@mydevops opc]# yum repolist Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, langpacks Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile * base: mirror.ash.fastserv.com * epel: d2lzkl7pfhq30w.cloudfront.net * extras: mirror.ash.fastserv.com * updates: packages.oit.ncsu.edu repo id repo name status base/7/x86_64 CentOS-7 - Base 10,019 epel/x86_64 Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 7 - x86_64 13,384 extras/7/x86_64 CentOS-7 - Extras 435 updates/7/x86_64 CentOS-7 - Updates 2,500 repolist: 26,338
