{"id":99,"date":"2023-10-16T20:07:59","date_gmt":"2023-10-16T20:07:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress-660014-2156588.cloudwaysapps.com\/?p=99"},"modified":"2023-10-16T20:07:59","modified_gmt":"2023-10-16T20:07:59","slug":"check-ubuntu-version-using-terminal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/matob.web.id\/random\/check-ubuntu-version-using-terminal\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Check Ubuntu Version using Terminal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For Ubuntu users, sometimes it&#8217;s still confused &#8216;How to see the Ubuntu version&#8217; that we are using. If we look through the &#8216;System Settings&#8217; it will not be seen in detail, what version of Ubuntu we are using. For example, we use &#8216;Ubuntu 18.04.2 \/ 18.04.1&#8217;, surely it will not be read on the system that we are using Ubuntu. Here, How to Check Ubuntu Version using Terminal.<\/p>\n<p>To see in detail, we must look through the terminal. It\u2019s incredibly simple to do, so I\u2019m sure most of you just need a reminder.<\/p>\n<h2>Checking Your Ubuntu Version From the Terminal<\/h2>\n<p>First open the terminal and type this command.<\/p>\n<pre>$ cat \/ etc \/ lsb-release<\/pre>\n<p>or use this command.<\/p>\n<pre>$ lsb_release -c<\/pre>\n<p>To see the order in which Ubuntu we use released, type this command.<\/p>\n<pre>$ lsb_release -d<\/pre>\n<p>or this.<\/p>\n<pre>$ lsb_release -r<\/pre>\n<p>To see the details, type this command.<\/p>\n<pre>$ lsb_release -a<\/pre>\n<figure id=\"attachment_101\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-101\" style=\"width: 1280px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-101 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/matob.web.id\/random\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/maxresdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Checking Your Ubuntu Version From the Terminal\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/matob.web.id\/random\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/maxresdefault.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/matob.web.id\/random\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/maxresdefault-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-101\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Checking Your Ubuntu Version From the Terminal<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h4><strong>The Gotcha \u2013 If You Need the Full Version Number<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Wait! Why does it say Ubuntu 16.04.4 in Description and 16.04 in the Release? Which one is it, 18.04 or 18.04.4? What\u2019s the difference between the two?<\/p>\n<p>The short answer is that you are using Ubuntu 16.04. That\u2019s the base image. 18.04.4 signifies the fourth point release of 18.04. A point release can be thought of as a service pack in Windows era. Both 18.04 and 18.04.4 will be the correct answer here.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>read also<\/strong> : <a href=\"https:\/\/matob.web.id\/random\/tips\/change-user-passwords-on-ubuntu-linux\/\">How to change user passwords on Ubuntu Linux<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<h2>How To Know Ubuntu version using Screenfetch<\/h2>\n<p>1. Open Terminal (CTRL + ALT + T)\u00a0 write this code<\/p>\n<pre>wget https:\/\/raw.github.com\/KittyKatt\/screenFetch\/master\/screenfetch-dev\r\n\r\nchmod +x screenfetch-dev\r\n\r\n.\/screenfetch-dev<\/pre>\n<p>2. 2. Open the files go to the home folder then press CTRL + H, after a few files appear, look for the .bashrc file and open it .. add this in the bottom row after fi<\/p>\n<pre>.\/screenfetch-dev<\/pre>\n<p>well after each success you open the terminal screenfetch it will automatically appear like this<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_100\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-100\" style=\"width: 790px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-100 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/matob.web.id\/random\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/screenfetch-autoexecute.png\" alt=\"How to Check Ubuntu Version using screenfetch\" width=\"790\" height=\"451\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/matob.web.id\/random\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/screenfetch-autoexecute.png 790w, https:\/\/matob.web.id\/random\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/screenfetch-autoexecute-768x438.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 790px) 100vw, 790px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-100\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">How to Check Ubuntu Version using screenfetch<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I hope it helps you to find Ubuntu version and other system information. If you have suggestions to improve this article, feel free to drop it in the comment section<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For Ubuntu users, sometimes it&#8217;s still confused &#8216;How to see the Ubuntu version&#8217; that we are using. If we look through the &#8216;System Settings&#8217; it will not be seen in detail, what version of Ubuntu we are using. For example, we use &#8216;Ubuntu 18.04.2 \/ 18.04.1&#8217;, surely it will not be read on the system [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":100,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[21,52,86],"class_list":["post-99","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-2","tag-command-line","tag-linux","tag-ubuntu"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/matob.web.id\/random\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/matob.web.id\/random\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/matob.web.id\/random\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/matob.web.id\/random\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/matob.web.id\/random\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=99"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/matob.web.id\/random\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3317,"href":"https:\/\/matob.web.id\/random\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99\/revisions\/3317"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/matob.web.id\/random\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/100"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/matob.web.id\/random\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/matob.web.id\/random\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=99"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/matob.web.id\/random\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=99"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}