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guntbert
Asked: 2019-03-19 09:17:32 +0800 CST

CLI: Get information Ubuntu releases

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How can I get information about Ubuntu releases from the command line?
Items of interest

  • Names vs. version numbers
  • support state
command-line support

2 Answers

  1. ubuntu-distro-info from the distro-info Install distro-info package provides information about all Ubuntu releases.

    You get an overview of all releases with

    ubuntu-distro-info --all --fullname

    For the "current" version

    ubuntu-distro-info --stable --fullname

    For the current LTS release

    ubuntu-distro-info --lts --fullname

    For currently supported releases

    ubuntu-distro-info --supported --fullname

    (This strangely includes the current development version although it is not supported yet)

    To get the number of days till EndOfLive you add --days=eol (shorter -yeol)

    ubuntu-distro-info --supported --fullname --days=eol

    To get the number of days till the current development version will be released you can use just -y or --days

    ubuntu-distro-info --latest --fullname --days
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  2. Also a general way (works also on non-Ubuntu distros as well):

    lsb_release -a

    It uses /etc/os-release to read the config data. On .deb-based distros, also /etc/dpkg should correct as so. After a manual shift to/from Ubuntu, this should be manually corrected.

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