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Asked: 2013-04-09 00:34:39 +0800 CST

Detect if its Ubuntu Linux OS in Makefile

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I want to create a makefile that will compile my objects and name them according to the Linux distro (e.g. Suse, RedHat, or Ubuntu). How can I detect if the OS is Ubuntu or not?

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  1. Best Answer

    We use cat /etc/lsb-release for identifying the Ubuntu release: 

    sh-3.2$  cat /etc/lsb-release
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=8.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=hardy
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS"

    For other releases it might be 

    ls /etc/*release

    Gentoo, RedHat, Arch & SuSE all have a release file: http://linuxmafia.com/faq/Admin/release-files.html These is a complete script in the link ;)

    Example code for operation system, architecture and version for Ubuntu type systems:

    OS=$(shell lsb_release -si)
ARCH=$(shell uname -m | sed 's/x86_//;s/i[3-6]86/32/')
VER=$(shell lsb_release -sr)
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