Finding release information of Linux client before installing Ralus or SSRL

Article:TECH169826  |  Created: 2011-09-19  |  Updated: 2011-11-18  |  Article URL http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH169826
Article Type
Technical Solution


Problem



Finding release information of Linux client before installing Ralus or SSRL


Solution



For RedHat:
cat /etc/redhat-release

For Suse:
cat /etc/SuSe-release

OR

SPident -v

 

For Debian or Ubuntu:
cat /etc/debian_version

If you are not sure about the Linux flavor installed is any of the above release (i.e RedHat, Suse,OEL, Debian or Ubuntu) then run the following command:

/bin/rpm -qf /etc/*-release




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