SuSE Release and Version numbers

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Request:

You need to determine the release (version) of your SuSE Linux, as well as the version of your Linux kernel that is in use.

Procedure:

This information is included in the file /etc/SuSE-release. The easiest way to view the content of this file is using the cat command. For example: cat /etc/SuSE-release produces an output as follows:

SuSE Linux 7.1 (i386)
Version=7.1
If you are interested in finding out the kernel version of your SuSE Linux system, you can use the command uname -a, which will indicate the output similar to the one below:

Linux ares 2.4.4-4GB #1 Fri May 18 14:11:12 GMT 2001 i686 unknown

Keywords: RELEASE, VERSION, 7.2, 7.1, 7.0, 6.4, 6.3

Categories: SuSE

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