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How can I find the version of Ubuntu that is installed?

At my school we have a couple of laptops with Ubuntu. I want to know what version it is. There is no launch/search bar, and no software center, however terminal was not disabled. I would like to what version it is, so can anyone tell me the command that can check the Ubuntu version.

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This should give you what you want:

cat /etc/lsb-release
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... or run

lsb_release -d

which should give you the the description including the OS name ("Ubuntu" on an Ubuntu system) and the release number.

lsb_release -c

will give you just the codename (e.g., "precise" for Ubuntu 12.04 LTS).

For the release number only, use

lsb_release -r

For all available lsb information, use

lsb_release -a

EDIT: Thanks Eliah Kagan.

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That gives the codename. for the description including the OS name ("Ubuntu" on an Ubuntu system) and the release number, use lsb_release -d. For the release number only, use lsb_release -r. For all available lsb information, use lsb_release -a. – Eliah Kagan Jun 14 '12 at 19:30

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