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Versions are sequence-based states of softwares, usually, they increment based on significant changes like bug fixes, implementation of new functionality or changes in the existing program.

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How do I check the version of Ubuntu I am running? [duplicate]

How can I check my current Ubuntu version through the command-line and GUI?
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How to downgrade a package via apt-get?

How can I downgrade a package to an older version via apt-get? Other tools are also acceptable but apt-get is preferred.
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How to install specific Ubuntu deb packages, with exact version?

I want to setup a new virtual machine with some specified packages (name and version), that are provided. For example, apache2 in version 2.2.20-1ubuntu1 with all dependencies. Even if there is a new ...
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How can I find the version of Ubuntu that is installed?

I installed some version of Ubuntu on my VMware, but I don't know what version exactly it is. How can I find it out?
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How to find architecture of my PC and Ubuntu?

When running uname -a, I get as output 41-Ubuntu SMP Mon Aug 13 17:59:54 UTC 2012 i686 athlon i386 GNU/Linux Can someone please explain to me why both i386 & i686 ? What exactly is my PC ...
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What terminal command checks the Ubuntu version [duplicate]

What terminal command tells the version of Ubuntu.
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List of Ubuntu Versions with Corresponding Linux Kernel Version

Is there a list of Ubuntu versions with default corresponding Linux kernel versions somewhere? I would specifically like to know the most recent version of Ubuntu that still used Linux Kernel 2.x.
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Is there a way to know which GTK version is installed using the command line?

Is there a way to know which GTK version is installed using the command line? I am working on Ubuntu 11.10.
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Why is OpenJDK 10 packaged as openjdk-11-*?

While looking to compile OpenJDK from source, the newest General Availability version (OpenJDK 10.0.1) insists on OpenJDK 9 or 10. JDK 11, however, is not due to be released until September 2018. ...
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How do I upgrade Gradle?

This shows that Gradle is up to date: thufir@doge:~$ sudo apt install gradle Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done gradle is already the ...
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What version of Google Chrome do I have?

How can I find out what version of chrome I am using? I would like a command line method, not the GUI - visiting chrome://chrome in the url bar. I need to be able to use it in a bash script. I ran ...
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Why do some packages have extra numbers before a colon on the front of their version string?

I have just noticed that Wine (and a number of other packages) have shifted their versioning scheme to something like: 1:1.6.2-0ubuntu3 I understand everything after the 1:... But what does the 1: ...
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What's the default Python version in Ubuntu 20.04?

What's the default Python 3 version in the new Ubuntu 20.04? Is it still 3.6 or the latest Python 3.8? I'm developing a Python program that I later want to run on the new Ubuntu 20.04. I'm unsure if ...
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Is Ubuntu 22.04 stable? [closed]

I have previous experience with Linux, but I am new to Ubuntu. I am planning on installing Ubuntu on my personal computer, and I was wondering which version I should install. On the Ubuntu website, ...
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Will python2.7 be available for 10.04 in the future?

Since Ubuntu 10.04 is an LTS release will it support python 2.7 as a default package maintainer version or at least have a python2.7 package in future? Since it will be the last major python 2.x ...
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How do I get the version of an application from the command line?

I would like to know how to get the version information of an installed program that doesn't have the --version or -version method implemented.
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What does `lsb` stands for in `lsb_release`?

I can get Ubuntu version by lsb_release -a. To remember this command I want to know what stands for the lsb? I found "Linux Standard Base" here. Is this right?
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Check if Bash version is >= given version number

I need to test if Bash version number is >= to a specific number. For example I have: $ bash --version GNU bash, version 4.3.48(1)-release (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 2013 Free Software ...
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How do I check gstreamer version?

I want to know what version of gstreamer I have installed. If it turns out that I have multiple versions I want to know which is being used. Edit: It turns out that things are a bit messy. There ...
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How do I determine if I am running 32 bit or 64 bit? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How do I check if I have a 32-bit or a 64-bit OS? This question seems to come up quite regularly. The answer I know is to go to terminal and type uname -m if it says "x86_64" ...
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How do I decide what version of Ubuntu to install?

This question is here just to avoid you choosing the wrong Ubuntu version number. So, this is not about: Which flavour of Ubuntu to choose? nor about choosing the Server or Desktop version... nor ...
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Why does Ubuntu only support versions for a limited time (and what does it mean)?

Why is it that Ubuntu only support a version for a limited time? Since I have been on this site I have seen many references to particular versions not being supported. What does it actually mean? ...
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How to know what version of PHP is used on my xampp?

I am using xampp on my Ubuntu OS. And I need to know what version of PHP my xampp is using. How do I do that?
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How to list all available versions of a snap which is not installed?

How to list all available versions of a snap which is not installed? I'm using Ubuntu 19.04 with snap 2.39.3.
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Should you upgrade to ubuntu 20.04LTS from ubuntu 18.04LTS [closed]

I'm considering upgrading to lastest LTS even though my LTS version works fine. Wondering if those security patches are worth the upgrade.
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How do I get the version number of a snap package?

If I want to install VLC using apt, I can run apt-cache show vlc | grep -i version Version: 2.2.4-14ubuntu2 This will tell me the version that apt will pull in. Snap currently has VLC 3.x in it's ...
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End of Standard Support and End of Life

What do these terms mean? End of Standard Support End of Life Does this mean that I can't use this specific Ubuntu version, or something else?
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What are the GCC and clang versions available in Ubuntu 18.04? [duplicate]

In the new Ubuntu 18.04: What's the default GCC version (with which the binaries were built)? What GCC versions are available as separate packages (and what minor version is installed if I install ...
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How do I tell which was the original version of Ubuntu installed on a machine?

I've got a few machines which I'm upgrading from version to version for a few years. I'm curious to find out what was the original version of Ubuntu installed on the machine. Is there a way to do ...
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How do I find out the version of Zookeeper I am running?

I have an Ubuntu-12.04 VM running on my laptop.I have installed zookeeper on it using the command sudo apt-get install zookeeper Now for traditional Ubuntu programs I check the version using --...
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How can I get GCC 4.7 installed on Precise?

The latest version of GCC in the Precise archives is 4.6.3. However, GCC 4.7 adds support for some newer C++11 features (like delegating constructors). Quantal's package archives have GCC 4.7.2 ...
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What the meaning of package version number with word 'really' in the middle?

Command apt-cache show postgresql will listed this information in my machine (Saucy Salamander 13.10): $ apt-cache show postgresql Package: postgresql Priority: optional Section: database Installed-...
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Why is a 21.10 built binary not compatible with 21.04 install?

I don't understand why a binary built on 21.10 is not compatible with an 21.04 system. The binary is linked against libc.so.6 which is available on the 21.04 OS version as well. Same binary, on the 21....
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How to know which version of Certbot is installed?

I use a Ubuntu 16.04 with Nginx and Certbot. I tried to execute, for example: certbot -v certbot -V certbot --version man certbot none gave any relevant output. How could I know the version ...
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What kernel version comes with 11.04? [duplicate]

What kernel version comes with Ubuntu 11.04?
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How can I programatically determine which Ubuntu Versions are still supported?

I was writing a script and needed a list of all currently supported versions of Ubuntu. If any of you guys know of either a downloadable files which contains all versions with dates or a simple list ...
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How to see what SDL version I have

I am want to know what SDL version I have installed on Ubuntu. Is there a terminal command I can run to find out?
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How are applications selected as defaults?

Whenever I install Ubuntu there are certain applications I automatically install, instead of using Ubuntu's default (VLC comes to mind). My question is about how some software is chosen over others ...
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Why documentation says release is 11.04 instead of 10.10 [closed]

I went to the desktop menu and opened System->About Ubuntu to read more. It says You are using Ubuntu 11.04 when I am using 10.10. Why is that so? Update: This has been fixed!
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I have two versions of LibreOffice installed: how to remove the older one?

I think I updated the LibreOffice suite from 4.2 to 4.3 but in fact I have both installed in my Xubuntu 14.04. The Xfce menu: A seen above, the older version does not follow the system theme. Anyway, ...
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How to install multiple versions of LibreOffice?

Because of a problem reported here, possibly a bug, I have to use LibreOffice 3.5. But I would like to keep an eye on the latest version, which might even solve that problem. I would like to use ...
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How to install gitg version 2.7 under 15.04? [duplicate]

I updated to Ubuntu 15.04. The shipped version of gitg is 3.15.1 - in Ubuntu 14.10 it was 2.7.3. I really like to install the old version again, since the new version is very inconvenient to handle. ...
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How do I download old Ubuntu versions?

I want to create VMs of old versions of Ubuntu, such as 10.10, 8.04, 4.10 and more. But how do I download old versions of Ubuntu? My main idea is The Wayback Machine. But is there anything more easier ...
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Update GCC to the 6.3 version [closed]

I want to use some C++ features only available in more recent versions of the language. The problem is Ubuntu 15.04 (Vivid Vervet) has 4.9.2 installed and looking at the output I get from apt-get ...
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How to "clean" previous kernels after update? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How do I to remove or hide old kernel versions, to clean up the boot menu? I know this topic was brought up many times but I didn't really found an answer that would satisfy ...
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How can I get the installed ALSA version?

How can I see what ALSA version is installed on my machine? I tried: $ alsa --version Usage: /sbin/alsa {unload|reload|force-unload|force-reload|suspend|resume}
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Find which versions of Ubuntu a package in a 3rd-party repository is available for?

I have a link to a 3rd party package repository, for example something like this: http://eddie.website/repository/apt stable main There is a particular package available from this repository (for ...
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Are libc versions tied to kernel versions?

After reading the answers to my previous question I have come to the conclusion that an answer to the following question is what I was actually looking for: Does a particular version of the kernel ...
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How to determine which version of gfortran is installed?

I have the gfortran, but I have been told that gfortran versions 4.2 and older lacked some f90 functionality. How do I determine which version is already installed? Also, can I install the latest ...
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how do I check coreutils version?

How do i check the version of coreutils? gnu coreutils says they are at version 5. Im sure Ubuntu is a variation on that. I tried: info coreutils File: coreutils.info, Node: coreutils invocation, ...
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