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How to programmatically determine the highest version kernel RPM installed?
What I want to script is something along the lines of:
if [ uname -r is not == highest version of kernel RPM installed ]
then
echo "You need to reboot to use the latest kernel"
fi
The problem is, ...
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What does longterm mean on kernel.org?
It's fairly easy to understand EOL, mainline and stable kernel, but I'm not sure about longterm here,
What does it mean, or how does it differ from stable kernel?
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Ambiguously named executables
It appears that in tcsh if I have ambiguously named executables in two separate folders in the $PATH it directs to the one in the most recently created folder. Am I correct? And is this always true?
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How can I find out which version of screen I am using?
Further to my previous question on screen not splitting my terminal , I got to the point where I can split my terminal horizontally but not vertically . This documentation says that vertical splitting ...
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Requires: perl(Compress::Raw::Zlib) = 2.052
Im trying to run a yum update but getting stopped by dependencies. I have installed rpmforge el6 which i need for other packages.
Error: Package: perl-IO-Compress-2.052-1.el6.rfx.noarch ...
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set default g++ on CentOS?
I'm a linux virgin and have only been programming c++ for 2 weeks, so please bear with me.
I'm trying to set the default g++ to 4.7.2 which I'm told by my host is installed (I'm also told that c++11 ...
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Getting contradictory information regarding the linux distribution
I wanted to check which linux distribution is running on a remote linux box given to me .i have see this answer on super user which says that
LSB tools provide this information
And then it goes ...
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Minor upgrades and version numbers on CentOS
I installed CentOS 6.0. Later I ran yum update to apply software updates. After that my operating system version changed to 6.3. Why did the version change? How far up will it go? How can I choose ...
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Update kernel at fedora 16 to 17 - How to remove unused files?
I want to update kernel at fedora 16 to 17. So I need to delete unused files.
find /etc /var -name '*?.rpm?*'
Is that enough or need more extensions?
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Is there a structured format of version info for OS-level executables?
I am looking for a structured format of version info for OS-level executables, such as in /usr/bin and /usr/local/bin. The problem we are having is the inconsistent architecture between our PROD and ...
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Viewing Linux Library / Executable version info
In Windows, EXE and DLL have version info, including at least the following fields:
file version
product version
internal name
product name
copyright
In Linux Library / Executable:
Which fields ...
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How to know CentOS version?
How to know version of a CentOS server without access to any graphical interface? I've tried several commands:
# cat /proc/version
Linux version 2.6.18-128.el5 (mockbuild@hs20-bc1-7.build.redhat.com)
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Java version for Tomcat
I want to run my Tomcat with Java 7 but all I found about configuring it doesn't work. The management interface of Tomcat shows 1.6.0_24-b24 as Java version. The JAVA_HOME variable is empty.
% echo ...
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How do I know which kernel version will have a bug fix I need? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Given a git patch id, how to find out which kernel release contains it?
I encountered a bug in one of the newer kernel versions. There is no workaround; if I want to ...
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Where to download Linux Kernel source code of a specific version?
Is there a resource to download a specific kernel version source?
For example, I want to get 2.6.36.2 sources to compare with this package and see what changes were introduced?
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Which version of unix from a shell?
I recently started a new job, and was told that I need to log on (Via shell) to a particular unix system. I'm trying to figure out a few peculiarities with the system, but first I need to know what ...
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Why do package names contain version numbers?
While working with Ubuntu and other Debian-based distros, I've noticed that packages in the software repos often contain the major version number.
For example,
Apache: apache2
Tomcat: tomcat7
PHP: ...
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How do I identify which Linux distro is running?
We have some new hardware in our office which runs its own customized Linux OS.
How do I go about figuring which distro it's based on?
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Why doesn't uname -a return a useful identifier
I typed the command uname -a into my college's server and got this:
2.6.18-274.3.1.el5 #1 SMP Tue Sep 6 20:14:03 EDT 2011 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
Are they trying to hide the version of Linux that ...
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How do I tell what version of Gentoo & Linux is running?
Is there a way to tell from Bash what distro version # I'm running and also what Kernel version is included?
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How can I tell what version of linux I'm using?
Often times I will ssh into a new client's box to make changes to their website configuration without knowing much about the server configuration. I have seen a few ways to get information about the ...
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Multiple installed versions of git - centos
I manually installed git 1.6 a year or two ago.
I noticed today that the 1.7 version is available in yum, and installed it (package git-all)
I now get the following output:
[root@ovz5197 ~]# git ...
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How can I revert a package to a specific version on Gentoo?
I'm a Debian user pretty much new to Gentoo. I wanted to install a specific version of a package namely the 1.39.0 version of dev-libs/boost, http://packages.gentoo.org/package/dev-libs/boost. But I ...
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Are there any problems if I install an old version of a Linux distro?
I've got a computer with 512 MB of RAM, and a 50 GB hard disk.
Question: will I have any problems if I install an old version of Ubuntu, Knoppix, or any other distro? For example: may I have any ...
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Which sed version is not GNU sed 4.0?
I'm trying to figure out which version of sed that I've got on BusyBox 1.18.3. The --version output is cryptic.
$ sed --version
This is not GNU sed version 4.0
The following code is from the ...
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How to install multiple versions of the same package in Gentoo?
I would like to install two (or more) versions of the same packages on my Gentoo system. I know for sure there won't be any file clash, since there very few files installed and each of them is named ...
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Numbering convention for the linux kernel?
What is the convention for numbering the linux kernels? AFAIK, the numbers never seem to decrease. However, i think I've seen three kinds of schemes
2.6.32-29
2.6.32-29.58
2.6.11.10
Can anybody ...
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What I can I do to make the transition to some new computer hardware safe and smooth?
I normally use machine A, and I make backups of A onto a fileserver B.
Sooner or later, I will lose machine A for one reason or another.
Its hard drive wears out, or it gets hit by lightening, or some ...
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Check package version using apt-get/aptitude?
Before I install a package I'd like to know what version i would get. How do I check the version before installing using apt-get or aptitude on debian or ubuntu?
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Meaning of “rc5” in “linux kernel 2.6.37-rc5”
When I visited the kernel.org website to download the latest Linux kernel, I noticed a package named 2.6.37-rc5 in the repository. What is the meaning of the "rc5" at the end?
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What does file version mean: lsattr -v
lsattr -v gives me the "version number" of given file(s).
What does this mean?
On Redhat 7.3, I could've sworn all the version numbers were 1 except
those I changed with chattr -v.
On Fedora 11, ...
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What is the preferred way to install new versions of software?
I have installed Ubuntu Server 10.10 and now I want to install some software like PostgreSQL, Nginx and PHP. But what is the preferred way to get the latest stable version of the software?
E.g I ...
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Version Control System similar to Bazaar needed for CentOS 4.8 dedicated hosting server
I have recently had to have our dedicated server rebuilt as core system files were deleted. But that's another story...
Before the rebuild, we were merging, branching, and committing changes to a ...
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Oldest Linux machine you still run
What is your oldest machine you ever installed Linux on and currently still run? What are the specs, kernel version or distro, and for what purpose?
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How can I tell what version of OS X I'm on from the command line?
I frequently find myself SSHing into various OS X machines, and it'd be useful if I could tell what version of OS X I was on when I'm doing that. uname -a doesn't quite work, since Darwin kernel ...
