How do I know what version of Kubuntu I am running?

[TadCraig]

I'm having a hard time getting everything to work as smoothly as I think it should. I'm considering reverting to a stable version but don't know where to find that kind of information.

I have this vague understanding that a stable version is issued every 18 months. Beyond that I don't know how to find information on the version I have.

Bottom Line

How do I find out what version I am running?

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Where do I find information on stable versions of Kubuntu?


I would be grateful for any constructive responses.

Thank You,
Tad

[Rog131]

Re: How do I know what version of Kubuntu I am running?

(K)Ubuntu is released every six months >Releases

Ubuntu releases are supported for 18 months. Ubuntu LTS (Long Term Support) releases are supported for 3 years on the desktop, and 5 years on the server.

Schedule
Ubuntu releases every six months, one month after each Gnome release

Note !
Kubuntu 8.04 is not LTS version

Version info > FAQ: Version info

and more > Kubuntu wiki

[Manni]

Re: How do I know what version of Kubuntu I am running?

Kmenu>System>Terminal
Type the following

cat /etc/issue

This will give you your current version.

[TadCraig]

Re: How do I know what version of Kubuntu I am running?

Great! Thanks for the information. I do again have faith.

Later,
Tad

[ga_acad]

Re: How do I know what version of Kubuntu I am running?

I did the cat /etc/issue thing and it tells me I'm running ubuntu 8.10 instead of kubuntu 8.10. Also, how do I know what KDE version I'm running. When I downloaded kubunty I was under impression that it included KDE 4.2. But when I boot, splash screen says KDE 4.1. So just wondreing if I am missing anything by perhaps not having 4.2 instead of 4.1.

[kyonides]

Re: How do I know what version of Kubuntu I am running?

By default Kubuntu 8.10 would have KDE 4.1 installed on your system, you'd need to upgrade it if you wanna get the KDE 4.2.1 running on your machine.

On Konsole type this...

kde-config --version

or

kde4-config --version

The former is for KDE 3 and the latter for KDE 4.

The output should be something like this...

Qt: 3.3.8b
KDE: 3.5.10
kde-config: 1.0

or

Qt: 4.4.3
KDE: 4.2.1 (KDE 4.2.1)
kde4-config: 1.0

[ga_acad]

Re: How do I know what version of Kubuntu I am running?

Thanks for the response. If I upgrade to 4.2 and don't like it, can I downgrade back to 4.1 just as easily? BTW - how does one upgrade to KDE 4.2. I didn't see anything in the Adept installer to upgrade KDE.

[kyonides]

Re: How do I know what version of Kubuntu I am running?

Enable the backports (by checking the Recommended and Unsupported updates?) and if it doesn't work add the PPA.

[pansz]

Re: How do I know what version of Kubuntu I am running?

Thanks for the response. If I upgrade to 4.2 and don't like it, can I downgrade back to 4.1 just as easily? BTW - how does one upgrade to KDE 4.2. I didn't see anything in the Adept installer to upgrade KDE.

No, if you want to downgrade, you've got to remove the whole kde, then change the sources.list by hand to remove backports, then reinstall kde.

If in doubt, simply wait till 9.04, don't do it on your production system.

[ga_acad]

Re: How do I know what version of Kubuntu I am running?

Enable the backports (by checking the Recommended and Unsupported updates?) and if it doesn't work add the PPA.

backports??! PPA??! Aaaaeeeeeee...... I'm not worthy to be even on the noob forum.

[Vistaus]

Re: How do I know what version of Kubuntu I am running?

Backports are updates which are from a version of Kubuntu higher, made to work with a version lower. They are marked in Kubuntu as Unsupported updates in Software Sources.

A PPA is a personal package archive. Many people have a PPA, also Kubuntu. You can upload packages you made to it. One can add the PPA to his Software Sources by copying and pasting the line of the PPA for his version of Kubuntu (Intrepid, Jaunty etc.)