ubuntu-distro-info1
Provides information about ubuntu's distributions
Usage
ubuntu-distro-info [OPTIONS]
Options
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--date=DATE -
date for calculating the version (default: epoch taken from SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH environment variable if set, otherwise today)
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-h, --help -
display help message and exit
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-a, --all -
list all known versions
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-y[MILESTONE], --days[=MILESTONE] -
display number of days until specified version reaches the specified milestone. MILESTONE may be one of created, release, eol, or eol-server. If no milestone is specified, assume release. For options that return a list, display the normal output followed by whitespace and the number of days until the specified milestone. If milestone cannot be calculated (for example if the eol-server milestone is specified for a non-server release), the string '(unknown)' is displayed. Unless one of
-c,-for-ris specified, only the number of days will be displayed.
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-d, --devel -
latest development version
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-l, --latest -
prints the latest development version. In case of outdated distribution data, the latest stable version will be printed.
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--lts -
latest long term support (LTS) version
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--series=SERIES -
series to calculate the version for
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-s, --stable -
latest stable version
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--supported -
list of all supported versions, including the development release
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--supported-esm -
list of all Ubuntu Advantage supported stable versions
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--supported-legacy -
list of all stable versions supported by Ubuntu Pro with Legacy add-on
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--unsupported -
list of all unsupported stable versions
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-c, --codename -
print the codename (default)
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-r, --release -
print the release version
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-f, --fullname -
print the full name
Releases
8 releases since Debian 7 (Wheezy); the text changed 5 times.
--days since Debian 8 (Jessie);
--latest since Debian 8 (Jessie);
--series since Debian 8 (Jessie);
--supported-esm since Debian 11 (Bullseye);
--supported-legacy since Arch Linux 2026-11-01;
-l since Debian 8 (Jessie);
-y since Debian 8 (Jessie).