Sys::Info::Driver::Linux::OS::Distribution(3)

NAME
Sys::Info::Driver::Linux::OS::Distribution

VERSION
version 0.7911

SYNOPSIS
    use Sys::Info::Driver::Linux::OS::Distribution;
    my $distro = Sys::Info::Driver::Linux::OS::Distribution->new;
    my $name   = $distro->name;
    if( $name ) {
        my $version = $distro->version;
        print "you are running $distro, version $version\n";
    }
    else {
        print "distribution unknown\n";
    }

DESCRIPTION
This is a simple module that tries to guess on what linux distribution we are running by looking for release's files in /etc. It now looks for 'lsb-release' first as that should be the most correct and adds ubuntu support. Secondly, it will look for the distro specific files.

It currently recognizes slackware, debian, suse, fedora, redhat, turbolinux, yellowdog, knoppix, mandrake, conectiva, immunix, tinysofa, va-linux, trustix, adamantix, yoper, arch-linux, libranet, gentoo, ubuntu and redflag.

It has function to get the version for debian, suse, redhat, gentoo, slackware, redflag and ubuntu(lsb). People running unsupported distro's are greatly encouraged to submit patches.

NAME
Sys::Info::Driver::Linux::OS::Distribution - Linux distribution probe

METHODS

  build

  build_date

  edition

  kernel

  manufacturer

  name

  new

  raw_name

  version

TODO
Add the capability of recognize the version of the distribution for all recognized distributions.

Linux::Distribution AUTHORS
Some parts of this module were originally taken from "Linux::Distribution" and it's authors are:

    Alberto Re       E<lt>alberto@accidia.netE<gt>
    Judith Lebzelter E<lt>judith@osdl.orgE<gt>
    Alexandr Ciornii E<lt>alexchorny@gmail.com<gt>

AUTHOR
Burak Gursoy

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
This software is copyright (c) 2006 by Burak Gursoy.

This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.