NAME

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

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 document describes version 0.7901 of Sys::Info::Driver::Linux::OS::Distribution released on 16 July 2012.

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.

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 <burak@cpan.org>.

COPYRIGHT

Copyright 2006 - 2012 Burak Gursoy. All rights reserved.

LICENSE

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself, either Perl version 5.14.2 or, at your option, any later version of Perl 5 you may have available.