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Versions are sequence-based states of softwares, usually, they increment based on significant changes like bug fixes, implementation of new functionality or changes in the existing program.

Software versioning can be done by giving a version name or number to a software, based on unique states.

Versioning usually increments when there are significant changes like bug fixes, implementation of new functionality or changes in the existing program, the changes can be tracked with the use of revision control software.

The version numbers can be arranged by the preference of the owner or author of the software, the most known and used versioning pattern is:

major.minor[.build[.revision]]

For example:

  • Perl 5.10.4
  • .NET Framework 3.5
  • Ubuntu 12.10
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How do I check the version of Ubuntu I am running?

How can I check my current Ubuntu version through the command-line and GUI?
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How to downgrade a package via apt-get?

How can I downgrade a package to an older version via apt-get? Other tools are also acceptable but apt-get is preferred.
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How to install specific Ubuntu deb packages, with exact version?

I want to setup a new virtual machine with some specified packages (name and version), that are provided. For example, apache2 in version 2.2.20-1ubuntu1 with all dependencies. Even if there is a new version of this package on the servers this one…
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How can I find the version of Ubuntu that is installed?

I installed some version of Ubuntu on my VMware, but I don't know what version exactly it is. How can I find it out?
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How to find architecture of my PC and Ubuntu?

When running uname -a, I get as output 41-Ubuntu SMP Mon Aug 13 17:59:54 UTC 2012 i686 athlon i386 GNU/Linux Can someone please explain to me why both i386 & i686 ? What exactly is my PC architecture and what version of Ubuntu am I using (32bit…
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What terminal command checks the Ubuntu version

What terminal command tells the version of Ubuntu.
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List of Ubuntu Versions with Corresponding Linux Kernel Version

Is there a list of Ubuntu versions with default corresponding Linux kernel versions somewhere? I would specifically like to know the most recent version of Ubuntu that still used Linux Kernel 2.x.
Jonathan Mee
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Is there a way to know which GTK version is installed using the command line?

Is there a way to know which GTK version is installed using the command line? I am working on Ubuntu 11.10.
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Why is OpenJDK 10 packaged as openjdk-11-*?

While looking to compile OpenJDK from source, the newest General Availability version (OpenJDK 10.0.1) insists on OpenJDK 9 or 10. JDK 11, however, is not due to be released until September 2018. However, to my surprise, when I do apt search…
tudor -Reinstate Monica-
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How do I upgrade Gradle?

This shows that Gradle is up to date: thufir@doge:~$ sudo apt install gradle Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done gradle is already the newest version (2.10-1). 0 upgraded, 0 newly…
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What version of Google Chrome do I have?

How can I find out what version of chrome I am using? I would like a command line method, not the GUI - visiting chrome://chrome in the url bar. I need to be able to use it in a bash script. I ran the command google-chrome --help, but it didn't seem…
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Why do some packages have extra numbers before a colon on the front of their version string?

I have just noticed that Wine (and a number of other packages) have shifted their versioning scheme to something like: 1:1.6.2-0ubuntu3 I understand everything after the 1:... But what does the 1: refer to? It doesn't seem to mirror the major…
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What's the default Python version in Ubuntu 20.04?

What's the default Python 3 version in the new Ubuntu 20.04? Is it still 3.6 or the latest Python 3.8? I'm developing a Python program that I later want to run on the new Ubuntu 20.04. I'm unsure if I can use the latest Python 3.8 syntax. I don't…
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Is Ubuntu 22.04 stable?

I have previous experience with Linux, but I am new to Ubuntu. I am planning on installing Ubuntu on my personal computer, and I was wondering which version I should install. On the Ubuntu website, I found installation instructions, as well as a…
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Will python2.7 be available for 10.04 in the future?

Since Ubuntu 10.04 is an LTS release will it support python 2.7 as a default package maintainer version or at least have a python2.7 package in future? Since it will be the last major python 2.x release and is intended to remain in place for a…
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