How to find the version of software in unix

I do know through compilation variables that I'm on RedHat but so far cannot find out which one. Currently the closest I got was to invoke an ls or cat through syscall for the release or motd files. Hi All Please let me know if there is command to check the version of the informix database installed..?

Thanks in advance. Suresh 4 Replies. How to Find the OS version Installed. The output required is "June " version or "March " version etc whatever OS is present. Thanx in advance for your help. Regards, Pankaj 3 Replies. Find Software Version. Hi, Is there anyway to find what version of a software is installed on a particular box? For Tru64 unix, the setld -i command lists all the software that is installed. But how do i get the version?

Is setld specific to Tru64? Do reply VJ 1 Reply. How do I find out what version of X I'm using? How can I find out? Besides looking on the box of my distro and checking their. RedHat Commands. OpenSolaris Commands. Linux Commands. SunOS Commands. FreeBSD Commands. Full Man Repository. Advanced Search. Contact Us. Forum Rules. Mark Forums Read.

Thread Tools. View Public Profile for tomsha. Find all posts by tomsha. Join Date: Apr See UNIXguide. As far as getting the version, one way is to use the strings command - strings your-package grep -i version Not all packages put the version inside the executable, but this might help with some. Also check out the info at tru It shows using the strings command searching for Rev. Third party software location and their version in Aix. Hi All, I am new to Aix server.

I want to search the location of third party software installed on aix. Is it the correct location for third party software installed location? If yes, then how to check their version? If not, kindly Shell Programming and Scripting. Script to look for new version of software.

Bit of a long shot but is there a way i can have a script check a website for new version of software and dwnload it. How To find if Specific Software is installed? Now I am making a small installer for this application that configures environment for this application.

Hi All, im trying to find some older versions of software due to a problem that i'm having after upgrading. Where i can find gmake software for AIX 5. RedHat Commands. OpenSolaris Commands. Linux Commands. SunOS Commands.