How to find which kernel version is installed on my Linux system

by on April 30, 2007 · 8 comments· last updated at October 11, 2007

Q. I am a new proud Linux user. My question to you is - how do I find which kernel version installed on my Linux system? How do I upgrade my kernel to latest version? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

A. The Linux kernel is the central component of most computer operating systems (OSs). Its responsibilities include managing the system's resources and the communication between hardware and software components.

You need to use uname command to print certain system information including kernel name. Type the following command to print kernel version number:
$ uname -r
Output:

2.6.20-15-generic

See How DO I Upgrade Linux kernel?



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1 thirumurthy August 12, 2009 at 9:17 am

want to learn linux commands

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2 thirumurthy August 12, 2009 at 9:18 am

i want to use linux commands

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3 sqrlking August 17, 2009 at 3:29 pm

or you could $ ls /lib/modules

:)

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4 Hmm January 22, 2010 at 2:57 am

Just type “uname -a”

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5 satish October 15, 2011 at 5:47 am

hi i need information on ftp
and some commands to for ftp

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6 satish October 15, 2011 at 5:48 am

how to bring a binary to windows desktop from linux using ftp

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7 varun February 21, 2013 at 12:59 pm

this is the wrong ans posted on this page. the correct command to check the kernel version is

# uname -v

instead of #uname -r . the uname -r command display the kernel release.

Varun

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8 stella April 8, 2013 at 3:10 pm

my samsung galaxy s11 phone has a pop up that says kernal panic upload mode.how do i update the latest kernal version for my phone?

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