Kali Linux is a Linux distribution designed for digital forensics and penetration testing. It is maintained and funded by Offensive Security. Kali Linux is based on the Debian Testing branch: most packages Kali uses are imported from the Debian repositories
This tutorial will explain to check and verify the version of Kali Linux machine.
There are multiple command to check the version of Kali Linux. To check the version there would be required the root privilege on linux.
To check the version on Kali Linux follow the below step :-
- Open the terminal and enter the command
$ lsb_release -r
Release: 18.04
lsb_release -r command will shows only the release version of the OS.
- The other command to check the version “lsb_release -a”
$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
Release: 18.04
Codename: bionic
In this TUTORIAL, we saw how to check what version of Kali Linux is installed on a system.