NAME

       Linux::Distribution - Perl extension to detect on which Linux distribution we are running.

SYNOPSIS

         use Linux::Distribution qw(distribution_name distribution_version);

         if(my $distro = distribution_name) {
               my $version = distribution_version();
               print "you are running $distro, version $version\n";
         } else {
               print "distribution unknown\n";
         }

         Or else do it OO:

         use Linux::Distribution qw(distribution_name distribution_version);

         my $linux = Linux::Distribution->new;
         if(my $distro = $linux->distribution_name()) {
               my $version = $linux->distribution_version();
               print "you are running $distro, version $version\n";
         } else {
               print "distribution unknown\n";
         }

DESCRIPTION

       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, scientific, oracle enterprise linux and redflag.

       It has function to get the version for debian, suse, fedora, redhat, gentoo, slackware,
       scientific, oracle enterprise linux, redflag and ubuntu(lsb). People running unsupported
       distro's are greatly encouraged to submit patches :-)

   EXPORT
       None by default.

TODO

       Add the capability of recognize the version of the distribution for all recognized
       distributions.

AUTHORS

       Alexandr Ciornii <alexchorny@gmail.com>, <http://chorny.net> Alberto Re,
       <alberto@accidia.net> Judith Lebzelter, <judith@osdl.org>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

       This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same
       terms as Perl itself, either Perl version 5.8.5 or, at your option, any later version of
       Perl 5 you may have available.