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📖 NAME

distro_info - provides information about Ubuntu's and Debian's distributions

🚀 Quick Reference

Use Case	Command	Description
Get latest stable Ubuntu	UbuntuDistroInfo().stable()	Returns codename of latest stable Ubuntu release
Get latest stable Debian	DebianDistroInfo().stable()	Returns codename of latest stable Debian release
Check if a codename is valid	UbuntuDistroInfo().valid('focal')	Returns True if codename is known
Get all supported Ubuntu releases	UbuntuDistroInfo().supported()	Returns list of supported codenames
Convert codename to version	info.version('focal')	Returns version string like '20.04'
Get LTS Ubuntu release	UbuntuDistroInfo().lts()	Returns codename of latest LTS
Check if release is LTS	UbuntuDistroInfo().is_lts('jammy')	Returns boolean
Get development (devel) release	info.devel()	Returns codename of latest development release

📚 CLASSES

builtins.Exception(builtins.BaseException) → DistroDataOutdated
builtins.object → DistroInfo → DebianDistroInfo, UbuntuDistroInfo, DistroRelease

🐧 DebianDistroInfo

class DebianDistroInfo(DistroInfo) — provides information about Debian's distributions

Method resolution order: DebianDistroInfo, DistroInfo, builtins.object

• __init__(self) — Initialize self.
• codename(self, release, date=None, default=None) — Map 'unstable', 'testing', etc. to their codenames.
• devel(self, date=None, result='codename') — Get latest development distribution based on the given date.
• elts_supported(self, date=None, result='codename') — Get list of all Extended LTS supported Debian distributions based on the given date.
• lts_supported(self, date=None, result='codename') — Get list of all LTS supported Debian distributions based on the given date.
• old(self, date=None, result='codename') — Get old (stable) Debian distribution based on the given date.
• supported(self, date=None, result='codename') — Get list of all supported Debian distributions based on the given date.
• testing(self, date=None, result='codename') — Get latest testing Debian distribution based on the given date.
• valid(self, codename) — Check if the given codename is known.

Methods inherited from DistroInfo:

• get_all(self, result='codename') — List all known distributions.
• stable(self, date=None, result='codename') — Get latest stable distribution based on the given date.
• unsupported(self, date=None, result='codename') — Get list of all unsupported distributions based on the given date.
• version(self, name, default=None) — Map codename or series to version.

Readonly properties inherited from DistroInfo:

• all — List codenames of all known distributions.

Data descriptors inherited from DistroInfo: __dict__, __weakref__

⚠️ DistroDataOutdated

class DistroDataOutdated(builtins.Exception) — Distribution data outdated.

Methods defined here:

• __init__(self) — Initialize self.

Data descriptors defined here: __weakref__

Static methods inherited from builtins.Exception: __new__(*args, **kwargs) from builtins.type

Methods inherited from builtins.BaseException: __delattr__, __getattribute__, __reduce__, __repr__, __setattr__, __setstate__, __str__, with_traceback

Data descriptors inherited from builtins.BaseException: __cause__, __context__, __dict__, __suppress_context__, __traceback__, args

📦 DistroInfo

class DistroInfo(builtins.object) — Base class for distribution information.

Methods defined here:

• __init__(self, distro) — Initialize self.
• codename(self, release, date=None, default=None) — Map codename aliases to the codename they describe.
• devel(self, date=None, result='codename') — Get latest development distribution based on the given date.
• get_all(self, result='codename') — List all known distributions.
• stable(self, date=None, result='codename') — Get latest stable distribution based on the given date.
• supported(self, date=None, result=None) — Get list of all supported distributions based on the given date.
• unsupported(self, date=None, result='codename') — Get list of all unsupported distributions based on the given date.
• valid(self, codename) — Check if the given codename is known.
• version(self, name, default=None) — Map codename or series to version.

Readonly properties defined here:

• all — List codenames of all known distributions.

Data descriptors defined here: __dict__, __weakref__

📅 DistroRelease

class DistroRelease(builtins.object) — Represents a distribution release.

Methods defined here:

• __init__(self, version, codename, series, created=None, release=None, eol=None, eol_esm=None, eol_lts=None, eol_elts=None, eol_server=None) — Initialize self.
• is_supported(self, date) — Check whether this release is supported on the given date.

Data descriptors defined here: __dict__, __weakref__

🐧 UbuntuDistroInfo

class UbuntuDistroInfo(DistroInfo) — provides information about Ubuntu's distributions

Method resolution order: UbuntuDistroInfo, DistroInfo, builtins.object

• __init__(self) — Initialize self.
• is_lts(self, codename) — Is codename an LTS release?
• lts(self, date=None, result='codename') — Get latest long term support (LTS) Ubuntu distribution based on the given date.
• supported(self, date=None, result='codename') — Get list of all supported Ubuntu distributions based on the given date.
• supported_esm(self, date=None, result='codename') — Get list of all ESM supported Ubuntu distributions based on the given date.

Methods inherited from DistroInfo: codename, devel, get_all, stable, unsupported, valid, version

Readonly properties inherited from DistroInfo: all

Data descriptors inherited from DistroInfo: __dict__, __weakref__

🔧 FUNCTIONS

📅 convert_date

convert_date(string) — Convert a date string in ISO 8601 into a datetime object.

📁 FILE

/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/distro_info.py

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