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I have a linuxmint lmde installation and I would like to install MariaDB, a data base system like MySQL. To do this MariaDB asks me which release I have. How can I found out which debian release my linuxmint lmde installation has?

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I think the current way of doing this is running lsb_release -r. Also you could do a cat /etc/debian_version which is storing the release on a Debian system.

frlan
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  • @frian Thanks for answer. I got "Release 1". I suppose that this referres to linuxmint lmde distribution and not to Debian. MariaDB Homepage list the following options: Debian "sid", Debian 7 "Wheezy" and Debian 6 "Squeezy". Any idea how to cope with that? – giordano Jul 13 '14 at 15:47
  • Well.. assuming you have the rolling debianone, it's either Wheezy (latest stable) or sid -- unstable. – frlan Jul 13 '14 at 16:07
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    Hi giordano, as frlan has suggested, you should take the second route, running the: cat /etc/debian_version, it will answer something like "jessie/sid" which is the straight answer to your MariaDB question. – Daniel Baktiar Jul 14 '14 at 03:30
  • frlan and Daniel: Thanks a lot for help. Indeed, it is sid. – giordano Jul 14 '14 at 19:39