distro-info software package provides provides information about the distributions releases, you can install in your Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin) by running the commands given below on the terminal,
$ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get install distro-info
distro-info is installed in your system.
Make ensure the distro-info package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep distro-info *
You will get with distro-info package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 12 04 lts precise pangolin |
| Section | Development |
| Package | distro-info |
| Version | 0.8.2 |
| Description | provides information about the distributions releases |
| Sub Section | devel |
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