[ILUG] which version of linux ?

[Breathnach, Proinnsias(Dublin)]

AFAIR webmin is just a perl based web-server and config tool for *almost*
any version of linux ...

Slakware 3.5 was based around the 2.0.30 series

uname -a 

might help identifying it, other than that it shouldn't hurt !

Proinnsias

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	David Ryan [SMTP:newdavid at baker.ie]
> Sent:	Tuesday, November 30, 1999 15:26
> To:	ilug at linux.ie
> Subject:	[ILUG] which version of linux ?
> 
> I have read all sorts of things about the huge differences between
> compiling applications using someting called glib6c and something else
> called libc (don't quote me on the names !) and have avoided the issue by
> just using the newest of anything I could get my hands on.
> 
> Now I am faced with installing a new application on an old server and I
> haven't a clue how to work out what will happen if I try to compile.
> Upgrading the server is not an option, unfortunately.
> 
> The server is Slackware something or other and the following line came
> from
> dmesg - "Linux version 2.0.30 (root at darkstar) (gcc version 2.7.2.3) #4 Fri
> Oct 3 14:07:03 CDT 1997"
> 
> The application to install is webmin-0.74.  Webmin tells me that it
> supports the following versions of Slackware - 3.2 , 3.3 , 3.4 , 3.5 , 3.6
> , 4.0
> 
> Anybody know how I can work out if it will work or not ?
> 
> Is there some command I can run which will identify which version of
> Slackware is installed, or is it just the kernel version which is
> important
> ?
> 
> Also, is there any possibility of doing any damage if I do try the compile
> (it's not my machine).
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> David
> 
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