---
name: "kernelversion"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "modutils"
version: "2.4.27.0-6"
release: "Debian 4.0 (Etch)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/kernelversion"
---

# kernelversion(1)

program to report major version of kernel

## NAME

kernelversion - program to report major version of kernel

## SYNOPSIS

**kernelversion**

## DESCRIPTION

**kernelversion** is a small program for Debian/GNU Linux to report the major version of the kernel. This version is used by the modutils package to calculate the directories for kernel modules. See **/etc/modules.conf** for a sample usage.

## OPTIONS

**kernelversion** simply ignores any arguments you give.

## AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Wichert Akkerman \<wakkerma@debian.org\> for the Debian GNU/Linux system.