How to get ROS version?

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asked 2012-05-11 00:34:15 -0600

liborw

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updated 2014-04-20 14:09:39 -0600

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Hi, is there a way how to get ROS version which I'm using. I mean not the one of electric, fuerte and so on, but if I'm using beta or not?

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As this is a popular question and a top google result, maybe the accepted answer should be changed to a current solution, like the one presented by merosss

bi613en ( 2018-04-19 04:20:48 -0600 )edit

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answered 2014-10-08 06:41:09 -0600

merosss
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updated 2022-05-11 06:05:17 -0600

As of Indigo the correct command for ROS1 is:

rosversion -d

For ROS2 instead use:

echo $ROS_DISTRO

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rosversion -d

also works for hydro

Will Chamberlain ( 2016-01-13 23:06:37 -0600 )edit

rosversion -d gives me "jade" rosversion roscpp gives me "1.11.16" Does it mean I am using 1.11.16 jade version? Thank you

willSapgreen ( 2016-05-01 22:02:59 -0600 )edit

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work for Kinetic

lhnguyen ( 2016-09-02 02:45:45 -0600 )edit

This does not work on ROS2.

breandan ( 2019-03-23 01:34:35 -0600 )edit

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@breandan I've updated the answer ;)

merosss ( 2019-03-23 14:33:51 -0600 )edit

Thanks. It also worked for indigo

raj199322 ( 2020-04-30 12:33:20 -0600 )edit

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It also works for noetic

Roberto Z. ( 2022-05-11 03:49:01 -0600 )edit

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answered 2012-05-11 00:59:22 -0600

Lorenz

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rosversion ros

This will print a version number. The current Fuerte release has version number 1.8. Everything above should be unstable at the moment.

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To clarify: it currently prints 1.8.6, anything starting with 1.9.0 should be unstable. You should not see the unstable version unless you explicitly install it.