FetchReleaseInfo

cross-platform command Line tool to fetch information about ubuntu server releases

Tested on Ubuntu focal, macOS Ventura, Windows 11

Build instructions:

To build FetchReleaseInfo, you'll need CMake and libcurl installed on your system.

Installing libcurl

Mac

  brew install curl

Linux

  sudo apt install libcurl4-openssl-dev

Windows

  .\vcpkg install curl

Building FetchReleaseInfo

1. clone the FetchReleaseInfo repo

  git clone https://github.com/LakshK98/FetchReleaseInfo.git

2. Navigate to the FetchReleaseInfo directory:

  cd  FetchReleaseInfo

3. Create a build directory

  mkdir build

4. Navigate to build directory

  cd build

5. Run CmMake

• On Mac and Linux

  cmake ..

• On Windows

  cmake -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=/path/to/vcpkg.make

6. Build the project

• On Mac and Linux

  make

• On Windows

  msbuild FetchReleaseInfo.sln

7. Run the project

• On Mac and Linux

  ./FetchReleaseInfo < command >

• On Windows

  cd Debug
  FetchReleaseInfo.exe < command >

Usage:

• ./FetchReleaseInfo supported_releases
  Returns list of supported releases

• ./FetchReleaseInfo current_lts_version:
  Returns the version of the latest lts release

• ./FetchReleaseInfo disk_image_sha256_for_release --release=< release >
  Returns the sha256 of disk image for the latest version in provided release. Replace with the desired release eg. --release=focal.