Detection¶
extra_platforms.detection API¶
Heuristics to detect each platform.
All these heuristics can be hard-cached as the underlying system is not changing between code execution.
We mostly rely on distro to detect the
Linux distribution, as it is the recommended replacement for Python’s original
platform.linux_distribution function (which was removed in Python 3.8).
We then fill in the gaps with sys.platform and environment variables to detect
systems not covered by distro.
This collection of heuristics is designed as a set of separate function with minimal logic and dependencies. That way we can double-check during execution that no heuristics are conflicting or matching multiple systems at the same time.
Note
Heuristics for unrecognized platforms can be transplanted from Rust’s sysinfo crate.
- extra_platforms.detection.is_aix()[source]¶
Return True only if current platform is AIX.
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- extra_platforms.detection.is_altlinux()[source]¶
Return True only if current platform is ALT Linux.
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- extra_platforms.detection.is_amzn()[source]¶
Return True only if current platform is Amazon Linux.
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- extra_platforms.detection.is_android()[source]¶
Return True only if current platform is Android.
Source: https://github.com/kivy/kivy/blob/master/kivy/utils.py#L429
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- extra_platforms.detection.is_arch()[source]¶
Return True only if current platform is Arch Linux.
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- extra_platforms.detection.is_buildroot()[source]¶
Return True only if current platform is Buildroot.
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- extra_platforms.detection.is_centos()[source]¶
Return True only if current platform is CentOS.
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- extra_platforms.detection.is_cloudlinux()[source]¶
Return True only if current platform is CloudLinux OS.
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- extra_platforms.detection.is_cygwin()[source]¶
Return True only if current platform is Cygwin.
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- extra_platforms.detection.is_debian()[source]¶
Return True only if current platform is Debian.
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- extra_platforms.detection.is_exherbo()[source]¶
Return True only if current platform is Exherbo Linux.
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- extra_platforms.detection.is_fedora()[source]¶
Return True only if current platform is Fedora.
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- extra_platforms.detection.is_freebsd()[source]¶
Return True only if current platform is FreeBSD.
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- extra_platforms.detection.is_gentoo()[source]¶
Return True only if current platform is GenToo Linux.
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- extra_platforms.detection.is_guix()[source]¶
Return True only if current platform is Guix System.
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- extra_platforms.detection.is_hurd()[source]¶
Return True only if current platform is GNU/Hurd.
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- extra_platforms.detection.is_ibm_powerkvm()[source]¶
Return True only if current platform is IBM PowerKVM.
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- extra_platforms.detection.is_kvmibm()[source]¶
Return True only if current platform is KVM for IBM z Systems.
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- extra_platforms.detection.is_linuxmint()[source]¶
Return True only if current platform is Linux Mint.
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- extra_platforms.detection.is_macos()[source]¶
Return True only if current platform is macOS.
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- extra_platforms.detection.is_mageia()[source]¶
Return True only if current platform is Mageia.
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- extra_platforms.detection.is_mandriva()[source]¶
Return True only if current platform is Mandriva Linux.
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- extra_platforms.detection.is_midnightbsd()[source]¶
Return True only if current platform is MidnightBSD.
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- extra_platforms.detection.is_netbsd()[source]¶
Return True only if current platform is NetBSD.
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- extra_platforms.detection.is_openbsd()[source]¶
Return True only if current platform is OpenBSD.
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- extra_platforms.detection.is_opensuse()[source]¶
Return True only if current platform is openSUSE.
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- extra_platforms.detection.is_oracle()[source]¶
Return True only if current platform is Oracle Linux (and Oracle Enterprise Linux).
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- extra_platforms.detection.is_parallels()[source]¶
Return True only if current platform is Parallels.
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- extra_platforms.detection.is_pidora()[source]¶
Return True only if current platform is Pidora.
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- extra_platforms.detection.is_raspbian()[source]¶
Return True only if current platform is Raspbian.
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- extra_platforms.detection.is_rhel()[source]¶
Return True only if current platform is RedHat Enterprise Linux.
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- extra_platforms.detection.is_rocky()[source]¶
Return True only if current platform is Rocky Linux.
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- extra_platforms.detection.is_scientific()[source]¶
Return True only if current platform is Scientific Linux.
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- extra_platforms.detection.is_slackware()[source]¶
Return True only if current platform is Slackware.
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- extra_platforms.detection.is_sles()[source]¶
Return True only if current platform is SUSE Linux Enterprise Server.
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- extra_platforms.detection.is_solaris()[source]¶
Return True only if current platform is Solaris.
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- extra_platforms.detection.is_sunos()[source]¶
Return True only if current platform is SunOS.
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- extra_platforms.detection.is_tuxedo()[source]¶
Return True only if current platform is Tuxedo OS.
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- extra_platforms.detection.is_ubuntu()[source]¶
Return True only if current platform is Ubuntu.
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- extra_platforms.detection.is_unknown_linux()[source]¶
Return True only if current platform is an unknown Linux.
Excludes WSL1 and WSL2 from this check to avoid false positives.
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- extra_platforms.detection.is_windows()[source]¶
Return True only if current platform is Windows.
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- extra_platforms.detection.is_wsl1()[source]¶
Return True only if current platform is Windows Subsystem for Linux v1. :rtype:
boolCaution
The only difference between WSL1 and WSL2 is the case of the kernel release version:
WSL 1:
$ uname -r 4.4.0-22572-Microsoft
WSL 2:
$ uname -r 5.10.102.1-microsoft-standard-WSL2