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I actually just have shared hosting at Dreamhost, and I'm going to use it to test deploying a MongoDB based application. There are 32-bit and 64-bit pre-built distros, but I don't know which I should install, until I can determine the server's architecture.

I suppose this can be done by detecting the OS version, but I have no idea how to do that. I can ssh in, though not as root of course, since it's a shared server. I just need to know what command or commands can tell me what architecture is being run on.

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"uname -m" or "arch"

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The command on Linux/UNIX is:

uname -a

or for just the architecture:

uname -m
Swoogan
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From commandlinefu.com:

getconf LONG_BIT
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  • This is the one you want if you are trying to help out someone who is unfamiliar with how being 32/64-bit ties in with the architecture. Whereas most other commands listed here will output `i*86` 32-bit systems, this one actually tells the user what they are probably looking for in the first place. – Chris Down Jan 23 '13 at 13:25
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I think uname may just show you the version of the operating system that's installed, rather than the underlying hardware architecture. To double check, try:

cat /proc/cpuinfo
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  • Although true, for his purpose it's irrelevant. He's not installing the OS, he's installing an app on the OS and wants to know which arch of the app to install. – Swoogan Sep 02 '09 at 21:58
  • It is possible that uname could report i386 or i686 for the kernel. and cpuinfo has a flag for "lm" which means the HW is 64bit. This would mean that your ISP is running a 32bit OS on 64bit architecture. This doesn't change the correct answer but may be useful to know. – keithosu Sep 03 '09 at 19:33
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lshw shows the processor register width like this: 


sudo lshw -class processor
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there are five different ways in which it can be done:

  1. uname -a

  2. uname -m

  3. file /sbin/init

  4. arch

  5. through system settings, (for ubuntu > 12.04)

For more details see this blog post

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