- **Epistemic status:** #budding To generate a [[Universally Unique Identifier (UUID)]] in the [[Linux]] you can use the [uuidgen](https://www.man7.org/linux/man-pages/man1/uuidgen.1.html) utility that is often installed on Unix-like operating systems. ## Install Depending on the [[Linux]] distributions, the installation instructions might be different. ### Debian ```shell sudo apt-get install uuid-runtime ``` ## Generating the UUID Type the following on your terminal: ```shell uuidgen ``` The output will be similar to the following example: ```output c93c6e94-e4ec-4dc9-bac8-288daf2146de ``` --- ## References - Gautam, Pratik. “How to Generate UUID in Linux,” April 27, 2021. <https://linoxide.com/how-to-generate-uuid-in-linux/>. - “How To Generate Universally Unique Identifiers (UUIDs) with Uuidgen | DigitalOcean.” Accessed June 2, 2022. <https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/workflow-command-line-basics-generating-uuids>.