lsb_release is an important command for bash scriptwriters. It lets the user know about the currently installed Linux distribution, the specific version, and codename.
Yesterday I was trying to set up a Raspberry pi web server for my client and found out the script I was running to set up certain packages needed to know the distribution name. The script was using lsb_release command to know the distribution’s name but failed with the error “lsb_release command not found”.
I thought lsb_release command is available in all Linux distributions out of the box but it is not.
If you get the error “lsb_release command not found“, here is how you can fix it.
Fix for lsb_release command not found
In order to fix the error, we need to install lsb-core package. This package is available in almost all repositories. So just install lsb-core and it will fix the error.
If your distribuiton is not debian based, it should still be available in the repositories. Use the distro package manager to install lsb-core.
sudo apt install lsb-coreFor fedora or derivates –
sudo dnf install lsb-coreFor CentOS or derivatives –
sudo yum install lsb-coreFor Arch or derivatives –
sudo pacman -S lsb-core
Here is how to use lsb_release command.
lsb_release returns the currently running lsb version. BTW, lsb stands for Linux Standard Base.
lsb_release -a
lsb_release -c
lsb_release -r
You can also combine the arguments together to get just the information you need.
lsb_release -rcd
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