Do some debian builds not have lsb_release?

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A .deb package I am releasing expects that it can call lsb_release. One customer using Debian 6.0.5 indicated that the lsb_release command (even in the terminal) produces a command not found error. Is this standard or is there something wrong with his Debian build?

Bribles · Answer 1 · 2013-02-07T17:29:48.133

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There is an lsb-release package that supplies the lsb_release command. This is separate from the lsb, lsb-base, and lsb-core packages. None of the lsb packages are essential. So if your package needs lsb_release it should specify that it depends on lsb-release.

edited Feb 07 '13 at 17:29

answered Feb 07 '13 at 16:50

Bribles

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score 43 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 15 '18 at 21:48

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Not all Debian builds have lsb_release. For example, even the official Ubuntu Docker image does not have lsb_release.

The alternative is to use cat /etc/os-release.

answered Feb 15 '18 at 21:48

wisbucky

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Do some debian builds not have lsb_release?

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