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Questions tagged [lsb-release]

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How to get the Debian codename without lsb_release

I am trying to create a script that requires me to print the Debian codename so that I may echo it into the sources.list file. I am trying to make this script work across any version of Debian, so I had hoped to set a bash variable of the release…
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How to determine which Ubuntu flavor I'm on?

I am on Xubuntu (16.04, btw) however lsb_release -a gives me: user@host:~$ lsb_release -a No LSB modules are available. Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description: Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS Release: 16.04 Codename: xenial Should it display Xubuntu, or is…
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Remove "No LSB modules are available." message from 'lsb_release -a'

I try to write a script to get the version of my distro so that I can pass it to a variable. The following command is what I wrote to achieve the result. lsb_release -ar | grep -i release | cut -s -f2 The unwanted output: No LSB modules are…
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Why lsb_release -c command , returns n/a?

recently I switched from zorin os to deepin 20 for it's outstanding UI and eases of use for daily operations. it's almost OK but if I need some newer packages which are not listed in official deepin repositories, I have to use some community…
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Check Armbian version on the command line

I have an Orangepi+2e device with Armbian OS. How can I check Armbian version? I tried with these commands, but can not found Armbian type. $ sudo lsb_release -a Out: No LSB modules are available. Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description: Ubuntu…
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Can't compare lsb_release result to string in Bash

I'm doing something wrong on the string comparison below. It works if I set a variable and compare that, but I can't copy the value to a string. Does anyone know what's wrong? $ if [ "$(lsb_release -i)" = "Distributor ID: RedHatEnterpriseClient" ];…
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why lsb_release looks slower than a program supposed to print few bytes?

i'm just wondering why in all linux boxs , lsb_release take longer time to print few infos about distro, anyone could enlighten me about this fact ? please.
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ImportError: No module named 'lsb_release'

While I was trying to fix the ImportError: No module named 'lsb_release', I accidentally performed the unlink command on /usr/share/pyshared/lsb_release.py sudo unlink /usr/share/pyshared/lsb_release.py Now I cannot find lsb_release.py and the links…
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Manjaro lsb-release set to Arch (lsb-release: /etc/lsb-release exists in filesystem)

I tried upgrading my packages with pacman -Syu and got an error message. error: failed to commit transaction (conflicting files) lsb-release: /etc/lsb-release exists in filesystem (owned by manjaro-release) Errors occurred, no packages were…
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circular dependency between lsb-release and python3 (ubuntu 18.04)

I've managed to get into a situation where I have a circular dependency between lsb-release and python3. When I try to sudo apt install python3 --reinstall I get the following (just pasting the key lines) (Reading database ... 470097 files and…
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What is the differences between distributions, the OS and code names (stable, testing) in linux and what order is that listed in /etc/*release?

Overall, I'm trying to understand the differences between distributions, Operating systems and release code names (stable, experimental, testing) for Linux and how can those are listed in release files. I know some are based on toy story characters…
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