Questions tagged [lsb-release]
47 questions
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Does Ubuntu follow the Linux Standard Base (LSB)?
I was reading about the Linux Standard Base and was wondering if the structure used in Ubuntu is the same that is suggested in the LSB. I know some distros do not follow or do some changes to the LSB, so I also want to know if Ubuntu has some…
Luis Alvarado
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HPLIP Driver install fails on Ubuntu 20.04
I recently upgraded a 18.04 release to 20.04 (early, I know), and wiped away my manually installed 'hplip' package (3.16.11) and installed the official package from the release (3.20.3+dgfsg0-2). All seemed to be well until I started getting…
jason0x21
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Does upgrading Ubuntu kernel change its release name?
I installed Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS on machine and have upgraded its kernel version to 4.2 with the following command:
sudo apt-get install linux-generic-lts-wily
I was a bit confused about kernel version and release name. Some software provides…
Jeon
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dpkg warning about '/etc/lsb-release' version number not starting with a digit
I believe I spotted it during the upgrade from Ubuntu GNOME 15.10 to 16.04, but I know for sure that I spotted it just know during a dist-upgrade, I sometimes get this warning from dpkg:
dpkg: warning: version '/etc/lsb-release' has bad syntax:…
user364819
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What are lsb modules? And why do I need to install them?
When I used the command lsb_release, System threw an error that "No lsb modules are available".
So what are they and why to install them to get my system info(through command lsb_release)?
Brijesh
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Error with 'lsb_release -a' in Ubuntu 16.04 Xenial
I am getting an error when i try to pip install Django or anything, say..
pip install Django throws an error:
Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/local/bin/pip", line
11, in
sys.exit(main()) File…
NINJA
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LSB shows different version than Control Center
Command line shows ubuntu version as 14.04 while GUI shows 13.10.
I was upgrading my system yesterday from 12.04 to 14.04. When around 60-65% updates were installed, I had to shut down the system. When I restarted the system in the morning, the…
Shagun Sodhani
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where is ubuntu-22.04.2 release
According to the following launchpad, the ubuntu-22.04.2 has already released 15 hours ago.
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+milestone/ubuntu-22.04.2
Milestone information
Project:
Ubuntu
Series:
Jammy
Version:
ubuntu-22.04.2
Expected:
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stackbiz
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How to check which underlaying Debian version my Ubuntu release does use?
I see lsb_release is mentioned below.
https://www.ionos.com/digitalguide/server/know-how/how-to-check-debian-version/
Unfortunately, it may not work on all Debian based systems; for example, on a stock Ubuntu 20.04.2, it returns the following:
$…
user1424739
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Using Ubuntu derivatives *and* Ubuntu, how do I get the Ubuntu codename?
I need the Ubuntu codename for generating an apt source.
On Ubuntu, I can use lsb_release --codename --short, which will return (e.g.) trusty.
On (e.g.) Linux Mint, if I use lsb_release -cs, it returns (e.g.) rosa. If I want the upstream codename, I…
Roger Lipscombe
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No updates for 14.10
When I look at
$ cat /etc/lsb-release
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=14.10
DISTRIB_CODENAME=utopic
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 14.10"
But my /etc/apt/sources.list is already all vivid (15.04).
Running do-release-upgrade does start the process…
rubo77
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After executing do-release-upgrade (12.04), the lsb_release -a still shows wrong version
I have executed do-release-upgrade on a 12.04 Ubuntu server system. The upgrade went fine, but the welcome screen still shows 14.04 instead of 14.04.1 (which I would expect).
Looking at the lsb_release -a output, it shows the old version
…
john
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Update to 20.10 failed according to lsb_release -a
I tried updating my computer to Ubuntu 20.10, however it seems to have failed.
What I did:
sudo do-release-upgrade
This seemed to have worked, it ran through and the computer restarted with a gorilla welcoming me as new background image. However…
shiftux
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lsb_release - could not convert string to float: '8.04 LTS'
Everything that depends on the lsb_release command is not working on my computer.
example:
pip install numpy
raise subprocess.CalledProcessError(code, cmd, stdout, stderr) subprocess.CalledProcessError: Command 'lsb_release -a' returned non-zero…
Ghilas BELHADJ
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Resolving Ubuntu release version to release code name
I very frequently forget release name corresponding to my Ubuntu version. Is there an easy method (preferably command-line one) to go from say
11.10 -> Distro Name
I know we have
lsb_release -a
Say someone has Skeltor, and I want to know if…
Evan Carroll
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