Background
Last evening, a family member asked me whether it is Ubuntu we are running on one of our Linux boxes.
I said I think it is CentOS.
But, I will confirm.
lsb_release
lsb_release to the rescue.
Error
Error – Command Not Found
Command – lsb_release
Syntax
lsb_release
Sample
lsb_release
Output
Output – Text
>sudo lsb_release sudo: lsb_release: command not found >
Output – Image
Installation
Where can I get lsb_release?
There are a couple of pathways we can explore to determine which registered repo and package provides a command.
Options
- yum
- what-provides
- dnf
- dnf provides
Command
yum
yum – what-provides
Outline
We can use yum’s whatprovides option to inquire as to which repository and package provides a file or library.
Syntax
yum whatprovides [file]
Sample
yum whatprovides lsb_release -y
Output – Text
>yum whatprovides lsb_release -y Last metadata expiration check: 7:20:55 ago on Mon 19 Sep 2022 09:37:09 PM PDT. redhat-lsb-core-4.1-47.el8.i686 : LSB Core module support Repo : appstream Matched from: Filename : /usr/bin/lsb_release redhat-lsb-core-4.1-47.el8.x86_64 : LSB Core module support Repo : @System Matched from: Filename : /usr/bin/lsb_release redhat-lsb-core-4.1-47.el8.x86_64 : LSB Core module support Repo : appstream Matched from: Filename : /usr/bin/lsb_release >
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dnf
dnf provides
Outline
From https://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html ( Link )
Lists all modular packages matching <package-name-spec> from all modules (including disabled), along with the modules and streams they belong to.
Syntax
dnf provides lsb_release
Sample
dnf provides lsb_release
Output – Text
>dnf provides lsb_release Last metadata expiration check: 8:28:18 ago on Mon 19 Sep 2022 09:37:09 PM PDT. redhat-lsb-core-4.1-47.el8.i686 : LSB Core module support Repo : appstream Matched from: Filename : /usr/bin/lsb_release redhat-lsb-core-4.1-47.el8.x86_64 : LSB Core module support Repo : appstream Matched from: Filename : /usr/bin/lsb_release >
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Explanation
- Repo
- appstream
- Package
- Package Name:-
- redhat-lsb-core
- Package Description
- LSB Core module support
- Version:-
- redhat-lsb-core-4.1-47.el8.i686
- redhat-lsb-core-4.1-47.el8.x86_64
- Filename:-
- /usr/bin/lsb_release
- Package Name:-
Install lsb-release
We can use yum or dnf to install the package.
Options
- yum
- yum install
- dnf
- dnf install
Command
yum
yum – install
Outline
To install the package, we will simply issue yum install.
Syntax
yum install <package>
Sample
sudo yum install redhat-lsb-core -y
Output – Text
>sudo yum install redhat-lsb-core -y [sudo] password for dadeniji: Last metadata expiration check: 0:42:33 ago on Mon 19 Sep 2022 08:58:04 PM PDT. Dependencies resolved. ============================================================================================================================================================================================================================================= Package Architecture Version Repository Size ============================================================================================================================================================================================================================================= Installing: redhat-lsb-core x86_64 4.1-47.el8 appstream 46 k Installing dependencies: esmtp x86_64 1.2-15.el8 epel 57 k libesmtp x86_64 1.0.6-18.el8 epel 70 k liblockfile x86_64 1.14-2.el8 appstream 32 k m4 x86_64 1.4.18-7.el8 baseos 223 k mailx x86_64 12.5-29.el8 baseos 257 k ncurses-compat-libs x86_64 6.1-9.20180224.el8 baseos 328 k patch x86_64 2.7.6-11.el8 baseos 138 k redhat-lsb-submod-security x86_64 4.1-47.el8 appstream 22 k spax x86_64 1.5.3-13.el8 baseos 217 k Transaction Summary ============================================================================================================================================================================================================================================= Install 10 Packages Total download size: 1.4 M Installed size: 2.9 M Downloading Packages: (1/10): redhat-lsb-submod-security-4.1-47.el8.x86_64.rpm 75 kB/s | 22 kB 00:00 (2/10): liblockfile-1.14-2.el8.x86_64.rpm 105 kB/s | 32 kB 00:00 (3/10): redhat-lsb-core-4.1-47.el8.x86_64.rpm 146 kB/s | 46 kB 00:00 (4/10): m4-1.4.18-7.el8.x86_64.rpm 272 kB/s | 223 kB 00:00 (5/10): mailx-12.5-29.el8.x86_64.rpm 286 kB/s | 257 kB 00:00 (6/10): ncurses-compat-libs-6.1-9.20180224.el8.x86_64.rpm 322 kB/s | 328 kB 00:01 (7/10): patch-2.7.6-11.el8.x86_64.rpm 427 kB/s | 138 kB 00:00 (8/10): spax-1.5.3-13.el8.x86_64.rpm 452 kB/s | 217 kB 00:00 (9/10): libesmtp-1.0.6-18.el8.x86_64.rpm 93 kB/s | 70 kB 00:00 (10/10): esmtp-1.2-15.el8.x86_64.rpm 67 kB/s | 57 kB 00:00 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 346 kB/s | 1.4 MB 00:04 Running transaction check Transaction check succeeded. Running transaction test Transaction test succeeded. Running transaction Preparing : 1/1 Installing : libesmtp-1.0.6-18.el8.x86_64 1/10 Installing : spax-1.5.3-13.el8.x86_64 2/10 Running scriptlet: spax-1.5.3-13.el8.x86_64 2/10 Installing : patch-2.7.6-11.el8.x86_64 3/10 Installing : ncurses-compat-libs-6.1-9.20180224.el8.x86_64 4/10 Installing : mailx-12.5-29.el8.x86_64 5/10 Installing : m4-1.4.18-7.el8.x86_64 6/10 Running scriptlet: m4-1.4.18-7.el8.x86_64 6/10 Installing : redhat-lsb-submod-security-4.1-47.el8.x86_64 7/10 Installing : liblockfile-1.14-2.el8.x86_64 8/10 Running scriptlet: liblockfile-1.14-2.el8.x86_64 8/10 Installing : esmtp-1.2-15.el8.x86_64 9/10 Running scriptlet: esmtp-1.2-15.el8.x86_64 9/10 Installing : redhat-lsb-core-4.1-47.el8.x86_64 10/10 Running scriptlet: redhat-lsb-core-4.1-47.el8.x86_64 10/10 Verifying : liblockfile-1.14-2.el8.x86_64 1/10 Verifying : redhat-lsb-core-4.1-47.el8.x86_64 2/10 Verifying : redhat-lsb-submod-security-4.1-47.el8.x86_64 3/10 Verifying : m4-1.4.18-7.el8.x86_64 4/10 Verifying : mailx-12.5-29.el8.x86_64 5/10 Verifying : ncurses-compat-libs-6.1-9.20180224.el8.x86_64 6/10 Verifying : patch-2.7.6-11.el8.x86_64 7/10 Verifying : spax-1.5.3-13.el8.x86_64 8/10 Verifying : esmtp-1.2-15.el8.x86_64 9/10 Verifying : libesmtp-1.0.6-18.el8.x86_64 10/10 Installed products updated. Installed: esmtp-1.2-15.el8.x86_64 libesmtp-1.0.6-18.el8.x86_64 liblockfile-1.14-2.el8.x86_64 m4-1.4.18-7.el8.x86_64 mailx-12.5-29.el8.x86_64 ncurses-compat-libs-6.1-9.20180224.el8.x86_64 patch-2.7.6-11.el8.x86_64 redhat-lsb-core-4.1-47.el8.x86_64 redhat-lsb-submod-security-4.1-47.el8.x86_64 spax-1.5.3-13.el8.x86_64 Complete! >
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dnf
dnf – install
Outline
In lieu of yum install, we can use “dnf install” to install the package.
Syntax
dnf install <package>
Sample
sudo dnf install redhat-lsb-core -y
Output – Text
>sudo dnf install redhat-lsb-core -y [sudo] password for dadeniji: Last metadata expiration check: 1:01:39 ago on Tue 20 Sep 2022 04:36:46 AM PDT. Dependencies resolved. ============================================================================================================ Package Architecture Version Repository Size ============================================================================================================ Installing: redhat-lsb-core x86_64 4.1-47.el8 appstream 46 k Installing dependencies: esmtp x86_64 1.2-15.el8 epel 57 k libesmtp x86_64 1.0.6-18.el8 epel 70 k liblockfile x86_64 1.14-2.el8 appstream 32 k m4 x86_64 1.4.18-7.el8 baseos 223 k mailx x86_64 12.5-29.el8 baseos 257 k ncurses-compat-libs x86_64 6.1-9.20180224.el8 baseos 328 k patch x86_64 2.7.6-11.el8 baseos 138 k redhat-lsb-submod-security x86_64 4.1-47.el8 appstream 22 k spax x86_64 1.5.3-13.el8 baseos 217 k Transaction Summary ============================================================================================================ Install 10 Packages Total download size: 1.4 M Installed size: 2.9 M Downloading Packages: (1/10): liblockfile-1.14-2.el8.x86_64.rpm 23 kB/s | 32 kB 00:01 (2/10): redhat-lsb-submod-security-4.1-47.el8.x86_64.rpm 16 kB/s | 22 kB 00:01 (3/10): redhat-lsb-core-4.1-47.el8.x86_64.rpm 30 kB/s | 46 kB 00:01 (4/10): m4-1.4.18-7.el8.x86_64.rpm 509 kB/s | 223 kB 00:00 (5/10): mailx-12.5-29.el8.x86_64.rpm 481 kB/s | 257 kB 00:00 (6/10): patch-2.7.6-11.el8.x86_64.rpm 674 kB/s | 138 kB 00:00 (7/10): spax-1.5.3-13.el8.x86_64.rpm 571 kB/s | 217 kB 00:00 (8/10): ncurses-compat-libs-6.1-9.20180224.el8.x86_64.rpm 395 kB/s | 328 kB 00:00 (9/10): esmtp-1.2-15.el8.x86_64.rpm 94 kB/s | 57 kB 00:00 (10/10): libesmtp-1.0.6-18.el8.x86_64.rpm 162 kB/s | 70 kB 00:00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Total 284 kB/s | 1.4 MB 00:04 Running transaction check Transaction check succeeded. Running transaction test Transaction test succeeded. Running transaction Preparing : 1/1 Installing : libesmtp-1.0.6-18.el8.x86_64 1/10 Installing : spax-1.5.3-13.el8.x86_64 2/10 Running scriptlet: spax-1.5.3-13.el8.x86_64 2/10 Installing : patch-2.7.6-11.el8.x86_64 3/10 Installing : ncurses-compat-libs-6.1-9.20180224.el8.x86_64 4/10 Installing : mailx-12.5-29.el8.x86_64 5/10 Installing : m4-1.4.18-7.el8.x86_64 6/10 Running scriptlet: m4-1.4.18-7.el8.x86_64 6/10 Installing : redhat-lsb-submod-security-4.1-47.el8.x86_64 7/10 Installing : liblockfile-1.14-2.el8.x86_64 8/10 Running scriptlet: liblockfile-1.14-2.el8.x86_64 8/10 Installing : esmtp-1.2-15.el8.x86_64 9/10 Running scriptlet: esmtp-1.2-15.el8.x86_64 9/10 Installing : redhat-lsb-core-4.1-47.el8.x86_64 10/10 Running scriptlet: redhat-lsb-core-4.1-47.el8.x86_64 10/10 Verifying : liblockfile-1.14-2.el8.x86_64 1/10 Verifying : redhat-lsb-core-4.1-47.el8.x86_64 2/10 Verifying : redhat-lsb-submod-security-4.1-47.el8.x86_64 3/10 Verifying : m4-1.4.18-7.el8.x86_64 4/10 Verifying : mailx-12.5-29.el8.x86_64 5/10 Verifying : ncurses-compat-libs-6.1-9.20180224.el8.x86_64 6/10 Verifying : patch-2.7.6-11.el8.x86_64 7/10 Verifying : spax-1.5.3-13.el8.x86_64 8/10 Verifying : esmtp-1.2-15.el8.x86_64 9/10 Verifying : libesmtp-1.0.6-18.el8.x86_64 10/10 Installed products updated. Installed: esmtp-1.2-15.el8.x86_64 libesmtp-1.0.6-18.el8.x86_64 liblockfile-1.14-2.el8.x86_64 m4-1.4.18-7.el8.x86_64 mailx-12.5-29.el8.x86_64 ncurses-compat-libs-6.1-9.20180224.el8.x86_64 patch-2.7.6-11.el8.x86_64 redhat-lsb-core-4.1-47.el8.x86_64 redhat-lsb-submod-security-4.1-47.el8.x86_64 spax-1.5.3-13.el8.x86_64 Complete! >
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Run lsb-release
Let us invoke lsb-release.
Options
- Base
- lsb-release
- Description ( –description )
- lsb-release -d
- Distributor’s String ID ( –id )
- lsb-release -i
- All ( –all )
- lsb-release -a
Syntax
lsb-release
Sample – Base
lsb-release
Output
Output – Text
>lsb_release LSB Version: :core-4.1-amd64:core-4.1-noarch >
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Sample – Description
lsb-release -d
Output
Output – Text
>lsb_release -d Description: CentOS Stream release 8 >
Output – Image
Sample – Distributor
lsb-release -i
Output
Output – Text
>lsb_release -i Distributor ID: CentOSStream >
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Sample – All
lsb-release -a
Output
Output – Text
>lsb_release -a LSB Version: :core-4.1-amd64:core-4.1-noarch Distributor ID: CentOSStream Description: CentOS Stream release 8 Release: 8 Codename: n/a >
Output – Image
Referenced Work
- The Geek Diary
- “lsb_release: command not found” – Fix in CentOS/RHEL
Link
- “lsb_release: command not found” – Fix in CentOS/RHEL
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