lsb_release: command not found in latest Ubuntu Docker container

Question

I just wanted to test something out real quick. So I ran a docker container and I wanted to check which version I was running:

$ docker run -it ubuntu     root@471bdb08b11a:/# lsb_release -a bash: lsb_release: command not found root@471bdb08b11a:/#  

So I tried installing it (as suggested here):

root@471bdb08b11a:/# apt install lsb_release Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree        Reading state information... Done E: Unable to locate package lsb_release root@471bdb08b11a:/#  

Anybody any idea why this isn't working?

Answer 1

It seems lsb_release is not installed.

you can install it via

apt-get update && apt-get install -y lsb-release && apt-get clean all 

Hope that helps ;)