Ubuntu Jaunty and LSB (Linux Standard Base)

I can't believe it but it's true, LSB is not part of the Jaunty default installation *sigh*

the following command works so nicely if one wants to detect the linux version a script is running on:
$ echo $(lsb_release -rcsi)

but without LSB the command won't work. I am a little bit surprised that it is not common among all linux releases to include LSB (except for the ones going for small footprint like DSL).

Install LSB on jaunty with:

$ sudo apt-get install -y lsb