Comment 1 for bug 2038664

Debian dropped support for LSB in 2015: https://wiki.debian.org/DebianLsb

The document above says to install the lsb package. When I try to do so on Bookworm, I get the following:

Package lsb is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source

lsb_release is installed on my test Debian Bookworm VM. I don't remember if I had to install it manually or not.

lsb_release only partially works on Debian Bookworm:

$ lsb_release
No LSB modules are available.

$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Debian
Description: Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)
Release: 12
Codename: bookworm

$ lsb_release -cs
No LSB modules are available.
bookworm

There is a package named 'lsb-base.' Installing it does not help.

That said, installing the lsb-release package should work. Just note that LSB support on Debian Bookworm is broken/gone. It may work well enough for our purposes, but it may stop working in future Debian releases.

Aside:
This is bad news for people using certain printer drivers. I've had to install lsb on Ubuntu to get certain Epson drivers to work. I wonder if those printers will work in the absence of a functioning lsb package?