Check for lsb_release

It can be installed via the lsb-release package on Debian and
derivatives

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/build b/build
index 4ecf40a..bc4806c 100755
--- a/build
+++ b/build
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@ echo "Options:"
 echo " -s, --skip    Skip apt-get update/upgrade"
 }
 
+command -v lsb_release >/dev/null 2>&1 || {
+  echo "Could not find lsb_release. Please install lsb-release"
+  exit 1
+}
 DIST=`lsb_release -cs`
 
 # URL of the local CRAN repo for checking for existing builds