[Python] lsb_release not working after install Python 3.6.3 from source

platform: ubuntu 17.04 server

The ubuntu 17.04 server installation includes python 2.7 and python 3.5. I installed the Python 3.6.3 manually from source. However, the lsb_release -a failed:

root@birds:~# lsb_release -a
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/lsb_release", line 25, in <module>
import lsb_release
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'lsb_release'


But if I modify the first line of the file lsb_release from
#!/usr/bin/python3 -Es to #!/usr/bin/python3.5 -Es it works again.

root@birds:~# lsb_release -a
LSB Version: core-9.20160110ubuntu5-amd64:core-9.20160110ubuntu5-noarch:security-9.20160110ubuntu5-amd64:security-9.20160110ubuntu5-noarch
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 17.04
Release: 17.04
Codename: zesty


Here are the module search path:

python3.5

root@birds:~# python3.5
Python 3.5.3 (default, Sep 14 2017, 22:58:41)
[GCC 6.3.0 20170406] on linux
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import sys

>>> sys.path
['', '/usr/lib/python35.zip', '/usr/lib/python3.5', '/usr/lib/python3.5/plat-x86_64-linux-gnu', '/usr/lib/python3.5/lib-dynload', '/usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages', '/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages']

>>> import lsb_release

>>> exit()


python3

root@birds:~# python3
Python 3.6.3 (default, Oct 14 2017, 20:35:42)
[GCC 6.3.0 20170406] on linux
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import sys

>>> sys.path
['', '/usr/local/lib/python36.zip', '/usr/local/lib/python3.6', '/usr/local/lib/python3.6/lib-dynload', '/root/.local/lib/python3.6/site-packages', '/usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages']

>>> import lsb_release
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'lsb_release'

>>> exit()


does anyone know how to fix it? Thanks.

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