[kwlug-disc] Can not add PPA repositorys under Linux Mint 17.1

[John Driezen]

On 15-01-16 01:04 AM, Paul Nijjar wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 15, 2015 at 12:28:00PM -0500, John Driezen wrote:
>> The output of lsb_release -a is:
>> No LSB modules are available.
>> Distributor ID:    LinuxMint
>> Description:    Linux Mint 17.1 Rebecca
>> Release:    17.1
>> Codename:    rebecca
>>
>> uname -a gives:
>> Linux LinuxMint17 3.13.0-37-generic #64-Ubuntu SMP Mon Sep 22
>> 21:28:38 UTC 2014 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
>>
>> Any suggestions?
> I have not run into this problem myself. But there appear to be lots
> of people on the Internet who get this "Error: could not find a
> distribution template for" error when installing PPAs.
>
> These people say to reinstall the mintsources package:
> http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=90&t=181043#p939041
>
> These people say you should spoof Mint to look like Ubuntu:
> http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=56&t=85692
>
> I am guessing that you have come across these kinds of posts
> already. Is there a list of things you have tried so far?
>
> It looks like there is some file which lists the templates that
> add-apt-repository works with. I am guessing that file can be munged.
>
> - Paul

Thank you Paul.  The following solved the problem.

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install --reinstall mintsources

John Driezen
jdriezen at sympatico.ca