Hi everybody, I am trying to find out why I'm getting an error when trying to add a PPA repository in Devuan Jessie, but not getting the same error in Debian Jessie. It's just for a program called "Hollywood Technodrama". I run the same command for both distros:
~$ sudo apt-add-repository ppa:hollywood/ppa This is the message I am getting in Devuan Jessie: You are about to add the following PPA to your system: More info: https://launchpad.net/~hollywood/+archive/ubuntu/ppa Press [ENTER] to continue or ctrl-c to cancel adding it Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/apt-add-repository", line 167, in <module> sp = SoftwareProperties(options=options) File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/softwareproperties/SoftwareProperties.py", line 105, in __init__ self.reload_sourceslist() File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/softwareproperties/SoftwareProperties.py", line 595, in reload_sourceslist self.distro.get_sources(self.sourceslist) File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/aptsources/distro.py", line 89, in get_sources (self.id, self.codename)) aptsources.distro.NoDistroTemplateException: Error: could not find a distribution template for Devuan/jessie And this is the successful message I am getting in Debian Jessie: You are about to add the following PPA to your system: More info: https://launchpad.net/~hollywood/+archive/ubuntu/ppa Press [ENTER] to continue or ctrl-c to cancel adding it gpg: keyring `/tmp/tmpy4i2pigm/secring.gpg' created gpg: keyring `/tmp/tmpy4i2pigm/pubring.gpg' created gpg: requesting key 791FF5A4 from hkp server keyserver.ubuntu.com gpg: /tmp/tmpy4i2pigm/trustdb.gpg: trustdb created gpg: key 791FF5A4: public key "Launchpad PPA for hollywood" imported gpg: Total number processed: 1 gpg: imported: 1 (RSA: 1) OK At first I thought that I misspelled "apt-add-repository" instead of "add-apt-repository", but then I noticed that either way gave me same results for both distros. I am very interested in Devuan and hope to contribute someday when I gain more experience. Thank you in advance for any hint or help. Regards, -- Héctor A. Abreu _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
