Error: could not find distribution template for Elementary/odin
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You might encounter the following error during execution of add-apt-repository:
Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/add-apt-repository", line 108, in sp = SoftwareProperties(options=options) File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/softwareproperties/SoftwareProperties.py", line 118, in init self.reload_sourceslist() File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/softwareproperties/SoftwareProperties.py", line 613, in reload_sourceslist self.distro.get_sources(self.sourceslist) File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/aptsources/distro.py", line 91, in get_sources raise NoDistroTemplateException( aptsources.distro.NoDistroTemplateException: Error: could not find a distribution template for Elementary/odin
This error is due to the pre-release nature of elementary 6.0 Odin and should be fixed once the stable version is released. Meanwhile you can apply the existing workaround:
Edit sudo vi /etc/lsb-release:
-DISTRIB_ID=elementary-DISTRIB_RELEASE=6-DISTRIB_CODENAME=odin-DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="elementary OS 6 Early Access"+DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu+DISTRIB_RELEASE=20.04+DISTRIB_CODENAME=focal+DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS"
Edit sudo vi /etc/os-release:
-NAME="elementary OS"-VERSION="6 Early Access"-ID=elementary-ID_LIKE=ubuntu-PRETTY_NAME="elementary OS 6 Early Access"-LOGO=distributor-logo-VERSION_ID="6"-HOME_URL="https://elementary.io/"-DOCUMENTATION_URL="https://elementary.io/docs/learning-the-basics"-SUPPORT_URL="https://elementary.io/support"-BUG_REPORT_URL="https://github.com/elementary/os/issues/new"-PRIVACY_POLICY_URL="https://elementary.io/privacy-policy"-VERSION_CODENAME=odin-UBUNTU_CODENAME=focal+NAME="Ubuntu"+VERSION="20.04.1 LTS (Focal Fossa)"+ID=ubuntu+ID_LIKE=debian+PRETTY_NAME="Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS"+VERSION_ID="20.04"+HOME_URL="https://www.ubuntu.com/"+SUPPORT_URL="https://help.ubuntu.com/"+BUG_REPORT_URL="https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/"+PRIVACY_POLICY_URL="https://www.ubuntu.com/legal/terms-and-policies/privacy-policy"+VERSION_CODENAME=focal+UBUNTU_CODENAME=focal
After you changed both files, try to execute add-apt-repository again.
