unable to add new repositories [closed]
- by MuffinStateWide
Possible Duplicate:
How to I fix software center after installing the Linux Mint MATE desktop?
please help , im unable to add new repositories
below is the output when i try to confirm the action (sudo add-apt-repository ppa:[address here]
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/add-apt-repository", line 98, in <module>
sp = SoftwareProperties(options=options)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/softwareproperties/SoftwareProperties.py", line 96, in __init__
self.reload_sourceslist()
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/softwareproperties/SoftwareProperties.py", line 580, in reload_sourceslist
self.distro.get_sources(self.sourceslist)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/aptsources/distro.py", line 91, in get_sources
raise NoDistroTemplateException("Error: could not find a "
aptsources.distro.NoDistroTemplateException: Error: could not find a distribution template
any help would be great , ive recently uninstalled MATE if thats any contribution to fixing this
thanks in advance