Hey I wanted to call some special attention to this bug and a potentially related one that is mentioned in the comments for it, as they collectively keep us from adding repos unless we manually add to /etc/apt/sources.list and use apt-key for the GPG.
wxl Begin forwarded message: Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2012 17:29:37 -0000 From: Walter Lapchynski <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Subject: [Bug 1048733] [NEW] add-apt-repository fails due to softwareproperties error Public bug reported: $ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:lubuntu-dev/lubuntu-daily Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/add-apt-repository", line 10, in <module> from softwareproperties.SoftwareProperties import SoftwareProperties ImportError: No module named softwareproperties.SoftwareProperties I tried other PPAs and had the same error so it seems to be universal. Interestingly trying to add manually in Settings → Repository just results in a notice saying that repos have changed and you need to reload. It doesn't actually get to the point where you add repos. That may be a related issue so I will file a separate bug and link here and vice versa. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10 Package: python-software-properties 0.92.1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.4.0-5.11-generic 3.4.0 Uname: Linux 3.4.0-5-generic i686 ApportVersion: 2.1.1-0ubuntu2 Architecture: i386 Date: Mon Sep 10 10:15:50 2012 InstallationMedia: Lubuntu 12.04 "Precise Pangolin" - Alpha i386 (20120215) PackageArchitecture: all ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_US:en TERM=screen PATH=(custom, user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: software-properties UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) ** Affects: software-properties (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: apport-bug i386 quantal -- You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug report. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1048733 Title: add-apt-repository fails due to softwareproperties error Status in “software-properties” package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: $ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:lubuntu-dev/lubuntu-daily Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/add-apt-repository", line 10, in <module> from softwareproperties.SoftwareProperties import SoftwareProperties ImportError: No module named softwareproperties.SoftwareProperties I tried other PPAs and had the same error so it seems to be universal. Interestingly trying to add manually in Settings → Repository just results in a notice saying that repos have changed and you need to reload. It doesn't actually get to the point where you add repos. That may be a related issue so I will file a separate bug and link here and vice versa. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10 Package: python-software-properties 0.92.1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.4.0-5.11-generic 3.4.0 Uname: Linux 3.4.0-5-generic i686 ApportVersion: 2.1.1-0ubuntu2 Architecture: i386 Date: Mon Sep 10 10:15:50 2012 InstallationMedia: Lubuntu 12.04 "Precise Pangolin" - Alpha i386 (20120215) PackageArchitecture: all ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_US:en TERM=screen PATH=(custom, user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: software-properties UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-properties/+bug/1048733/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-qa Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-qa More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
