I ran into this today. So annoying. I kept getting "Please check that the PPA name or format is correct." This error message is so misleading... The Internet is littered with people working around the "add-apt-repository" script since no one can really figure out the real reason for this error message.
In my case, I was running this script in a container and had the Docker DNS in Fedora 32 issue. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1364176 Title: add-apt-repository fails to add repository with no explanation; --massive-debug doesn't show debugging To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-properties/+bug/1364176/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs