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Ubuntu

Unable to add ondrej repository apt in Ubuntu 20.04

Mihir

6/17/23, 7:50 AM

I am unable to add ondrej to my Ubuntu 20.04 installation.

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ondrej/php

The above command returns the following error

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/add-apt-repository", line 363, in <module>
    addaptrepo = AddAptRepository()
  File "/usr/bin/add-apt-repository", line 41, in __init__
    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 Ubuntu/focal

Following is the LSB release information.

Distributor ID: Ubuntu 
Description:Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS  
Release:    20.04 
Codename:       focal

Am I doing anything wrong?

End goal: I want to be able to install PHP 8.1 extensions from apt

$ cat /etc/lsb-release
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=20.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=focal
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS"

apt-cache policy -> https://pastebin.com/84HauP14
aptitude search ~o -> https://pastebin.com/VhaW9qWq
namei /etc/os-release -> https://pastebin.com/XwjZHkKa
cat /etc/os-release -> https://pastebin.com/CywsZvEh

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Mihir

6/17/23, 8:08 AM

@guiverc it's mostly brand new server with very minimal changes. The output for python3 --version is "Python 3.8.10"

N0rbert

6/17/23, 8:23 AM

Try `sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get install --reinstall libpython3-stdlib libpython3.8-minimal libpython3.8-stdlib python-apt-common python3 python3-apt python3-certifi python3-chardet python3-dbus python3-distro-info python3-gi python3-idna python3-minimal python3-pkg-resources python3-requests python3-requests-unixsocket python3-six python3-software-properties python3-urllib3 python3.8 python3.8-minimal software-properties-common` and then run `sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ondrej/php` again.

pLumo

6/17/23, 8:25 AM

Please add output of `cat /etc/lsb-release`. See also: https://askubuntu.com/questions/49040/apt-could-not-find-a-distribution-template-error/

Mihir

6/17/23, 8:32 AM

@N0rbert tried the first command, still the same error

Mihir

6/17/23, 8:33 AM

@pLumo DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu DISTRIB_RELEASE=20.04 DISTRIB_CODENAME=focal DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS"

N0rbert

6/17/23, 8:48 AM

Please upload output of `apt-cache policy` and `aptitude search ~o` to the pastebin and share link.

Mihir

6/17/23, 9:11 AM

@N0rbert apt-cache policy -> https://pastebin.com/84HauP14 aptitude search ~o -> https://pastebin.com/VhaW9qWq

nobody

6/17/23, 12:30 PM

`namei /etc/os-release` please. It reminds me on this https://askubuntu.com/questions/1190336/software-properties-gtk-crashes-on-startup-19-10/1190636#1190636

Mihir

6/17/23, 12:35 PM

@nobody f: /etc/os-release d / d etc l os-release -> ../usr/lib/os-release d .. d usr d lib - os-release

nobody

6/17/23, 12:39 PM

Okay, the link is there. Checking correct content. `cat /etc/os-release ` Please [edit] your question for output; it is hard to read in comments without codeblock.

Mihir

6/17/23, 12:46 PM

@nobody added pastebin to the questions

nobody

6/17/23, 4:16 PM

looks normal python3 version on your system too; out of idea in the moment. And it is also not a problem with the ppa I could add it. I'm sorry.

Mihir

6/18/23, 5:14 AM

@nobody No worries. For the moment, I manually added the repo and public key.

abu-ahmed al-khatiri

6/18/23, 8:59 AM

try to reinstall your python3 and add the repo again `LC_ALL=C.UTF-8 add-apt-repository ppa:ondrej/php`

Score:1

Ubuntu

Mihir

6/23/23, 1:23 PM

I could not get the add-apt-repository command to work so I added the repository and the signing key manually using the following commands:

Open the sources.list file with a text editor (for example nano):
```
sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list
```

Add the following lines to the file:

deb https://ppa.launchpadcontent.net/ondrej/php/ubuntu focal main 
#deb-src https://ppa.launchpadcontent.net/ondrej/php/ubuntu focal main

Add the repository signing key:

sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys 4f4ea0aae5267a6c

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Charles Wood

5/5/23, 5:37 PM

Where did you get the repository signing key?

clockw0rk

5/12/23, 10:30 AM

the add-apt-repository is part of the software-properties-common apt package, so you'd need to first install that one obv. -> the keys will be imported automatically when adding the repository

Score:0

Ubuntu

Aipo

7/9/24, 8:08 PM

I solved with this command:

sudo apt-get install software-properties-common

As cloclw0rk wrote:

the add-apt-repository is part of the software-properties-common apt package, so you'd need to first install that one obv. -> the keys will be imported automatically when adding the repository – clockw0rk

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