Can't add new PPAs because of JSON error

[Enkouyami]

I keep getting his error when trying to add some repositories: Cannot add PPA: 'No JSON object could be decoded'.

Here's a thread with other user accounts: http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=90&t=136317

I'm using Linux Mint 15 "olivia" Cinnamon 64-bit.

[Luke Faraone (lfaraone)]

This appears to be fixed in Linux Mint 16.

[Ivo Vegter (ivovegter)]

> This appears to be fixed in Linux Mint 16.

Not from where I'm sitting.

Tried (CLI): sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mozillateam/firefox-stable
Got: Cannot add PPA: 'No JSON object could be decoded'.

This is a bit of a showstopper, really.

[chemicalfan (mike-lumsden)]

Is this still an issue for you? It doesn't seem to be a universal issue...

[Philip Gray (philipgr)]

Good afternoon

Two weeks ago I installed Linux Mint 17 64bit Cinnamon Edition. I am unable to install any ppas' via 'Software Sources'. I keep getting 'No JSON object could be decoded' error. I tried these ppas'

double commander
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/alexx2000/doublecmd/ubuntu trusty main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/alexx2000/doublecmd/ubuntu trusty main

screenlets
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/screenlets/ppa/ubuntu trusty main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/screenlets/ppa/ubuntu trusty main

mysql5.6
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/ondrej/mysql-5.6/ubuntu trusty main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/ondrej/mysql-5.6/ubuntu trusty main

xbmc
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/team-xbmc/ppa/ubuntu trusty main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/team-xbmc/ppa/ubuntu trusty main

I was able to install xbmc via th cli with this information from the xbmc website
sudo apt-get install python-software-properties pkg-config
sudo apt-get install software-properties-common
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:team-xbmc/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install xbmc

Regards
Philip