lsb-release authentification uses luna instead of ubuntu codename which reduces supported ppas

[siyman]

When trying to add some ppa through self authentication, e.g. medibuntu, elementary OS identifies itself as luna, which is grounding complications. For instance, using the given command: "sudo -E wget --output-document=/etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list http://www.medibuntu.org/sources.list.d/$(lsb_release -cs).list && sudo apt-get --quiet update && sudo apt-get --yes --quiet --allow-unauthenticated install medibuntu-keyring && sudo apt-get --quiet update" some ppa is added that can't find any packages. Maybe, until further development, luna should itself name as precise?

[Cody Garver (codygarver)]

Ivo what do you think about this bug? Good idea? Bad idea? Worth it? Dangerous?

[Ademir Giraldelli (ademireagiraldelli)]

I solved this problem doing this:

'Applications' -> 'Software center' -> 'Edit' menu -> 'Software Sources...'

so click on tab 'Other software' -> 'Add' button

add the following line

deb http://packages.medibuntu.org/ precise free non-free

close Software Center and go to Terminal and execute the following lines

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get --quiet update
sudo apt-get --yes --quiet --allow-unauthenticated install medibuntu-keyring
sudo apt-get --quiet update

if no errors found, you can try

sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras non-free-codecs libdvdcss2 faac faad ffmpeg ffmpeg2theora flac icedax id3v2 lame libflac++6 libjpeg-progs libmpeg3-1 mencoder mjpegtools mp3gain mpeg2dec mpeg3-utils mpegdemux mpg123 mpg321 regionset sox uudeview vorbis-tools x264 arj lha p7zip p7zip-full p7zip-rar rar unrar unace-nonfree vlc

works for me!
[ sorry for my poor english :( ]

[Ademir Giraldelli (ademireagiraldelli)]

Please, ignore the first command

sudo apt-get update

[siyman (siyman)]

Well, it's even more simple. Just substitute $(lsb_release -cs) with precise and everything works well. My question remains: would it be easier for everyone to use ubuntu's normal precise Tag instead of luna?

[Sergey "Shnatsel" Davidoff (shnatsel)]

We've adopted a mechanism to make lsb_release print the upstream distribution instead of the actual one: use "lsb_release -ucs" or "lsb_release -cs --upstream" instead of "lsb_release -cs". This mechanism has originated in JoliCloud and we'll be negotiating adopting it in other major Ubuntu-derived distros.

[siyman (siyman)]

This sounds astonishing simple but powerful. In the near future I'll use this command. Thanks for the advice and your help!