add-apt-repository fails on Linux Mint Rebecca

[Cameron McCormack]

When I try to use add-apt-repository on Linux Mint 17.1 Rebecca, I get this error:

$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mercurial-ppa/releases
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/add-apt-repository", line 91, in <module>
    sp = SoftwareProperties(options=options)
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/softwareproperties/SoftwareProperties.py", line 109, in __init__
    self.reload_sourceslist()
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/softwareproperties/SoftwareProperties.py", line 599, in reload_sourceslist
    self.distro.get_sources(self.sourceslist)
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/aptsources/distro.py", line 89, in get_sources
    (self.id, self.codename))
aptsources.distro.NoDistroTemplateException: Error: could not find a distribution template for LinuxMint/rebecca

[Vlad Orlov (monsta)]

Reinstall mintsources package, that should fix it.

[Cameron McCormack (cam-mcc)]

Thanks. I'm not sure what packages updated since I last tried -- I didn't need to reinstall mintsources -- but this works for me now.

[Vlad Orlov (monsta)]

mintSources 1.3.9 should prevent issues like this one from happening anymore.