Hi.

Computer date/time is ok.

Will review the solutions you suggested.

Thanks.
Roger
On Sat, October 24, 2015 09:16, Peter Levi wrote:
> Check your computer's time is correct. Try the solutions suggested at
> http://askubuntu.com/questions/156348/how-can-i-get-add-apt-repository-
> to-work and http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2113326
>
> ** Changed in: variety
> Status: New => Invalid
>
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> report. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1509621
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>
> Title:
> Can't add ppa
>
>
> Status in Variety:
> Invalid
>
>
> Bug description:
> sudo apt-add-repository fails. probably NOT a vriety bug, but could do with
> some help and clues as to what might be the problem.
>
> Thanks
>
>
>
> New upgrade of Lubuntu from 15.04 to 15.10
>
>
> rhill@Lime2:/etc/apt/sources.list.d$ sudo apt-add-repository -m
> ppa:peterlevi/ppa
> Traceback (most recent call last):
> File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/softwareproperties/ppa.py", line 326, in
> get_ppa_info ret = get_ppa_info_from_lp(user, ppa) File
> "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/softwareproperties/ppa.py", line 91, in
> get_ppa_info_from_lp return get_info_from_lp(lp_url) File
> "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/softwareproperties/ppa.py", line 87, in
> get_info_from_lp return _get_https_content_py3(lp_url) File
> "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/softwareproperties/ppa.py", line 101, in
> _get_https_content_py3
> lp_page = urllib.request.urlopen(request, cafile=LAUNCHPAD_PPA_CERT) File
> "/usr/lib/python3.4/urllib/request.py", line 151, in urlopen
> capath=capath) File "/usr/lib/python3.4/ssl.py", line 434, in
> create_default_context context.load_verify_locations(cafile, capath, cadata)
> ssl.SSLError: unknown error (_ssl.c:2727)
>
>
> During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
>
>
> Traceback (most recent call last):
> File "/usr/bin/apt-add-repository", line 122, in <module>
> shortcut = shortcut_handler(line) File
> "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/softwareproperties/SoftwareProperties.py",
> line 841, in shortcut_handler ret = factory(shortcut) File
> "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/softwareproperties/ppa.py", line 391, in
> shortcut_handler return PPAShortcutHandler(shortcut) File
> "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/softwareproperties/ppa.py", line 355, in
> __init__
> info = get_ppa_info(self.shortcut) File
> "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/softwareproperties/ppa.py", line 338, in
> get_ppa_info _get_suggested_ppa_message(user, ppa))
> File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/softwareproperties/ppa.py", line 295, in
> _get_suggested_ppa_message
> lp_user = get_info_from_lp(LAUNCHPAD_USER_API % user) File
> "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/softwareproperties/ppa.py", line 87, in
> get_info_from_lp return _get_https_content_py3(lp_url) File
> "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/softwareproperties/ppa.py", line 101, in
> _get_https_content_py3
> lp_page = urllib.request.urlopen(request, cafile=LAUNCHPAD_PPA_CERT) File
> "/usr/lib/python3.4/urllib/request.py", line 151, in urlopen
> capath=capath) File "/usr/lib/python3.4/ssl.py", line 434, in
> create_default_context context.load_verify_locations(cafile, capath, cadata)
> ssl.SSLError: unknown error (_ssl.c:2727)
> rhill@Lime2:/etc/apt/sources.list.d$
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