"could not find a distribution template for Ubuntu/n/a" error in elementary OS

Question

I got message like this :

root@ferryready-Satellite-L510:/home/ferryready# curl -sL http://i-hate-farms.github.io/spores/install | sudo bash -
Installing the repository...
OK
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 Ubuntu/n/a

Answer 1

The possible fix:

sudo apt-get install gksu # If not installed

sudo apt-get install libcanberra-gtk-module:i386 # If you get Failed to load module "canberra-gtk-module" error

Now gksudo nano /etc/lsb-release

The file should be like,

DISTRIB_ID="elementary OS"
DISTRIB_RELEASE=0.3.1
DISTRIB_CODENAME=freya
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="elementary OS Freya"

Note: Use this for fresh installation of freya, I am not sure for upgrading from luna.