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I entered sudo software-properties-gtk on terminal but software & updates not opened. And this command (sudo software-properties-gtk) shows this error.

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/software-properties-gtk", line 101, in <module>
    app = SoftwarePropertiesGtk(datadir=options.data_dir, options=options, file=file)
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/softwareproperties/gtk/SoftwarePropertiesGtk.py", line 98, in __init__
    SoftwareProperties.__init__(self, options=options, datadir=datadir)
  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/trusty .

Also I want to mention that just few day before i upgrade from ubuntu 13.04 to ubuntu 13.10. And also shows 14.04 error rather than 13.10 .... Thanks in advance.

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  • could not find a distribution template for Ubuntu/trusty - Problems with the development version of Ubuntu are off topic - you should report a bug instead. – guntbert Nov 14 '13 at 17:31

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I had the same problem. Just change the lsr-release info using the following steps:

  1. Go to the Terminal and type the following: 

    gksudo gedit /etc/lsb-release

  2. Edit the file so that you get the following:

    DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu

DISTRIB_RELEASE=13.10

DISTRIB_CODENAME=saucy

DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu Saucy Salamander"

Note: This solution is optimized from the following answer Apt "could not find a distribution template" error

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