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I use a program called SimpleScreenRecorder to record videos for YouTube. I was having a problem with it when trying to launch it so I decided to reinstall it. When I try to run the command sudo add-apt-repository ppa:maarten-baert/simplescreenrecorder it tells me this:

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/xenial

This does not happen when I run sudo apt-get update and it says this (just in case something is wrong here too)

Hit:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease
Get:2 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates InRelease [102 kB]
Get:3 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security InRelease [102 kB]
Fetched 204 kB in 1s (178 kB/s)                             
Reading package lists... Done

When I try to run sudo apt-get install simplescreenrecorder it gives me this output:

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package simplescreenrecorder

and SimpleScreenRecorder does not install. The exact same thing happens when I try to install LiVES even down to the same outputs and I had the same problems.

I am running Ubuntu 16.04.2

wjandrea
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It's most likely that you don't have the correct repository listed in your /etc/apt/sources.list file. The that maintains the install has an installation help page located here http://www.maartenbaert.be/simplescreenrecorder/

Which instructs you to add the PPA using these commands:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:maarten-baert/simplescreenrecorder
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install simplescreenrecorder
# if you want to record 32-bit OpenGL applications on a 64-bit system:
sudo apt-get install simplescreenrecorder-lib:i386

Also, make sure that you have software-properties-common installed or you won't be able to add the PPA and if you get an error, try installing it with this:

sudo apt-get install software-properties-common
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  • You don't need to mention how to install SimpleScreenRecorder. OP already knows. You can whittle your answer down to just the part about software-properties-common. – wjandrea Mar 08 '17 at 23:50
  • It still gave me the same error message as I mentioned above in case this helps I used this command to install lives 'sudo apt update && sudo apt install lives' – Likebeingawesome Mar 09 '17 at 15:42
  • @Likebeingawesome and you got successful output when adding the PPA? – The Cleric Mar 09 '17 at 15:48
  • How do I install software-properties-common also I did not get a successful output – Likebeingawesome Mar 09 '17 at 21:45
  • Ok so I already have software properties common installed but I still can't add any PPA repositorys – Likebeingawesome Mar 10 '17 at 11:05
  • Ok I was looking more into this problem and I think think the problem is something is causing the code for adding repositories to immediately give the failer output without trying to add the repository. – Likebeingawesome Mar 10 '17 at 11:28
  • @Likebeingawesome please edit your question to include this new info – wjandrea Mar 10 '17 at 15:15