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Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/add-apt-repository", line 95, 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 93, in get_sources
    (self.id, self.codename))
aptsources.distro.NoDistroTemplateException: Error: could not find a distribution template for Parrot/stable

This is the output when i try to add repository.

Command: add-apt-repository "deb http://mp3splt.sourceforge.net/repository wheezy main"

i'm new on Parrot/Debian sorry i i'm too noob.

Thanks for help

Hugo y
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  • I'm also having the same problem. ParrotOS has been made mainly for pentesting purposes, they altered the debian structure and made impossible to add other ppas. I don't have much knowledge about their implementation. It appears they separated everything. And their might be a work around for that I beleive. – Mohith7548 Apr 12 '19 at 15:39

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To add the repository to parrot software list, you need to checkout to /etc/apt/ then copy the repository url to sources.list.parrot like so:

cd /etc/apt

sudo -s #gives you root access

echo "deb http://mp3splt.sourceforge.net/repository wheezy main" >> sources.list.parrot

exit #changes back to the normal user

Disclaimer: Please be careful when you add software repos. It is one of the easiest way to break your system or add bugs to it

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I've found the solution for that. Actually, ParrotOS uses different files for source package links. If you open and see the file in sources.list by typing /etc/apt/sources.list everything is commented and there are no deb or deb-src links in it. All the links are stored separately in the sources.list.d folder see the files in it by typing ls /etc/apt/sources.list.d there exists a file for each source package. First change to root user.If you want to add new src link, you have to create a new file in that folder <name>.list and add the link to it.

Suppose if you want to add vs-code to the sources.list, then create a file named vscode.list in sources.list.d directory and add the link deb http://packages.microsoft.com/repos/vscode stable main to it.

Finally update by doing sudo apt update and then install sudo apt install <package-name>. For the vscode example use sudo apt install code.

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You cant try in /etc/opt/source.list.d/parrot.list

You can add stable repository deb http://deb.parrotsec.org/parrot stable main contrib non-free

Then sudo apt-get update

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