Error installing `avrdude` on OctoPi

[adilinden]

I am getting the following error installing avrdude to flash the Creality Melzi V1 board in an Ender-3.

pi@octopi-e3:~ $ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:pmjdebruijn/avrdude-release
sudo: add-apt-repository: command not found

I had to run sudo apt install software-properties-common in order to have the sudo add-apt-repository ppa:pmjdebruijn/avrdude-release no longer fail with the above error. But now I am greeted with:

pi@octopi-e3:~ $ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:pmjdebruijn/avrdude-release
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 Raspbian/buster

I will keep digging, but that's how far I got....

[benlye]

You're following instructions for Ubuntu. You should be following the instructions for Raspberry Pi.

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install avrdude

[adilinden]

Awesome! That worked!

THanks!

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