Script to add PPA fails on PopOS 24.04

[rayfield]

I've run the suggested method of adding the repository with these results:

raphael@pop-os:~$ curl -sLf \
  'https://dl.cloudsmith.io/public/saga-soft/stable/cfg/setup/bash.deb.sh' \
  | sudo bash
Executing the  setup script for the 'saga-soft/stable' repository ...

   OK: Checking for required executable 'curl' ...
   OK: Checking for required executable 'apt-get' ...
   OK: Detecting your OS distribution and release using system methods ...
 ^^^^: ... Detected/provided for your OS/distribution, version and architecture:
 >>>>:
 >>>>: ... distro=pop  version=24.04  codename=noble  arch=x86_64
 >>>>:
   OK: Checking for apt dependency 'apt-transport-https' ...
   OK: Checking for apt dependency 'ca-certificates' ...
   OK: Checking for apt dependency 'gnupg' ...
   OK: Checking for apt signed-by key support ...
   OK: Importing 'saga-soft/stable' repository GPG keys ...
   OK: Checking if upstream install config is OK ...
   OK: Installing 'saga-soft/stable' repository via apt ...
   OK: Updating apt repository metadata cache ...
   OK: The repository has been installed successfully - You're ready to rock!

Unfortunately:

raphael@pop-os:~$ sudo apt update && sudo apt install novelwriter
Hit:1 http://apt.pop-os.org/proprietary noble InRelease
Hit:2 https://dl.google.com/linux/chrome-stable/deb stable InRelease
Hit:3 http://apt.pop-os.org/release noble InRelease
Get:4 https://dl.cloudsmith.io/public/saga-soft/stable/deb/pop noble InRelease [11.6 kB]
... [another repository]
Hit:6 http://apt.pop-os.org/ubuntu noble InRelease
Hit:7 http://apt.pop-os.org/ubuntu noble-security InRelease
Hit:8 http://apt.pop-os.org/ubuntu noble-updates InRelease
Hit:9 http://apt.pop-os.org/ubuntu noble-backports InRelease
Fetched 11.6 kB in 1s (20.6 kB/s)
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
5 packages can be upgraded. Run 'apt list --upgradable' to see them.
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package novelwriter

I've gone ahead and installed the PPA with the deprecated method, but naturally I'd prefer to use the new one.

[vkbo]

Yeah, there is no release for pop, so you must pick one of the others. See: https://novelwriter.io/download/install_linux.html#other-debian-based-distros

I assume Ubuntu Noble would work. In that case, I think this would work:

curl -sLf \
  'https://dl.cloudsmith.io/public/saga-soft/stable/cfg/setup/bash.deb.sh' \
  | sudo distro=ubuntu codename=noble bash

[vkbo]

I updated the website to make it clearer. I can also add PopOS support from the next release on. It is probably trivial to do since it is basically an Ubuntu 24.04 package.

[rayfield]

Worked! Many thanks for the exceedingly prompt response, and yes, essentially it's Ubuntu 24.04 - soon to come is PopOS 26.04 which will be based off Ubuntu 26.04.