Intel(R) Graphics Installer for Linux* 1.0.7
https://01.org/linuxgraphics/downloads/2014/intelr-graphics-installer-linux-1.0.7
“Distribution not supported” in 14.10
That software checks /etc/lsb-release
and that is a text file we can edit ourself so it might be fairly easy to circumvent. Make a backup first though if you do not know what this means. From a command line:
sudo cp /etc/lsb-release /etc/lsb-release.backup
And then edit the file ...
sudo gedit /etc/lsb-release
And change the lines that look like
DISTRIB_RELEASE=14.10
DISTRIB_CODENAME=utopic
with ...
DISTRIB_RELEASE=14.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=trusty
And save it. Start the installation and it should finish this time without a notice regarding the distribution.
After that you can then put back the backup file with (cp
to leave the backup, change it to mv
to also remove the backup)...
sudo cp /etc/lsb-release.backup /etc/lsb-release
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Instructions for 32 bit systems:
$ wget --no-check-certificate https://download.01.org/gfx/RPM-GPG-KEY-ilg -O - | sudo apt-key add -
$ sudo apt-get update
$ wget
https://download.01.org/gfx/ubuntu/14.04/main/pool/main/i/intel-linux-graphics-installer/intel-linux-graphics-installer_1.0.7-0intel1_i386.deb
$ sudo gdebi intel-linux-graphics-installer_1.0.7-0intel1_i386.deb
Instructions for 64 bit systems:
$ wget --no-check-certificate https://download.01.org/gfx/RPM-GPG-KEY-ilg -O - | sudo apt-key add -
$ sudo apt-get update
$ wget
https://download.01.org/gfx/ubuntu/14.04/main/pool/main/i/intel-linux-graphics-installer/intel-linux-graphics-installer_1.0.7-0intel1_amd64.deb
$ sudo gdebi intel-linux-graphics-installer_1.0.7-0intel1_amd64.deb
To start the Intel Linux Graphics Installer, on both 32 bit and 64 bit Ubuntu systems, open a terminal and type:
$ sudo intel-linux-graphics-installer