[Ubuntu] Install Intel Graphics Installer ver 1.0.7 in 14.10.

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