Saturday, March 1, 2014

Install Intel Linux Graphics Installer on Mint 16

The Intel Linux Graphics Installer won't install on Mint 16 due to "unsupported distro".  To trick it into installing anyway, replace /etc/lsb-release with the version from Ubuntu 13.10.

Backup your /etc/lsb-release file, then replace with:

DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=13.10
DISTRIB_CODENAME=saucy
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 13.10"

Run sudo intel-linux-graphics-installer and it should install correctly and update your packages. Once it's finished, replace /etc/lsb-release with your backup copy.

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