"Distribution not supported" when trying to install Intel Graphics Installer in Ubuntu

My Ubuntu version is new, and Intel Graphics Installer doesn't allow me to install the Intel video drivers. It says "Distribution not supported" How can I resolve this problem?

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 as below:

DISTRIB_RELEASE=14.10
DISTRIB_CODENAME=utopic

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