Okay so I recently had some problems with ubuntu software centre where if I opened it from the dashboard it would open up, but only display a white screen. Nothing happened, so if I then clicked the 'x', it would ask me if i would like to force close the non responding software centre.
To get round this I've been opening the software centre via terminal which seems to let it work fine.
But i needed it working normally and after lots of attempts I couldn't figure it out so decided to just un-install and reinstall it.
Un-install worked fine, but now for the reinstall. When i type into terminal
sudo apt-get install software-center I get this back;
Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Package software-center is not available, but is referred to by another package. This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or is only available from another source E: Package 'software-center' has no installation candidate any ideas? Thanks :)
Ubuntu 12.04
33 Answers
You need to type
sudo apt install gnome-software to install software center.
Like @dobey said, you should give the command sudo apt-get update a whirl. You may have a problem with your apt-cache and as such, you will have problems installing things.
Run the command sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade. This will check for any and all updates/upgrades, hopefully fixing your system.
Once this runs, try running @sebastian_k's answer, sudo apt-get install software-center*. This will get/install anything and everything that Ubuntu Software Center needs to run.
Make sure you have the repository link. From: Main Menu: System > Administration > Software Sources. Make sure that the Main repository is selected.
You can get a PPA with: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:software-store-developers/daily-build or sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntuone/nightlies
It's generally recommended to just download the source code
You can get it from:
Or directly from:
Or you can get it in Synaptic.
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