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Software Center is not opening since I installed "Ice" software (used in Peppermint OS) from ppa:kendalltweaver/peppermint and i keep getting this error -

  $ software-center
    ERROR:root:DebFileApplication import
    Traceback (most recent call last):
      File "/usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/db/__init__.py", line 3, in <module>
        from debfile import DebFileApplication
      File "/usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/db/debfile.py", line 25, in <module>
        from softwarecenter.db.application import Application, AppDetails
      File "/usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/db/application.py", line 28, in <module>
        from softwarecenter.backend.channel import is_channel_available
      File "/usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/backend/channel.py", line 25, in <module>
        from softwarecenter.distro import get_distro
      File "/usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/distro/__init__.py", line 194, in <module>
        distro_instance = _get_distro()
      File "/usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/distro/__init__.py", line 169, in _get_distro
        module = __import__(distro_id, globals(), locals(), [], -1)
    ImportError: No module named Peppermint
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    The PPA says "Prism has since been deprecated and a new application called Ice was developed to give similar functionality to Chromium specifically for LXDE. Peppermint uses the LXDE desktop environment" Are you using LXDE? Are you using Lubuntu? If not, you would probably be better to remove the PPA from your sources list.
    – user4815
    Jun 6, 2012 at 14:00
  • i use unity, so i removed and rebooted, but still not working!
    – darkapex
    Jun 6, 2012 at 15:54
  • Connect to the Internet. Open a Terminal. Issue the command: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade ...Does that work or what error messages do you get?
    – user4815
    Jun 6, 2012 at 17:03

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diagnosis

Your error output looks remarkably similar to the linked question below.

In summary - by installing a non-ubuntu repository package you have overwritten the information that software center depends upon to inform it that it is running on ubuntu.

To correct this

Open a terminal window and change the peppermint release information with the defaults for ubuntu

N.B. copy and paste the following:

gksu gedit /etc/*release

and change everything in the file gedit brings up to:

for 11.10

DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=11.10
DISTRIB_CODENAME=Oneric
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 11.10"

for 12.04

DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=12.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=precise
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 12.04 LTS"

Save and close the file. Then copy and paste in a terminal:

gksu gedit /etc/*issue

and change to:

11.10

Ubuntu 11.10 \n \l

12.04

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS \n \l

Save and close.

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