I get this message when I try to install software in the Software Center Ubuntu 12.10. No fixes I saw here helped

Question

Software can't be installed or removed because the authentication service is not available. (org.freedesktop.PolicyKit.Error.Failed: ('system-bus-name', {'name': ':1.168'}): org.debian.apt.install-or-remove-packages

Answer 1

Please make sure you have aptdaemon installed properly by running on a terminal:

sudo apt-get install --reinstall aptdaemon aptdaemon-data

After this, please try again. This is just a guessing, though.

Answer 2

Please check that your proxy settings are what they should be. I had this issue because my proxy config was wrong.

See my answer to a similar question.