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For some unknown reasons Install button is disabled in Software Center and therefore I am unable to install any software from Software Center. But it is possible to install software using command apt-get install package_name.

I have Internet connection through 3G modem but I think Software Center doesn't have internet because it shows a notification saying 'No network connection' (Sin conexión de red).

In the screenshot below you can see the problem I have described:

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When I run it from terminal with software-center command it outputs following messages:

2011-12-28 22:31:30,618 - softwarecenter.ui.gtk3.em - INFO - EM's: 17 15 21
2011-12-28 22:31:31,028 - softwarecenter.backend.reviews - WARNING - Could not get usefulness from server, no username in config file
2011-12-28 22:31:31,102 - softwarecenter.ui.gtk3.utils - INFO - Softwarecenter style provider for ambiance Gtk theme: /usr/share/software-center/ui/gtk3/css/softwarecenter.css
2011-12-28 22:31:32,513 - softwarecenter.ui.gtk3.app - INFO - software-center-agent finished with status 0
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  • Can you run the software-center from the command line and tell us of any output?.
    – Javier Rivera
    Dec 27, 2011 at 8:19
  • @JavierRivera. Thnx for trying to help me. I have added what you had asked in the question part under "EDIT 1" section. Anything else pls let me know.
    – Bakhtiyor
    Dec 28, 2011 at 17:36
  • Sorry, I can find nothing useful on that output.
    – Javier Rivera
    Dec 29, 2011 at 9:39
  • @Bakhtiyor - please can you post the contents of /etc/hosts and /etc/hostname ?
    – fossfreedom ♦
    Dec 29, 2011 at 13:07
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    This question should instead be filed as a bug report, and as such is off-topic, thanks! Instructions on filing a bug report are here.
    – coversnail
    May 25, 2012 at 15:31

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I've also had csome problems. Re-installing software center can't fix it.

You have an alternate solution. Just look at the top left of this picture https://i.stack.imgur.com/YrBy5.png and you will get it.

You can't click the install button because it seems inactive/disabled, so just go to the top left and find file -> install. I hope this will help you.

screenshot-menu-install

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  • I thought this bug is fixed in 12.04 :( ,I am having same issue So I am using above method
    – Tachyons
    Apr 27, 2012 at 13:39
  • Running the Software Center using 'Alt+F2' and typing gksu software-center to run the software center and the above solution worked for me. (source)
    – Mayeenul Islam
    Sep 2, 2016 at 6:24

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