The Ubuntu Software Center gives you instant access to thousands of open-source and carefully selected free applications.
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What is the file path for the Ubuntu Software Centre executable?
What is the file path for the Ubuntu Software Centre executable? usr/bin/ maybe?
Also what is the file name?
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I get this message when I try to install software in the Software Center Ubuntu 12.10. No fixes I saw here helped
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'}):
...
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Cant open software center
When i try to open sofware center i get this message and wont open, can you please help me to find the error?
jdash@ubuntu:~$ software-center
2013-01-22 18:38:08,149 - softwarecenter.ui.gtk3.app - ...
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Installing Ubuntu in a Virtual Machine
I was triyng to install Ubunto on a Virtual Machine, i was downloaded the 64Bits version and it was all good until this appears "this kernel requires an x86-64 CPU, but only detects an i686 CPU. ...
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Problem in upgrading and opening software center [duplicate]
I am runing Ubuntu 12.04. I cannot open Ubuntu Software Center and cannot upgrade anything. When I tried to upgrade using terminal with following lines:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
My ...
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Is there any way to run doom on ubuntu? [closed]
I want to run doom on my elementary OS (ubuntu derivative), any ideas on how could i do it?
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Software center requires qt4, I have qt 5 [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Why does Software Center report qt4 as unmet dependency, when I already have qt5 installed?
i have installed qtspim which depends upon qt4. I have already installed qt5 ...
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Software Center installation stalled
I'm trying to download the MATLAB program through the software center on Ubuntu 12.04. The installation has stalled half way through (in the applying changes phase), but I can't cancel it. I've ...
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how clear/clean unneeded files or cache for my customized distro
Can you help me to find out how do I clear the Cache files or unnecessary or lib that can be updated on new ubuntu install
i used "ubuntu 12.10"
this my top size file/folder list:
4380MiB /usr
...
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Ubuntu 12.10 Software Center not installing anything
I am able to install applications with sudo apt-get install <packagename> and sudo dpkg -i <packagename> through the terminal, but not with Ubuntu's Software Center.
When I try to install ...
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How can I get a list of all apps in the Ubuntu Software Center?
I´am playing with Software Center's API, after seeing this post on askubuntu.
My question is: how can I get a list of all Ubuntu Software Center's apps?
From the other question I get this endpoint ...
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Update manager shows errors and software center can only be opened through terminal with some errors in terminal [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to install software or upgrade from old unsupported release?
Whenever I open update manager it shows the following error:
And when I click on software-center it ...
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Is Synaptic better than the Software Center?
Please forgive me for this novice question.
Most old experienced users of Ubuntu says that Synaptic Package Manager is the best way of installing software on the Ubuntu systems.
Is it because the ...
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1answer
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How to add in-app advertising?
I'd like to code something cool for the ubuntu software center.
I'll release my app for free, but I'd like to add some in-app advertising.
Is it possible ? how can I do that ? is it hard ?
Thanks to ...
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1answer
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Ubuntu software center not showing installed applications
Ubuntu software center not showing installed applications after an auto-system update. only a white screen shows up. Also,applications which were installed before the update are not showing as ...
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Remove Ubuntu Software Center?
I have a pretty slow computer, and every time I open Ubuntu Software Center, the entire computer slows down, and 97% of the time, it hangs.
So, I was wondering whether you can uninstall Ubuntu ...
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Downloading a previously purchased app with Ubuntu Software Center
Fresh install of Ubuntu 12.10 but I want to claim a purchase of Minecraft that I bought with the old install using Ubuntu Software Center. Don't see an intuitive way of downloading your purchased ...
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Software center states “The package is of bad quality” - what does it mean? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
What is a “bad quality” package?
I'm trying to author a .deb package, and with the one I have now, when I install it on Ubuntu 12.10 I get the next error:
The package ...
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How do I find the maintenance status of programs in the Software Center?
How do I find out if a particular program in the "Software Center" is still being maintained?
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Why does Software Center not start and Updates fail?
Software centre doesn't even open. When I want to Update software i get these errors:
An unresolvable problem occurred while initializing the package information.
Could not initialize the package ...
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can't install anything from software center nor the terminal
Every time I try to install / upgrade an application or a package, it fails.
In the terminal this message shows up at the end:
(Reading database ... 70%dpkg: unrecoverable fatal error, aborting:
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1answer
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is there a way to convert old Unix Scribe documents?
Under Unix there was a typesetting utility called 'Scribe' that would produce typesetting for documents. I have an old file from this that I need to update to some readable format. I can run any Linux ...
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ScreenCloud: Dependency is not satisfiable - libc6
I have a question about installation of the Screencloud application (http://screencloud.net/) into Ubuntu 11.04.
But, by default, most early available version of Ubuntu is 11.10.
That's why was ...
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Software center not launching
At 12.04 I launched software center from the launch pad, it came up but immediately hung up (grey screen). I sudo uninstalled / installed it, never even launched again. Today I upgraded to 12.10 but ...
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Software Center shows an error message upon software installation
I am a newbie to linux please bear that in mind when responding.
I use Ubuntu 10.10 and I get the following error message when I try to install new software from Software Center:
Failed to download ...
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Software Center Internal Error - Astrill VPN install
Just installed Ubuntu 12.10 today. Downloaded the "astrill-setup-linux.deb" file from the Astrill VPN website after being directed there by tech support. Go to open it and get an "Internal Error" ...
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Ubuntu “lightweight” backup solution [duplicate]
What I love on iOS is, system always backs up following things:
Applications that you installed (not app itself but link to appstore)
Apps' configuration files and saved data
Whole system ...
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Why can't I get all reviews for this app in the Ubuntu Software Center using the JSON API?
I have a question after reading this: Is there any web API for Software Center available?
I am trying to understand the Ubuntu Software Center's JSON endpoints.
This JSON lists all the apps ...
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software center update failed horribly [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I fix a “Problem with MergeList” error when trying to do an update?
I was getting a lot of unmet dependencies messages when trying to download from software ...
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1answer
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Google Chrome is installed but Ubuntu Software Centre says it's not
Ubuntu 12.04.
When I was on Ubuntu 11.10 and 11.04, Google Chrome was available to download from the Software Centre. Now I'm on 12.04 and the Software Centre is saying Chrome is NOT downloaded and ...
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How do I fix a “Previous installation hasn't been completed.” error in Software Center?
Ubuntu Software Center crashes whenever I try to install something. It shows the following error:
Previous installation hasn't been completed.
The installation could have failed because of an ...
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1answer
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Ubuntu 12.04 with stable nvidia drivers is causing system to become unresponsive and screen to start flickering
Installed Ubuntu 10.04 LTS and then upgraded to 12.04 LTS and then installed the nvidia drivers (stable) and then ran Ubuntu Software Center to install Qt Creator causing system to become unresponsive ...
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Software Center blank screen: gnome keyring problem?
Software Center opens to a blank, grey screen and has to be shut down using the 'not responding' dialogue. Opening software-center using terminal leads to the following error:
WARNING: ...
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Is there a greeting card maker? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
What is a good card creating application?
Is there any software for creating great Greeting Cards in Ubuntu? Maybe the question has been asked before, but I didn't find ...
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Ubuntu Software Center takes about five minutes to load. Can I make it load faster?
The problem is with Software Center. It takes about 8-9 minutes to open and this seems very slow to me. How can I make Software Center start up faster?
My PC:
RAM: 512MB
CPU: Intel Celeron 2.27Ghz
...
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How can I fix errors relating to the launch of the Software Center?
My Ubuntu Software Center is will not launch. I have read several related question and I have tried various suggestions from Ask Ubuntu including this question, but all attempts return the same error ...
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If I buy World of Goo in software center can I install it on my 2 ubuntu machines?
Considering buying World of Goo from Ubuntu Software Center, but not sure what happens after that. All my computers use the same Ubuntu SSO account - does this mean I can install it on more than one ...
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Packaging system broken due to missing `/var/lib/dpkg/available` file [closed]
When I want to install a program, I'm unable to.
For example:
pooya@pooya:~$ sudo apt-get install vlc
debconf: apt-extracttemplates failed: No such file or directory
Extracting templates from ...
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Software Center requires libkonq5-templates package
Whenever I open software center it crashes with below error. I am running Ubuntu 12.10.
E: The package libkonq5-templates needs to be reinstalled
But I can't find an archive for it.
Could you ...
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Copying installed software from ubuntu 12.04 to ubuntu 12.04 CD [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to backup programs to DVD
I have downloaded some software via the Ubuntu Software Center and I would like to copy this software to an ubuntu CD. Is that possible? If ...
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I am out of space and I need to change software center installation path to USB
I have a eeepc 701, quite old. I also have an extra memory with 4gb and and USB with 16 gb, but my eeepc harddrive is only 4gp with less than 200 megabytes left to use. And I wont be able to install ...
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How to put app in “What's new” section in Software Center
as the title says, I want to know how to put my new commercial app in "What's new" section in Software Center. I published it 2 weeks ago and I still can't see it in "What's new" section. So do I to ...
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Ubuntu Software Center is not installing any application
Well Im trying to install FileZilla and other applications like Putty but USC is not installing the applications.
And it displays this message.
Requires installation of untrusted packages
The ...
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1answer
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At the time of Gnome desktop installation ubuntu software center removed, unable to install anymore
At the time of Gnome desktop installation, it has removed all the dependencies of sso login python and ubuntu software center.
I've tried to rebuilt them using sudo apt-get update, sudo apt-get ...
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Problems with Atom Zombie Smasher's dependencies
I tried to install the game Atom Zombie Smasher from the Ubuntu Software Center, but when trying to install an error appear: "Package dependencies can not be resolved". The text is:
The following ...
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I can't submit reviews/ratings in Software Center
If I try and submit a review it keeps loading quite some time with the message "Bewertung wird übertragen", which means "Rating is being submitted" in German.
For example I tried to review Easystroke, ...
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Unable to Login to ubuntu after installation of Gnome desktop
After installation of gnome desktop on my Ubuntu 12.04LTS, i'm unable to log in to my administrator account. Please note that using guest account I've removed gnome desktop and killed gnome session ...
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I can't install programs in ubuntu 10.10 [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to install software or upgrade from old unsupported release?
I had to reinstall Ubuntu 10.10.
Now i can not install programs (flash, chromium...)
The computer ...
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Update manager and Software Center crush [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I fix this “E:Type ‘*’ is not known on line * in source list …” update error?
After trying to install notifyOSD with this code:
sudo add-apt-repository ...
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Recommendations from Software Center are just odd (or for default and installed apps)
The automatic in-app recommendations I get in the Ubuntu Software Center are just plain odd. I have only installed one game (OpenTTD) and the rest of the applications that I have installed are purely ...
