I am new to Ubuntu and have tried using the Ubuntu Software Center.
It shows up but once it opens it doesn't respond.
Can you help me figure out how to reset this application (Ubuntu Software Center)? Thanks!
Open a terminal and type:
xkill
Your cursor will turn into an "X" and click on the window that is frozen. It will force kill it.
After which you should run an update to see if there are any new versions of the software.
sudo apt-get update
Hope this helps!
Run this command in terminal. It will re-install the software-center and reset your settings.
sudo apt-get install --reinstall software-center
But for reconfigure a program you can use:
sudo dpkg-reconfigure software-center --force
To be honest, I'm not sure why anyone new to Ubuntu would be using an unstable development version. There are and will be issues peculiar to 13.04 that the dev team and others are working to resolve, before it's official release date. This might be one of them.
My suggestion would be to wipe 13.04 and install the 12.04LTS version. This will give you the most stable version of Ubuntu, and the version that will be supported for the longest time. It'll also be the best way to learn about Ubuntu & Linux in general. Re-installing is a bit of a drag I know, but for you as a noob it would be well worth the effort. :-)
~/.cache/software-center
and~/.config/software-center
and then reinstallingsoftware-centre
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