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ubuntu software center not working after two power failures

Asked by rangana

i was working in ubunut 10.04, actually i was installing eclipse using ubuntu software center, i had faced two power faliures,
after that now i can't install any software using software center, when i click the install button it indicates clicked by disabling it but after 1 or 2 seconds it enables again for me to click it, this is the only thing happening, i can't install any software using software center now! :( please help me!

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marcobra (Marco Braida) (marcobra) said : 		#1

open a Terminal from the menu Applications->Accessories->Terminal

**Tip: right click with mouse on the top terminal windows title caption and select the menu item "Always on Top"
doing this you will force the terminal window to stay on top of the other windows and you will find very easy
to copy single row from this web page into the terminal...
Something more about using the terminal https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UsingTheTerminal

Then type or better copy and paste a row a time then press enter:
(Tip: select the single row to copy from this page then right click and select copy then click into the terminal window
and to quick paste click with middle button of mouse )

Copy and paste the rows below, copy and paste one row a time (see the **Tip) then press enter:

sudo dpkg --configure -a
sudo apt-get -f install
sudo apt-get --fix-missing install
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
sudo apt-get clean
sudo apt-get autoremove
sudo apt-get update

give your user password when requested, you don't see nothing when you type it, then press enter.

Hope this helps

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Jonathan Mast (onlineamateur) said : 		#2

Are you still able to install updates via the update manager?

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mimo (eidsecurity) said : 		#3

no

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rangana (rangana-sampath) said : 		#4

no it didn't solve my problem, software center is acting the same way it used to be!

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marcobra (Marco Braida) (marcobra) said : 		#5

Please reinstall software-center from terminal:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get --purge --reinstall install software-center

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rangana (rangana-sampath) said : 		#6

no this didn't work either.... :(

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