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unable to insatll any thing from ubuntu software center

Asked by abdullah amjd

when i try to install any software from Ubuntu software center the following error comes
The action would require the installation of packages from not authenticated sources.

and when i install update from update manger the following error comes
The action would require the installation of packages from not authenticated sources.
and i am using Ubuntu 10.10

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: software-center 2.1.5
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-32.68-generic 2.6.35.14
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-32-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Mon Jan 14 10:33:03 2013
DistributionChannelDescriptor:
 # This is a distribution channel descriptor
 # For more information see http://wiki.ubuntu.com/DistributionChannelDescriptor
 canonical-oem-dell-maverick-une-20101010-0
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick" - Build i386 LIVE Binary 20101010-01:50
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_US:en
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: software-center

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

Maverick is EOL, there are no more packages and no more support. I recommend a clean install of Precise (Ubuntu 12.04) which gives support til April 2017.

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Best Warren Hill (warren-hill) said : 		#2

Download for Ubuntu 12.04 is available here: http://releases.ubuntu.com/precise/

Depending on your machine you may want to consider Xubuntu instead of Ubuntu. It uses the lighter weight XFCE desktop so will run faster on older machines.

Xubuntu 12.04 is also an LTS (long term support) release and is supported till April 2014.

Download available here: http://xubuntu.org/news/12-04-release/

The Unity user interface is more resource hungry than the one used in 10.10 so may be too slow on older machines.

In either case ActionParsnip. Ubuntu 10.10 is not supported anymore so you will not be able to update it and unless you really want the latest features its best to stick with LTS releases as they are better tested and supported for longer.

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abdullah amjd (massidreamz) said : 		#3

Thanks Warren Hill, that solved my question.