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joshofalltrades
October 3rd, 2012, 08:23 AM
howdy y'all, i'm new here
i just installed ubuntu 12.04 my on my HP laptop, using a brand new hard drive. now that its running, i try to open the software center and it runs for 2-3 seconds with a "busy" icon in the center of the window, then closes.
any idea how to get this working right? there's some software i need to get running to make this thing work out for me, and i figure i need the software center running for that
thanks in advance

vasa1
October 3rd, 2012, 08:27 AM
Could you share the specs of your laptop?
The Software Center is quite resource-hungry.

Also, what is the output when you run software-center from a terminal?

jerrrys
October 3rd, 2012, 12:15 PM
Hi josh, welcome to the forums :)

You may just need to update your fresh install. Open a terminal (https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UsingTheTerminal#Starting_a_Terminal) and enter:

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade