10.04 - Software Centre not Working

[Quarkrad]

I have a desktop and a wireless laptop both with a clean install of 10.04. Everything is great except the Software Centre, on both machines, does not download anything - is this common?

[aeiah]

ive never used the software center, but perhaps its a firewall problem or some such thing, or maybe its just buggy. try launching it from a terminal, it'll tell you if there are any errors. open a terminal and issue:

sudo software-center

to download programs, i prefer synaptic. if you haven't got synaptic installed you can install if from the command line with

sudo apt-get install synaptic

its located in your administration menu

[Quarkrad]

Thank you. I launched it via the terminal and was able to download/install an app. Then I launched it via Applications/etc ... It launched itself but as before, was unable to download anything. This is out I got fromterminal when I launched it:

dad@dadubuntu:~$ sudo software-center
[sudo] password for dad:
/usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/apt/aptcache.py:40: GtkWarning: gtk_container_add: assertion `GTK_IS_CONTAINER (container)' failed
gtk.main_iteration()
/usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/view/catview.py:104: GtkWarning: gtk_container_add: assertion `GTK_IS_CONTAINER (container)' failed
gtk.main_iteration()
/usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/view/appview.py:737: DeprecationWarning: integer argument expected, got float
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/usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/view/appview.py:137: GtkWarning: gtk_container_add: assertion `GTK_IS_CONTAINER (container)' failed
gtk.main_iteration()

[Quarkrad]

bump

[jrg3]

A normal Ubuntu Software Center session should go like this:

Ubuntu Software Center presents many different software package choices. If you click on a package, you should see two buttons: "More Info" and "Install".

If you click on "More Info" it should provide you with a nice description of the package and maybe a screenshot or two of it in use.

If you click on "install", a sudo prompt should appear asking for your password. [This is where it sounds like you might be having a problem.] Type it in, press enter, and it should start installing.

Am I correct in assuming you aren't being prompted for a password?

[Quarkrad]

Yes - I am not asked for a password. My set up is such that I'm asked for my password during the boot process - I enter my password and boot to my Desktop. In Software Centre if I hit install it greys out and stays greyed out. If I hit more info I get a new page with the more info but if I hit install it greys out and nothing happens.