Software can't be installed or removed because the authentication service is not available. (org.freedesktop.PolicyKit.Error.Failed: ('system-bus-name', {'name': ':1.168'}): org.debian.apt.install-or-remove-packages
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chritohnide
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1I think it would help pointing to the fixes that didn't help. – Jorge Suárez de Lis Jan 22 '13 at 21:28
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Please make sure you have aptdaemon installed properly by running on a terminal:
sudo apt-get install --reinstall aptdaemon aptdaemon-data
After this, please try again. This is just a guessing, though.
Jorge Suárez de Lis
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Please check that your proxy settings are what they should be. I had this issue because my proxy config was wrong.
See my answer to a similar question.
chritohnide
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