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I cant download anything from Ubuntu software center, it hangs on updating cache then its telling me "failed to download repository information". Linux I understand suppose to be a straight forward OS with no hiccups, but lately its been giving me headaches and I just only installed it 5 days ago. I looked up similar problems but nothing comes close to fixing it. Any suggestions or fixes ?

user287591
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  • What Ubuntu version are you using? Can you copy the content of the file /etc/apt/source.list? – Dremor Jun 02 '14 at 07:01

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Press CTRL+ALT+T simultaneously to enter a terminal.

To uninstall Software Center:

sudo apt-get remove software-center

Followed by:

sudo apt-get autoremove software-center

To re-install Software Center:

sudo apt-get update

Followed by:

sudo apt-get install software-center

Found this answer here.

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  • after trying the last bit "Sudo apt-get install software-center" i got this message on terminal "package 'software-center' has no installation candidate – user287591 Jun 03 '14 at 05:13
  • Post the result of sudo software-center in your question pleas. – Korkel Jun 03 '14 at 06:59