Ubuntu Software Center not working; says the package catalog needs repair

Question

When I want to install anything in Ubuntu Software Center I get this message :

software center error

When I click on repair and enter the password, the process starts and stops. Software Center is up again but the problem remains the same. — Aleksandar Anđelković, Oct 07 '11 at 18:46
sudo update

/etc/sudoers.d/sudoers: too many levels of includes near line 25 <<<

sudo: parse error in /etc/sudoers.d/sudoers near line 25 sudo: no valid sudoers sources found, quitting — Aleksandar Anđelković, Oct 07 '11 at 18:47
The output is too long. Where to copy it and leave you a link? — Aleksandar Anđelković, Oct 07 '11 at 19:31
When I try to install over synaptic package manager, I get this message http://pastebin.com/q5D5zae4 — Aleksandar Anđelković, Oct 08 '11 at 12:00

score 4 · Answer 1 · edited Nov 13 '11 at 06:26

Try

sudo apt-get update

to update your package list. Then

sudo apt-get autoclean

to clean up any partial packages. Then

sudo apt-get clean

to clean up the apt cache.

sudo apt-get autoremove

will clean up any unneeded dependencies. If while doing this you can identify the broken package this code will very forcefully remove it.

sudo dpkg --remove -force --force-remove-reinstreq package name

Change package name to the real name of course.

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