Failure to install software from Software Center

Question

I have recently installed Ubuntu version 10.10 but I cannot install any software from the Software Center.

Answer 1

Do a few things.

1. make sure you've got an active internet connection.
2. Make sure your internet is plugged in or connected to your system.
3. in terminal, run sudo apt-get update.
4. Tell us if that worked, otherwise tell us the error from the output.

Answer 2

Try running sudo apt-get update in terminal to update your package list