I've been having a few issues with Ubuntu Software Center and need to do a complete reinstall of it. I tried "sudo apt-get purge software-center" but that said it would remove the Ubuntu desktp. So how can I completely remove it (config files and everything) then reinstall it?
Thanks!
ubuntu-desktop is a meta-package. Removing it will not actually make your desktop inoperable.
Your method is correct, though I use explicit flags when I remove:
sudo apt-get remove --purge software-center
This will remove config files as well as the package. To install it again:
sudo apt-get install software-center
You could also add ubuntu-desktop to that command after the software-center package, if you want to be sure you are still tracking it.
To remove a package without the dependencies use dpkg
sudo dpkg -P <package> --force-depends
Then you can re-install it with apt-get
