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The button in Software Center→Edit→Software sources... is disabled.

Is there another way to reach it or simple enable the button? What could be causing it?

If I know I can fix it myself and avoid happening again. Thanks!

user.dz
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I figured everything out.

For some reason, my System Settings process was called gnome-control-center. Since it seemed buggy, I removed it:

sudo apt-get remove --purge gnome-control-center

... expecting to then reinstall it to see if it would behave better.

After the uninstall I tried to access it from the top right system button and guess what... It DID show up with all the configuration buttons!

I have two guesses:

  1. The distro upgrader changed the System Settings program but didn't update the name entry for the menu, because the package was there the whole time;

OR

  1. At some forgotten point I installed gnome packages and screwed up Ubuntu's evolution. Then the distro upgrader didn't recognize it or or opted out to leave my choice of using a gnome tool instead of, maybe, "unity control center"?

Anyway. There is the info for anyone crossing this issue. I have seen other people in the same situation around the web. I hope this helps someone.

Editor's Addition (by Anwar)

It's the installation of gnome packages and not removing them cleanly. gnome-control-center is GNOME3 sessions part and not meant to be used in Unity.

Zanna
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Is there another way to reach it ... ?

I think you can directly access it through Software & Updates either from the dashboard or from the System Settings panel (in the shutdown button).

Now for the second part of the problem:

Try reinstalling ubuntu-desktop as proposed here

Zanna
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raph
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In Kubuntu 14.04 use Muon Discover. Just type muon discover in the search field of Kmenu or go to

**Kmenu > applications > system > software center (Muon discover) [with blue icon].

In muon discover choose the "sources" tab at the top of the window. Then click on configure software sources in the top right corner, enter your password, and enjoy!

Zanna
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Hassan Jesmi
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