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Just installed the UBUNTU 16.04 LTS. I just noticed that the software center is not working. I did installed the older version of it (sudo apt-get install software-center) but I want the new software center.

How can I install the new version of the software center?

Zanna
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Gabs
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Type the following in the terminal in order to update gnome-software, which should fix the problem:

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade gnome-software

You can also update using the graphical update manager, which will do the same thing.

(The version of gnome-software shipped with Ubuntu had a bug which meant that it sometimes wouldn't start, which was fixed in a update)

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I had the same issue. I looked on the dashboard and had two Ubuntu Software programs installed. Deleted the old one (Ubuntu Software Center). That fixed my problem.

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This issue appeared on clean installation of 16.04, was fixed, and re-appeared. While it is difficult to replicate the issue and to analyze conditions, there was a fortunate remedy.

Using Synaptic Package Manager, go to Menu > Edit > Fix Broken Packages, mark identified packages for fix and upgrade, and let it apply.

Then restart the computer.

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