I get this message when I try to install software in the Software Center Ubuntu 12.10. No fixes I saw here helped

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Software can't be installed or removed because the authentication service is not available. (org.freedesktop.PolicyKit.Error.Failed: ('system-bus-name', {'name': ':1.168'}): org.debian.apt.install-or-remove-packages

I think it would help pointing to the fixes that didn't help. — Jorge Suárez de Lis, Jan 22 '13 at 21:28

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 22 '13 at 21:26

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Please make sure you have aptdaemon installed properly by running on a terminal:

sudo apt-get install --reinstall aptdaemon aptdaemon-data

After this, please try again. This is just a guessing, though.

answered Jan 22 '13 at 21:26

Jorge Suárez de Lis

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score 0 · Answer 2 · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:24

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Please check that your proxy settings are what they should be. I had this issue because my proxy config was wrong.

See my answer to a similar question.

edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:24

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answered Mar 25 '13 at 13:08

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I get this message when I try to install software in the Software Center Ubuntu 12.10. No fixes I saw here helped

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