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whenever trying to install sofware center by the command

sudo apt-get install software-center

it is saying

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Package software-center is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source

E: Package 'software-center' has no installation candidate

plz help

αғsнιη
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Vivek Dutta Roy
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    possible duplicate of [What does Package has no installation candidate mean?](http://askubuntu.com/questions/14685/what-does-package-package-has-no-installation-candidate-mean) – αғsнιη Sep 18 '14 at 05:50

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It obviously means that the packge "software-center" could not be found. This may have many reasons.

  1. Check the file /etc/apt/sources.list to see whether it contains a line like this:

    deb http://*.archive.ubuntu.com/ .... Where the * may have been replaced by a subdomain (like de., fr., etc.) or also can be omnitted. If the line begins with a hash sign (#), remove that hash sign. Do not remove hash sign before text comments.

  2. Update your repository index by using sudo apt-get update first, then try again.
  3. If it fails, please post your file /etc/apt/sources.list.
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