It says some directory and some user already exist, so exiting. I would try getting rid of the directory and the user, try apt-get remove, apt-get install again.
I confess I have never used a linux desktop program. I'm just a command line user. I tried installing software-center here on my ubuntu 12.10 system. apt-get install software-center. It went on a long time. Gosh, it installed a lot of stuff. Anyway, it went to completion. So it "oughta" work there. Here's the tail end, with one line I wrapped by hand to fit better on this forum:
Code:
Setting up software-properties-common (0.92.9) ...
Setting up python3-aptdaemon.gtk3widgets (0.45+bzr861-0ubuntu9.1.2) ...
Setting up libcanberra-gtk3-module:i386 (0.29-0ubuntu2) ...
Setting up python3-aptdaemon.pkcompat (0.45+bzr861-0ubuntu9.1.2) ...
Setting up sessioninstaller (0.20+bzr131-0ubuntu2) ...
update-alternatives: using /usr/bin/gst-install to provide
/usr/bin/gstreamer-codec-install (gstreamer-codec-install) in auto mode
Processing triggers for ureadahead ...
Setting up ubuntu-drivers-common (1:0.2.71.1) ...
Processing triggers for ureadahead ...
Setting up software-properties-gtk (0.92.9) ...
Setting up humanity-icon-theme (0.6.1) ...
Setting up gnome-icon-theme (3.6.0-0ubuntu2) ...
Setting up software-center (5.4.1.4) ...
Updating software catalog...this may take a moment.
INFO:softwarecenter.db.pkginfo_impl.aptcache:aptcache.open()
Software catalog update was successful.
Setting up ubuntu-release-upgrader-gtk (1:0.190.6) ...
Setting up update-notifier (0.126) ...
Setting up update-manager (1:0.174.4) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin ...
ldconfig deferred processing now taking place
Not sure what else to suggest, except try deleting or changing whatever it's complaining about. Normally, apt-get is very good, as you probably know. But I guess every now and then it can get confused.
But I can see how it might be nice to have a GUI front end. But if it just won't go, you might try aptitude. It's a kind of text-based interface for browsing through packages and installing them. I don't use it. I normally just look around the debian package lists to find something I might want.
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I recently bought a new HP Spectre x360 laptop and installed Linux (Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 64 bit) for the first time.
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I am seeing various bugs. I don't know if the problems are due to:
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LEARN ABOUT DEBIAN
apt
apt(8) System Manager's Manual apt(8)NAME
apt - Advanced Package Tool
SYNOPSIS
apt
DESCRIPTION
APT is a management system for software packages. For normal day to day package management there are several frontends available, such as
aptitude(8) for the command line or synaptic(8) for the X Window System. Some options are only implemented in apt-get(8) though.
SEE ALSO apt-cache(8), apt-get(8), apt.conf(5), sources.list(5), apt_preferences(5), apt-secure(8)DIAGNOSTICS
apt returns zero on normal operation, decimal 100 on error.
BUGS
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See <http://bugs.debian.org/apt>. If you wish to report a bug in apt, please see /usr/share/doc/debian/bug-reporting.txt or the report-
bug(1) command.
AUTHOR
apt was written by the APT team <apt@packages.debian.org>.
Debian 16 June 1998 apt(8)
04-03-2013
I'm just a command line user. I tried installing software-center here on my ubuntu 12.10 system. apt-get install software-center. It went on a long time. Gosh, it installed a lot of stuff. Anyway, it went to completion. So it "oughta" work there. Here's the tail end, with one line I wrapped by hand to fit better on this forum: