Thanks for your bugreport. Could you please attach the file /var/log/syslog ? This should include some debug logs from "aptdaemon". Could you also please try again and see if that problem is reproducableß
** Changed in: software-center (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to software-center in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/961552 Title: Software Center fails to install software Status in “software-center” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: Trying to install a new version of Virtualbox and the 'wait' icon just goes round and round! 10 minutes so far. I'm running 11.10. I expect it to install the package. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 Package: software-center 5.0.4 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-16.29-generic 3.0.20 Uname: Linux 3.0.0-16-generic i686 ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4 Architecture: i386 Date: Wed Mar 21 19:36:01 2012 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100429) PackageArchitecture: all SourcePackage: software-center UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-10-15 (158 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-center/+bug/961552/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp