Add/Remove Software

I do not know what I have done wrong but the machine does nothing at all when I click on add/remove software.
I haven't done anything experimental - just installed stuff according to to the Word of Macles.
Linpus on a 8gb One

 

If you open a terminal and type

Code:

sudo pirut

what happens?

 

That did it, thanks . The only things I have done lately which could have had an effect is to install cups as a prelude to installing TangoGPS,
which coincidentally I have had no luck with and emptying the trash - it is possible that there was something in there that I should not have deleted and is only now making it's present felt.
Is there a way of restoring Package Manager to the menu or will I have to continue running it from the command line?

 

HI

I have suddenly developed the same problem with add/remove software It has worked fine for months and now suddenly does not work

I have tried using the terminal with the coding as suggested :

Code: Select all
sudo pirut

but I only get a bad command error message

Any help would be appreciated - I really am a Linux novice !!!

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Part of that (Code: Select All) is the functionality of this forum: it's a code box, and clicking on 'select all' selects all the code in the box so that you can copy and paste it. If you've actually copied 'Code:select all' into the terminal, you will get an error: you wouldn't be the first!

Instead, copy the *contents* of the code box (sudo pirut) into your terminal and see what happens when you press the 'enter' key.