Software center not found

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

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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 .... Where the * may have been replaced by a subdomain (like de., fr., etc.)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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