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Ubuntu Software Center
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<p>Ubuntu Software Center, or simply Software Center, is a discontinued high-level graphical front end for the <a href="/facts/APT_(Package_Manager)/JQ3yu5G7">APT</a>/<a href="/facts/Dpkg/p1CzTSF8">dpkg</a> <a href="/facts/Package_manager/kEX4kx7g">package management system</a>. It is <a href="/facts/Free_and_open-source_software/1cHtjLCB">free software</a> written in <a href="/facts/Python_(programming_language)/YbuGqofa">Python</a>, <a href="/facts/PyGTK/6kJhjDoJ">PyGTK</a>/<a href="/facts/PyGTK/6kJhjDoJ">PyGObject</a> based on <a href="/facts/GTK/oLpVm9pp">GTK</a>. </p><p>The program was created for adding and managing <a href="/facts/Software_repository/TlX4RM8Y">repositories</a>, as well as Ubuntu <a href="/facts/Ubuntu/0WDd7hkb">Personal Package Archives</a> (PPA) and on Ubuntu, the Ubuntu Software Center also allowed users to purchase commercial applications. </p><p>Development was ended in 2015 and in <a href="/facts/Ubuntu_version_history/85JvJ2sj">Ubuntu 16.04 LTS</a>. It was replaced with <a href="/facts/GNOME_Software/M3hmSqoX">GNOME Software</a>. </p>