I was having exactly the same problem: Installing Restricted Extras, Ubuntu 12.04, HP Pavillion 6000, 64-bit.
The Ubuntu Software Center froze at about 70% of Restricted Extras. I was researching workarounds, found this page, had decided to go back and use synaptic, and before I could kill the in-progress install....it kicked in suddenly and finished. I did not time it but I'm pretty sure it was well over 10 minutes; and I just clocked my internet down-link speed at 5.9 Mbps. I am wondering if perhaps there is some hangup at the server dishing up the Restricted Extras to Ubuntu Software Center?! I have no way of knowing if the source had been completely downloaded or my machine was waiting on more data. If Synapse is grabbing Restricted Extras from a different server that might be an explanation for why it works better. At any rate, I did experience this stick, but then it finished installing; and the Ubuntu 12.04 was a totally fresh install on a newly formatted partition this afternoon (Restricted Extras was the second new thing I installed after Chrome) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/995646 Title: software centre installation freezes while trying to install ubuntu restricted extras To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-center/+bug/995646/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
