s-c can't install pkg without network-manager, n-m not a dep

[Kyle Nitzsche]

software-center 5.2.5.

12.04 system (vm), but with Install-Recommends disabled. network-manager is not installed, but there is network (pings succeed.)

Problem: cannot install any software from s-c GUI. After browsing to software I want to install, and then clicking the "Install" button, nothing happens in the GUI.

Errors reported on the CLI show a NetworkManager Dbus service is not found:

2012-09-13 08:26:31,645 - root - WARNING - failed to init network state watcher 'org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name org.freedesktop.NetworkManager was not provided by any .service files'

After installing network-manager and rebooting, problem is resolved and one can install pkgs from software-center.

Possible fix: make some network-manager pkg either a depend or a recommend of software-center.