Software center gives no information

[Barry Drake]

I'm reporting this as a bug. Usually, I use the terminal to install. On dome deb packages, I get a message 'unknown ..etc. cannot install.' I find that very annoying. I have to use the software center, which fails to install (presumably because of unmet dependencies). But what they are is a mystery. I really would like the terminal to be a lot less picky. Could one of you make a note of that please. If I install something that does damage, I should have to take full responsibility, but in a Linux system, I don't want to be mothered! Thanks. Barry.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: software-properties-gtk 0.96.20
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-21.37-generic 4.4.6
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-21-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Thu Aug 18 15:07:01 2016
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: software-properties
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Barry Drake (b-drake)]

Sorry about the typo. I hope I've made it clear that the software center gives information as to EXACTLY why it fails to install a package.