How to install ubuntu software center on linux mint 16 cinnamon?

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  [Prototype]

  distro_instance = _get_distro()
  File "/usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/distro/__init__.py", line 179, in _get_distro
  module = __import__(distro_module_name, globals(), locals(), [], -1)
  ImportError: No module named linuxmint 

  There's the problem. The installer script is trying to recognize your distro. Your system returned "linuxmint" which the installer script doesn't support.
  
  I am not aware if there's any exact alternative to this problem, however, as a general approach, I would find if there are any supported distro in the installer which are pretty similar to the mint. Then, edit the script where it's calling _get_distro and replace it constant value of that similar distro. So for eg. if script have something like tails distro is supported, I would edit it so that it looks
  

  distro_instance = "tails"

  This will continue the installation assuming the distro to be tails.
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  Abhishek Rawal

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  All you have to do is : 1) rename ubuntu.py script with LinuxMint.py
  2) edit the line which is giving error with LinuxMint in the py script
  3) gksu gedit /etc/*release it should contain distrib id & codename of ubuntu only, don't change it to Linux mint's.
  4) gksu gedit /etc/*issue it should be like 'Ubuntu 13.10 \n \l' since you're using Petra.
  5) update xapian-apt
  6) try reinstalling.
  
  It will work.
  BTW why you want Ubuntu software center in Petra when Mint have their own app center ? 😨