I am a new user of Ubuntu and I use Ubuntu 16.04 LTS version. My problem is that I can not open software center. It can open before. After updating and installing some applications, can't open the software center.
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I was also facing this same problem; I followed these steps to fixed it:-
To uninstall Software Center:
sudo apt-get remove software-center
sudo apt-get autoremove software-center
To re-install Software Center:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install software-center
Thank you Mohamed Slama for askubuntu.com/a/133473/464430
Kuntal K. Basu
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Rename or remove the ~/.local/share/gnome-software. In the steps below it's removed and will be recreated when you start gnome-software. It currently has a list of what has been installed.
The first line will ensure the locked up instances are removed from memory. It might not be necessary.
$ killall gnome-software
$ rm -r ~/.local/share/gnome-software
Then it should enable to open software-center from dash or with gnome-software from terminal.
Ref: here
pranphy
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Similar problem happened to me after I installed 16.04.1 LTS and updated software with Software Updater in it. When I tried to install new software from *.deb file, the Ubuntu Software opened and then exited quickly. I found the answer here. Actually I just tried to
sudo apt-get update
in terminal. Then Ubuntu Software worked. I don't know why.
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Try to install the candidate version. It worked for me.
First, remove the snap-store. It also removes your Software Center.
snap remove snap-store
then install the candidate version
snap install snap-store --candidate
or, you can use another alternative, Gnome Software
sudo apt install gnome-software
Andhi Irawan
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Maybe the software center is not installed. Try to install it manually:
sudo apt install software-center
Thomas W.
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