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I'm new to Ubuntu, but the Software app will not launch. When I open a terminal window and navigate to: /usr/bin/ubuntu-software .... I do see it's there, but it will not launch. Can anyone please advise what I should do? Thanks!

/usr/bin$ ubuntu-software
(ubuntu-software:5299): Gs-WARNING **: Failed to create permission org.freedesktop.packagekit.trigger-offline-update: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1.Error.Failed: Action org.freedesktop.packagekit.trigger-offline-update is not registered
(ubuntu-software:5299): Gs-WARNING **: Failed to create permission org.freedesktop.packagekit.trigger-offline-update: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1.Error.Failed: Action org.freedesktop.packagekit.trigger-offline-update is not registered
(ubuntu-software:5299): Gs-WARNING **: Failed to create permission org.freedesktop.packagekit.trigger-offline-update: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1.Error.Failed: Action org.freedesktop.packagekit.trigger-offline-update is not registered
(ubuntu-software:5299): Gs-WARNING **: Failed to create permission org.freedesktop.packagekit.trigger-offline-update: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1.Error.Failed: Action org.freedesktop.packagekit.trigger-offline-update is not registered
(ubuntu-software:5299): Gs-WARNING **: Failed to create permission org.freedesktop.packagekit.trigger-offline-update: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1.Error.Failed: Action org.freedesktop.packagekit.trigger-offline-update is not registered
(ubuntu-software:5299): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_dir_read_name: assertion 'dir != NULL' failed
(ubuntu-software:5299): Gtk-WARNING **: Error loading image 'file:///usr/share/gnome-software/featured-gimp.png': Error opening file: Too many open files
(ubuntu-software:5299): GLib-ERROR **: Creating pipes for GWakeup: Too many open files
Trace/breakpoint trap (core dumped)

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited Mar 20 '17 at 10:54

Unfortunately I cannot comment yet due to rep.

Maybe you already found a workaround but this is a reported bug, There is a workaround detailed in post #10:

Download the archive according to your version https://www.rpmfind.net/linux/rpm2html/search.php?query=gnome-software
as an adm remove the original gs-plugins-9
extract the recently downloaded gs-plugins-9 file
as adm move it to the right place (usr/lib/)

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