GNOME Software (aka Ubuntu Software) is the default graphical software manager application in Ubuntu 16.04 and later. In the Launcher and Dash it is called Ubuntu Software and its icon is the same orange shopping basket icon as the Ubuntu Software Center has.
Questions tagged [gnome-software]
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appstreamcli hanging with 100% CPU usage during update
appstreamcli is overheating my laptop by constantly using 100% of a core. My only solution is to kill it. Here's a screenshot of top:
I can kill appstreamcli with either sudo kill pid or sudo killall appstreamcli. But once I do sudo apt update, the…
nazar2sfive
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16.04 Cannot install anything from Ubuntu Software center
Whenever I double click a deb file, it'd be opened in software center. However, when I click "install" button, it'd change to "installing" for a second but then turn back to "install" and nothing happens. It also says "This software comes from a 3rd…
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Ubuntu Software doesn't open in Ubuntu 20.04
If i click on Ubuntu Software, it doesn't open. I have a fresh install of Ubuntu 20.04. I tried try to upgrade all packages, but it doesn't fix this problem.
If I try to run killall software-center there is no process with this name, and…
tafazzi87
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Disable gnome-software from loading at startup
Gnome-software, which is one of the top memory consumers, is being loaded at startup and thus decreasing boot time.
I rarely use gnome-software, and on most boot-ups it is useless. However there is not an entry at start-up apps, not even after…
TheLinuxGK
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Ubuntu Software (Software Center) Crash - Ubuntu 16.04
Ubuntu Software instantly crashes as I try to open it.
Tried to access from terminal and gives the following error:
(ubuntu-software:5523): Gs-WARNING **: failed to open plugin /usr/lib/gs-plugins-9/libgs_plugin_xdg_app_reviews.so:…
Parikshit S.
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Ubuntu 16.04 /usr/bin/gnome-software --gapplication-service 100% CPU consumption
From time to time process /usr/bin/gnome-software --gapplication-service starts consuming 100% of one of my cores. It is fixed if I reboot, or kill it with kill.
Is there a way to understand why this is happening? I want to create bug report. I…
Slava Baginov
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gnome-software on Ubuntu 16.04 doesn't work
After plain installation of Ubuntu 16.04 LTS gnome-software doesn't work.
It has opened once with GUI, but installation of Unity Tweak Tool didn't finish.
When starting again, GUI doesn't come up.
When opening from terminal, a warning appears, but…
kovivox
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Why is the Ubuntu Software Center being replaced by GNOME Software?
In Ubuntu 16.04 the Ubuntu Software Center will be replaced with the GNOME Software app, but why is this so? Why did they make this decision? Because GNOME Software hasn't even been released stably yet... So why should they rush it in to replace the…
user364819
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Why is Ubuntu Software only showing Editor's Picks?
My Ubuntu Software (not Ubuntu Software Center) isn't functioning any more. The only thing I get to see is the Editor's Picks.
I think it has to do with installing the GNOME Desktop Environment. This problem started when I installed GDE.
Zach
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Differences between Ubuntu Software Center and Ubuntu Software & their pros and cons
What are the technical differences between "Ubuntu Software Center" and "Ubuntu Software"?
How to use them effectively or when to use what?
Is there any pros & cons for them? If yes, then what are they?
Kuntal K. Basu
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Why are there some packages in the Software application but not in apt?
I recently moved from Debian to Ubuntu, I usually used apt to install package (and don't want to use the software center as apt it let me know which package are installed as dependencies).
But I already found something I wasn't expecting:
some…
jonatjano
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Ubuntu software not showing any software
After installing 16.04, Ubuntu Software is always empty as shown in the screenshot. How can I fix this?
zandrade
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gnome-software Uses More Memory than gnome-shell
I am using Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. After looking at the activity monitor, I realized that gnome-software uses more memory than the gnome-shell itself, and I don't even have the GNOME Appstore running!
The amount of memory taken up varies throughout the…
AFT
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Unable to get a list of updates: remote lvfs has no cache signature
Ubuntu Software (aka Gnome Software) on Ubuntu 18.04 has started giving the error message:
Unable to get a list of updates: remote lvfs has no cache signature
This issue started recently and, based on a bit of online research, it may be related to…
Jaydin
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GNOME Software shows less programs than Ubuntu Software Center
Yesterday I upgraded Ubuntu GNOME 15.10 to 16.04 and got the GNOME Software which will be replacing Ubuntu Software Center.
However, most applications that would show up in the searches I did in USC wouldn't show up in GNOME Software.
In this
I…
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