GNOME software center hangs when searching for software

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Running Ubuntu 20.10.

My software center hangs whenever I search for a software using the magnifying glass.

I have the flatpak extension enabled, it that's relevant.

I have had this in the past and a killall snap-store on the command line (then re-start) always fixes it for me. I usually do that anyway after closing the store as for whatever reason the snap-store process stays running in the background and uses a LOT of memory. — codlord, Mar 09 '21 at 15:37
Does this answer your question? Ubuntu Software Center is very slow — Don Kirkby, Sep 01 '22 at 20:43

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 29 '23 at 08:22

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For me, disabling "App Search" for not needed apps fixed the hanging.

To do that open the Gnome Settings -> Search -> Disable apps one by one until you find the one that causes the hanging.

answered Jul 29 '23 at 08:22

Florian Ludewig

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