Software Center will not open

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The Software Center will not open from the launcher and I get a segmentation fault when I try to open it from the terminal.

2011-10-18 20:43:45,723 - softwarecenter.ui.gtk3.em - INFO - EM's: 17 15 21
2011-10-18 20:43:46,396 - softwarecenter.backend.reviews - WARNING - Could not get usefulness from server, no username in config file
2011-10-18 20:43:46,453 - softwarecenter.ui.gtk3.utils - INFO - Softwarecenter style provider for ambiance Gtk theme: /usr/share/software-center/ui/gtk3/css/softwarecenter.css
Segmentation fault

However it will open with the command "sudo software-center". Once it is open it runs fine, I can install new programs and everything. apt-get and synaptic also both work fine. Also, no applications show up in the application lens when I search for them.

**Edit This is what what I get when I run software-center --debug http://pastebin.com/FuPFPi5f

**Edit 2 Entering gdb software-center into the terminal gives me:

"/usr/bin/software-center": not in executable format: File format not recognized

and the run command will not work.

Hm. That's not awfully helpful. Could you try running gdb software-center, running it (run), then capturing a backtrace (bt) when it crashes? — Hello71, Oct 19 '11 at 02:33
What to do with questions that describe known bugs? this has been reported on Launchpad and as such is now closed. — Marco Ceppi, Nov 09 '11 at 17:31

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited Jul 22 '12 at 22:32

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In your home directory go to the .cache folder and there delete the "software-center" folder. This should fix the problem.

edited Jul 22 '12 at 22:32

Eliah Kagan

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answered Oct 25 '11 at 07:24

freak

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Software Center will not open

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