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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)
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  • Are you trying to open ubuntu software center? – Ryko Nov 24 '16 at 04:59
  • yes - I am trying to open the ubuntu software center – David Schroeder Nov 24 '16 at 05:11
  • It opens and then closes within a few seconds – David Schroeder Nov 24 '16 at 05:12
  • Open the terminal and type 'software-center' and press enter. See what happens.. – Ryko Nov 24 '16 at 05:32
  • I did ... the original post shows the failure message from the terminal window. It tries to open and I see the window but then closes – David Schroeder Nov 24 '16 at 17:34
  • This is the error log that I see from the terminal window when it launches that way. – David Schroeder Nov 24 '16 at 17:38
  • Sorry had to break up the log into several post ... too many charaters.... the final post shows there is a core dump – David Schroeder Nov 24 '16 at 17:45
  • @DavidSchroeder Next time click the Edit button below your question and paste the messages there. Then highlight the screen messages and click the braces button {} to convert it to code format for easy ready and scrolling. – WinEunuuchs2Unix Nov 25 '16 at 01:26
  • @DavidSchroeder Note that I have trimmed your "posted error logs" from the comments as it clutters up the comments section and is very (very( hard to read - please post the error logs as an *edit to your question*. – Thomas Ward Nov 25 '16 at 18:07
  • I suggest that you try another method or tool to install programs. See this link, https://askubuntu.com/questions/885453/16-04-software-download-stuck-pending/887084#887084 – sudodus Mar 19 '17 at 19:15

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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:

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