How to fix Ubuntu Software Center?

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Ubuntu Software Center doesn't work:

Screenshot of Ubuntu Software Center

Try opening a terminal (press Ctrl+Alt+T) and running sudo apt update; sudo apt dist-upgrade -y. Then, once that finishes, Ubuntu Software Center might work. — Chai T. Rex, Dec 28 '16 at 04:38
You could also check what is going wrong by typing sudo tail -f /var/log/syslog in terminal. Then try to open Ubuntu Software Center again and review the log. — rodridevops, Dec 28 '16 at 04:48
I had this proble with ubuntu 16.04, and this answer fixed it all for me. — Phil Hirschhorn, Dec 28 '16 at 05:04
@ Chai T.Rix , Thrasher i tried your codes but it still dose not work @ phil Hirschhorn i tried the three codes in the answer but
ubuntu soft ware center was disapper — heshamkhamis, Dec 28 '16 at 06:02
@ Liso I also run sudo apt-get install software-center but this command gave me old version — heshamkhamis, Dec 28 '16 at 07:17

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited Sep 03 '17 at 07:05

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My Software Center was quitting on its own without even showing anything except the primary screen without any icons for any software. Thanks to Chai T.Rex, now it's working like a new machine.

sudo apt update
sudo apt dist-upgrade -y

edited Sep 03 '17 at 07:05

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answered Sep 03 '17 at 06:16

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score 0 · Answer 2 · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:23

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Reinstall Ubuntu Software should solve the problem, press Ctrl+Alt+T to go to a terminal and type:

sudo apt purge gnome-software ubuntu-software
sudo apt autoremove
sudo apt install gnome-software ubuntu-software

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If above method is not working (which you already mention it), try removing Gnome Software cache:

 rm -R ~/.cache/gnome-software

edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:23

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answered Dec 28 '16 at 08:26

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rm: cannot remove '/home/hk/.cache/gnome-software': No such file or directory – heshamkhamis Dec 28 '16 at 09:07

How to fix Ubuntu Software Center?

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