Can't Get the Ubuntu Software Center to Start

**corrytonapple** · September 11th, 2010

Hello all,
I am having issues launching the Ubuntu Software Center. I click it and it appears to start, but a window never comes up. I would like to either uninstall it and reinstall it or start it from the terminal. Thank you for the help.

**Lateralis** · September 11th, 2010

The Software Center package is helpfully named software-center. Does Synaptic say the package is broken?

You could try reinstalling it using aptitude.

**Frogs Hair** · September 11th, 2010

You can remove and install from the synaptic pkg manager. search Ubuntu software center.

**coffeecat** · September 11th, 2010

Originally Posted by corrytonapple

or start it from the terminal.

Good idea.

If you start it from the terminal you might get an error message that might tell us what the problem is. It's always worth doing this when an app won't start from the menu.

The terminal command you need is:

Code:

/usr/bin/software-center

Post any terminal output you get.

**abs_kkk** · September 11th, 2010

to remove the software centre......

sudo apt-get remove software-center

and the re-install it ..........

sudo apt-get install software-center

**corrytonapple** · October 12th, 2010

Originally Posted by coffeecat

Good idea.

If you start it from the terminal you might get an error message that might tell us what the problem is. It's always worth doing this when an app won't start from the menu.

The terminal command you need is:

Code:

/usr/bin/software-center

Post any terminal output you get.

I worked as soon as I changed my icon theme. Here is my terminal output:

Code:

corrytonapple@ubuntu-laptop:~$ /usr/bin/software-center
/usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/apt/aptcache.py:40: GtkWarning: gtk_container_add: assertion `GTK_IS_CONTAINER (container)' failed
  gtk.main_iteration()
ERROR:dbus.proxies:Introspect error on :1.180:/: dbus.exceptions.DBusException: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.AccessDenied: Rejected send message, 1 matched rules; type="method_call", sender=":1.181" (uid=1000 pid=6427 comm="/usr/bin/python) interface="org.freedesktop.DBus.Introspectable" member="Introspect" error name="(unset)" requested_reply=0 destination=":1.180" (uid=0 pid=6166 comm="/usr/bin/python))
corrytonapple@ubuntu-laptop:~$

I do not know why, but it is working. I am not going to mark it as solved though until I get a few more things out of it. Also, I forgot to subscribe to this thread, so it got lost.

Originally Posted by abs_kkk

to remove the software centre......

and the re-install it ..........

I will be sure to use that if it acts up and it cannot be fixed.