For some reason the ubuntu software center (orange icon) has completely disappeared and all I have is the snap store. How do I get it back?
Thank you for anyone who takes the time to answer my question.
For some reason the ubuntu software center (orange icon) has completely disappeared and all I have is the snap store. How do I get it back?
Thank you for anyone who takes the time to answer my question.
I was just wondering this myself.
you had the same thing happen?
Yeah, the same thing happened to me. I have the Snap Store still but not Ubuntu Software Center. However, googling around says that it was discontinued I guess? The confusing thing is I just installed this version (20.04.1 LTS) like 3 days ago and it had Ubuntu Software Center and then it disappeared after some updates. I guess they felt like getting rid of it entirely.
I literally was using the software center earlier this morning and all of a sudden it just disappeared.
I was using it last night as well. I can't even seem to install it manually like it's been entirely removed from the repo. Additional searching shows even more info on Snap being the replacement so I suspect we both just got updates that caused it's removal.
Here are a couple of alternatives to consider:-
Code:sudo apt install synapticCode:sudo apt install gnome-software
The version of snap store in Ubuntu 20.04 initially is version 467, named "Ubuntu Software":
It has now reverted to version 415, named "Snap Store".Code:dmn@Tyana-vm:~$ snap list | grep store snap-store 3.36.0-80-g208fd61 467 latest/stable/… canonical* -
415 is a version that handles snap packages only.Code:dmn@Tyana-vm:~$ snap list | grep store snap-store 3.31.1+git187.84b64e0b 415 latest/stable/… canonical* -
Install gnome-software to get a software store that can handle regular packages as well. It will be named 'Software'.
You can leave Snap Store installed as a convenience for finding snap packages. It has it's own icon.Code:sudo apt install gnome-software
Last edited by Dennis N; October 11th, 2020 at 04:08 PM.
Thanks for the info, I thought I was losing my mind looking for the software icon
Now I have it back !
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