Closing this one per Kiwinote's comment #3 where he points out that this
was a temporary condition in a development release and Martin's
confirmation that Kiwinote's workaround was successful.
Thanks both of you!
** Changed in: software-center (Ubuntu)
Status: Confirmed => Invalid
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thanks it's worked :)
** Changed in: software-center (Ubuntu)
Status: Incomplete => Confirmed
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cannot start software center
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/671054
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Hi Martin! Thanks for that additional info. This was a temporary issue
in one of the development releases of software-center - the easiest way
to solve this is to delete the /home/shyntax/.cache/software-center
folder and its contents. You can locate this folder by opening nautilus
(the file browse
shyn...@unix-ubu:~$ software-center
WARNING:root:trying to fix not writable cache directory
ERROR:root:failed to fix not writable cache directory
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/paths.py", line 31, in
try_to_fixup_root_owned_dir_via_remove
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Hi Martin! Thanks for your bug report. There are many possible reasons
why software-center may fail to start, so we're going to need a little
more info from you. Could you please open a terminal (applications >
accessories) and then type 'software-center' followed by an enter and
then add any outpu
