Ubuntu – Ubuntu Software doesn’t open in Ubuntu 20.04

20.04gnome-softwarepackage-management

If i click on Ubuntu Software, it doesn't open. I have a fresh install of Ubuntu 20.04. I tried try to upgrade all packages, but it doesn't fix this problem.

If I try to run killall software-center there is no process with this name, and software-center returns command not found. If I try to reinstall it with apt I have these results:

$ sudo apt-get --purge --reinstall install software-center
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Package oracle-java8-installer is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source
E: Package 'software-center' has no installation candidate

Best Answer

The Ubuntu Software Center (software-center) has been upgraded to GNOME Software (gnome-software) in Ubuntu 16.04 and later. The software app has also been renamed to Software in Ubuntu 20.04 and later.

If the Software app doesn't open run the following commands:

sudo apt clean # clean list of cached packages so Ubuntu Software can read them
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade
sudo apt autoremove gnome-software && sudo apt install gnome-software
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