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Ubuntu Software Center doesn't work:

Screenshot of Ubuntu Software Center

Chai T. Rex
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    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. – Rcordoval Dec 28 '16 at 04:48
  • I had this proble with ubuntu 16.04, and [this answer](http://askubuntu.com/a/761488/178497) 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
  • @heshamkhamis Make sure you have run `install` command. – Liso Dec 28 '16 at 07:12
  • @ Liso I also run `sudo apt-get install software-center` but this command gave me old version – heshamkhamis Dec 28 '16 at 07:17

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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
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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
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