Você pode instalar o "Centro de software" clássico, que "sempre" funciona bem:
$ sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install synaptic
é muito bonito isso. Abrir o software center funciona com a guia 'todos' carregando bem, mas quando eu tento pesquisar qualquer coisa ou acessar qualquer outra guia, ele tem uma tela de carregamento eterna. Estou executando um ubuntu atualizado 16.04 em um computador de 64 bits, se isso ajuda.
Eu tentei a solução de problemas semelhantes em versões mais antigas do Ubuntu, mas elas não têm nenhum efeito.
quando eu executo o software center do terminal, recebo isso:
zephyzu@zephyzu:~$ software-center
/usr/bin/software-center:25: PyGIWarning: Gtk was imported without specifying a version first. Use gi.require_version('Gtk', '3.0') before import to ensure that the right version gets loaded.
from gi.repository import Gtk, GObject
/usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/ui/gtk3/views/purchaseview.py:29: PyGIWarning: WebKit2 was imported without specifying a version first. Use gi.require_version('WebKit2', '4.0') before import to ensure that the right version gets loaded.
from gi.repository import WebKit2 as webkit
/usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/ui/gtk3/widgets/symbolic_icons.py:23: PyGIWarning: PangoCairo was imported without specifying a version first. Use gi.require_version('PangoCairo', '1.0') before import to ensure that the right version gets loaded.
from gi.repository import Gtk, Gdk, GLib, PangoCairo
2016-05-28 14:21:23,340 - softwarecenter.ui.gtk3.app - INFO - setting up proxy 'None'
2016-05-28 14:21:24,079 - softwarecenter.backend.reviews - WARNING - Could not get usefulness from server, no username in config file
2016-05-28 14:21:24,082 - softwarecenter.plugin - INFO - activating plugin '<module 'webapps_activation' from '/usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/plugins/webapps_activation.pyc'>'
2016-05-28 14:21:24,119 - softwarecenter.db.pkginfo_impl.aptcache - INFO - aptcache.open()
2016-05-28 14:21:24,905 - softwarecenter.db.update - WARNING - failed to load file /var/lib/apt-xapian-index/cataloged_times.p: unsupported pickle protocol: 3
/usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/ui/gtk3/widgets/videoplayer.py:29: PyGIWarning: Gst was imported without specifying a version first. Use gi.require_version('Gst', '1.0') before import to ensure that the right version gets loaded.
from gi.repository import Gst
/usr/bin/software-center:184: Warning: Source ID 70 was not found when attempting to remove it
Gtk.main()
/usr/bin/software-center:184: Warning: Source ID 142 was not found when attempting to remove it
Gtk.main()
2016-05-28 14:21:27,507 - softwarecenter.db.update - WARNING - failed to load file /var/lib/apt-xapian-index/cataloged_times.p: unsupported pickle protocol: 3
2016-05-28 14:21:28,779 - softwarecenter.db.utils - INFO - software-center-agent finished with status 0
Você pode instalar o "Centro de software" clássico, que "sempre" funciona bem:
$ sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install synaptic
Há algo errado com seu arquivo de índice Xapian do APT:
2016-05-28 14:21:27,507 - softwarecenter.db.update - WARNING - failed to load file /var/lib/apt-xapian-index/cataloged_times.p: unsupported pickle protocol: 3
Mova-o para um arquivo diferente:
sudo mv /var/lib/apt-xapian-index/cataloged_times.p /var/lib/apt-xapian-index/cataloged_times.p.backup
Forçar uma reconstrução:
sudo update-apt-xapian-index -f