software-center is not opening and this is the error [closed]

Question

2012-08-16 04:18:54,681 - softwarecenter.ui.gtk3.em - INFO - EM's: 17 15 21
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/software-center", line 149, in 
    from softwarecenter.ui.gtk3.app import SoftwareCenterAppGtk3
  File "/usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/ui/gtk3/app.py", line 82, in 
    from softwarecenter.ui.gtk3.panes.installedpane import InstalledPane
  File "/usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/ui/gtk3/panes/installedpane.py", line 43, in 
    from softwarecenter.backend.oneconfhandler import get_oneconf_handler
  File "/usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/backend/oneconfhandler.py", line 25, in 
    from softwarecenter.backend.restfulclient import get_ubuntu_sso_backend
  File "/usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/backend/restfulclient.py", line 36, in 
    from lazr.restfulclient.resource import ServiceRoot
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/lazr/restfulclient/__init__.py", line 19, in 
    import pkg_resources
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 2692, in 
    add_activation_listener(lambda dist: dist.activate())
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 668, in subscribe
    callback(dist)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 2692, in 
    add_activation_listener(lambda dist: dist.activate())
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 2196, in activate
    map(declare_namespace, self._get_metadata('namespace_packages.txt'))
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 1791, in declare_namespace
    _handle_ns(packageName, path_item)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 1756, in _handle_ns
    raise TypeError("Not a package:", packageName)
TypeError: ('Not a package:', 'google')

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