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Software Center, now just called "Software", is constantly loading and not displaying any updates or searched packages. The apt-get command is working just fine, but it seems to be stuck. Perhaps a recent update requires a reboot?

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  • This issue is still present. I tried using Software today to upgrade and the "Install" button at the top does not install everything. The "Install" buttons next to each item also appear to do nothing, and it locks the admin directory for dpkg. So essentially it's not working and interfering with software that does work.
    – Chris S.
    Sep 1, 2016 at 16:26

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On Ubuntu 20.04, I killed the snap-store process (pkill snap-store - thanks Luckylooke), and everything started working. No need for a re-start.

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    Thank you @alikelzin-kilaka. For beginners: run pkill snap-store in your terminal window. Store downloaded new catalogue and it started to work 🥳
    – Luckylooke
    Feb 22, 2021 at 12:58
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This worked for me:

sudo apt purge gnome-software ubuntu-software
sudo apt autoremove
sudo apt install gnome-software ubuntu-software
sudo reboot
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I had the same problem recently, but i came out with ending gnome-software task and then starting it up again. And it worked for me.

You can do this by using System Monitor.

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    Worked with ubuntu 20.04 - process name was snap-store in my case
    – Be Kind
    Dec 27, 2020 at 6:45
  • Worked with Zorin 16 - Focal based
    – Reza Taba
    Feb 23, 2022 at 17:05

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