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Title: software-center crashed with IOError in _open() Status in “software-center” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in “software-center” source package in Natty: Fix Released Status in “software-center” source package in Oneiric: Fix Committed Bug description: Binary package hint: software-center WORKAROUND: This bug can happen if the directory ~/.cache/software-center is created with root ownership somehow (see bug 652151 for some possible scenarios for how this might happen). The fix is to set the ownership if this directory back to your user account. You can do this by typing the following into a terminal window (be sure to substitute your own username as noted below): sudo chown -R yourusername:yourusername ~/.cache/software-center After this, Software Center should launch correctly. ProblemType: Crash DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10 Package: software-center 3.0.4 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-22.33-generic 2.6.35.4 Uname: Linux 2.6.35-22-generic i686 Architecture: i386 Date: Fri Dec 10 20:37:24 2010 ExecutablePath: /usr/share/software-center/software-center InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.6 LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release i386 (20101007) PackageArchitecture: all ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/software-center ProcEnviron: LANG=ru_UA.utf8 SHELL=/bin/bash PythonArgs: ['/usr/bin/software-center'] SourcePackage: software-center Title: software-center crashed with IOError in _open() UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-center/+bug/688682/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp