No, it does not open and gives this error:
WARNING:root:trying to fix not writable cache directory
ERROR:root:failed to fix not writable cache directory
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/paths.py", line 31, in 
try_to_fixup_root_owned_dir_via_remove
    os.rmdir(directory)
OSError: [Errno 39] Directory not empty: '/home/username/.cache/software-center'
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/software-center", line 38, in <module>
    import softwarecenter.log 
  File "/usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/log.py", line 94, in <module>
    backupCount=5)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/logging/handlers.py", line 112, in __init__
    BaseRotatingHandler.__init__(self, filename, mode, encoding, delay)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/logging/handlers.py", line 64, in __init__
    logging.FileHandler.__init__(self, filename, mode, encoding, delay)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/logging/__init__.py", line 827, in __init__
    StreamHandler.__init__(self, self._open())
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/logging/__init__.py", line 846, in _open
    stream = open(self.baseFilename, self.mode)
IOError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: 
'/home/username/.cache/software-center/software-center.log'

But this used to work fine till like last month end, suddenly started
crashing ...

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Title:
  Ubuntu Software center crashes when trying to open, but open
  successfully if tried to open via terminal.

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