# Software Center missing

**URL:** <https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/software-center-missing/3336>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [April 11, 2020, 5:18pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/software-center-missing/3336 "2020-04-11T17:18:37Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 15\
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**Author:** ![Mike](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/mike/32/119_2.png) [@Mike](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/Mike)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2020, 5:18pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/software-center-missing/3336/1 "2020-04-11T17:18:37Z")

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Latest update to 20.04 seems to have removed the software center. Can’t access it from the menu or Budgie Welcome.

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**Author:** ![fossfreedom](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/fossfreedom/32/1405_2.png) [@fossfreedom](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/fossfreedom)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2020, 5:21pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/software-center-missing/3336/2 "2020-04-11T17:21:43Z")

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Have you got Ubuntu also installed i.e. GNOME Shell?

Ubuntu have deliberately removed ubuntu-software for their snap store app.

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**Author:** ![Mike](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/mike/32/119_2.png) [@Mike](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/Mike)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2020, 5:37pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/software-center-missing/3336/3 "2020-04-11T17:37:21Z")

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Just Ubuntu Budgie installed.  
Budgie Welcome is still pointing to the software center.  
[Errno 2] No such file or directory: ‘gnome-software’  
Budgie Welcome opens [https://snapcraft.io/store](https://snapcraft.io/store) but the snap store menu item opens up something with transparency set to 100% and no programs listed.

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**Author:** ![fossfreedom](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/fossfreedom/32/1405_2.png) [@fossfreedom](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/fossfreedom)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2020, 5:48pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/software-center-missing/3336/4 "2020-04-11T17:48:43Z")

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I’ve checked today’s live ISO and also installed the latest 20.04 updates - the Live ISO still has gnome-software installed - and today’s updates hasn’t removed gnome-software

So I don’t know what you’ve done.

What’s the output of:

```
sudo apt update && sudo apt dist-upgrade
sudo apt install gnome-software
```

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**Author:** ![Mike](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/mike/32/119_2.png) [@Mike](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/Mike)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2020, 5:59pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/software-center-missing/3336/5 "2020-04-11T17:59:36Z")

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Start-Date: 2020-04-08 19:58:25  
Commandline: aptdaemon role=‘role-commit-packages’ sender=’:1.105’  
Upgrade: libvncclient1:amd64 (0.9.12+dfsg-8, 0.9.12+dfsg-9), fontconfig-config:amd64 (2.13.1-2ubuntu2, 2.13.1-2ubuntu3), apport:amd64 (2.20.11-0ubuntu24, 2.20.11-0ubuntu25), fontconfig:amd64 (2.13.1-2ubuntu2, 2.13.1-2ubuntu3), python3-apport:amd64 (2.20.11-0ubuntu24, 2.20.11-0ubuntu25), libfontconfig1:amd64 (2.13.1-2ubuntu2, 2.13.1-2ubuntu3), apport-gtk:amd64 (2.20.11-0ubuntu24, 2.20.11-0ubuntu25), python3-problem-report:amd64 (2.20.11-0ubuntu24, 2.20.11-0ubuntu25)  
_**Remove: gnome-software-plugin-snap:amd64 (3.35.91-0ubuntu1), gnome-software:amd64 (3.35.91-0ubuntu1), gnome-software-plugin-flatpak:amd64 (3.35.91-0ubuntu1)**_  
End-Date: 2020-04-08 19:58:34

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**Author:** ![Mike](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/mike/32/119_2.png) [@Mike](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/Mike)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2020, 6:07pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/software-center-missing/3336/6 "2020-04-11T18:07:53Z")

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See thru snap store

 ![Screenshot from 2020-04-11 14-05-22](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/uploads/ubuntubudgie/original/2X/6/6885881b3bfaf706413218cdbf01e1286a7d4036.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![fossfreedom](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/fossfreedom/32/1405_2.png) [@fossfreedom](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/fossfreedom)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2020, 6:10pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/software-center-missing/3336/7 "2020-04-11T18:10:05Z")

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the top left says “snap store”?

looks like you have the ubuntu-software snap installed - not the debian package gnome-software.

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**Author:** ![Mike](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/mike/32/119_2.png) [@Mike](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/Mike)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2020, 6:17pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/software-center-missing/3336/8 "2020-04-11T18:17:17Z")

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That is the snap store. I was just showing the transparency.  
I reinstalled Software with “sudo apt install gnome-software”

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**Author:** ![fossfreedom](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/fossfreedom/32/1405_2.png) [@fossfreedom](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/fossfreedom)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2020, 6:23pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/software-center-missing/3336/9 "2020-04-11T18:23:30Z")

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sounds like a bug with the snap store.

From here it looks like you can report against gnome-software for snap issues

```
ubuntu-bug gnome-software

```

> **[Is ubuntu-software going to be remove for snap:snap-store?](https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/is-ubuntu-software-going-to-be-remove-for-snap-snap-store/14542/85)**
>
> Updates installed snap-store snap and uninstalled ubuntu-software. I uninstalled snap-store and replaced it by installing ubuntu-software again. Next update wanted to install snap-store and removed ubuntu-software. So what I want to ask is if this is...

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**Author:** ![Mike](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/mike/32/119_2.png) [@Mike](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/Mike)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2020, 6:24pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/software-center-missing/3336/10 "2020-04-11T18:24:48Z")

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Will do and Thank You as always.

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**Author:** ![Coeur-Noir](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/coeur-noir/32/4515_2.png) [@Coeur-Noir](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/Coeur-Noir)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2020, 8:32pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/software-center-missing/3336/11 "2020-04-11T20:32:54Z")

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Snap-store is probably expecting yaru as theme ( or whatever is the Ubuntu default theme ) packaged in snap, hence the transparency problem.

Are Budgie default themes and icons available as snap packages ?

Adapta theme and Papirus are, so you can « connect » and apply these to any snap applications.

Snap ( too ) are thorny.

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**Author:** ![fossfreedom](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/fossfreedom/32/1405_2.png) [@fossfreedom](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/fossfreedom)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2020, 8:39pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/software-center-missing/3336/12 "2020-04-11T20:39:37Z")

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> [@Coeur-Noir](#):
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> Are Budgie default themes and icons available as snap packages ?

Not yet. But as we understand in the next few weeks theme and icon changes will be made much easier for snaps. We can then package our default themes easily - once the snap is installed, all snaps then can be themed will automatically pick up our theme and icons.

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**Author:** ![Coeur-Noir](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/coeur-noir/32/4515_2.png) [@Coeur-Noir](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/Coeur-Noir)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2020, 8:40pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/software-center-missing/3336/13 "2020-04-11T20:40:53Z")

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`snap list`  
to see snap packages installed on your system.

There should be something like `gtk-common-themes`

So now you have 2 software store installed on your system :  
⋅ the snap one with broken theme  
⋅ and the regular .deb one, full functional ?

You may get rid of the snap one with  
`sudo snap remove snap-store`

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**Author:** ![fossfreedom](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/fossfreedom/32/1405_2.png) [@fossfreedom](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/fossfreedom)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2020, 8:52pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/software-center-missing/3336/14 "2020-04-11T20:52:11Z")

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> [@Coeur-Noir](#):
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> There should be something like `gtk-common-themes`

in theory - any snap that is expecting a specific theme will also download that additional snap - it should then default to “adwaita” if the host theme isnt in gtk-common-themes. So that is probably the bug or bugs - either gtk-common-themes wasnt also installed automatically - or no default theme was applied by the snap store

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**Author:** ![Mike](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/mike/32/119_2.png) [@Mike](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/Mike)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2020, 8:58pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/software-center-missing/3336/15 "2020-04-11T20:58:53Z")

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gtk-common-themes 0.1-29-g45e78c5 is shown as installed.