This is what worked for me. sudo chown -R yourusername:yourusername .cache .config Must be executed in your home directory.
After this, Ubuntu software center seems to load properly. -- software-center crashed with IOError in _open() https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/652151 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bug Control, which is a direct subscriber. _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-bugcontrol Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-bugcontrol More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp

