Ubuntu 10.10 Software Center not responding

I am trying to open the Ubuntu 10.10 Software Center. It's not opening. What could be the issue?

If I try to run Software Center from the terminal I get the following error:

kush@kus:~$ software-center

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/apt/aptcache.py", line 105, in open
    self._cache = apt.Cache(GtkMainIterationProgress())
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/apt/cache.py", line 88, in __init__
    self.open(progress)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/apt/cache.py", line 130, in open
    self._list.read_main_list()
SystemError: E:Type '<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>HTTP' is not known on line 1 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/software-center", line 90, in <module>
    app = SoftwareCenterApp(datadir, xapian_base_path, options, args)
  File "/usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/app.py", line 316, in __init__
    self.view_switcher = ViewSwitcher(self.view_manager, datadir, self.db, self.cache, self.icons)
  File "/usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/view/viewswitcher.py", line 59, in __init__
    store = ViewSwitcherList(view_manager, datadir, db, cache, icons)
  File "/usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/view/viewswitcher.py", line 321, in __init__
    self._update_channel_list()
  File "/usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/view/viewswitcher.py", line 395, in _update_channel_list
    self._update_channel_list_installed_view()
  File "/usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/view/viewswitcher.py", line 448, in _update_channel_list_installed_view
    if (pkgname in self.cache and
  File "/usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/apt/aptcache.py", line 128, in __contains__
    return self._cache.__contains__(k)
AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute '__contains__'

Kush

Posted 2012-06-16T10:53:51.600

Reputation: 101

Ubuntu 10.10 Software Center not responding

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