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sjondebok

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Registered: 2020-01-31

Posts: 4

gnome-software-center problem

Hi forum,

I installed the Gnome desktop environment on top of Arch. I have a problem with the gnome-software-center, though. Upon starting it, I receive a message stating a 'core'-problem: serious system error (translated from Dutch, so actual message in English might be bit different).
The 'All' and 'Installed' tabs work correctly, but under 'Updates' it says: 'no plug-in could handle get-updates' (in English). I already figured out that reinstalling gnome-software-packagekit-plugin with pacman solves the problem temporarily, but after rebooting the same error occurs.
Any help would be appreciated!

Sjon

Durden

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Registered: 2011-06-19

Posts: 261

Re: gnome-software-center problem

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/GNOME/Software

sjondebok

Member

Registered: 2020-01-31

Posts: 4

Re: gnome-software-center problem

Unfortunately that article didn't provide any help. Thanks anyway, Durden.

I found out that when I run 'killall gnome-software'  prior to opening gnome-software-center, the updates are loaded properly.
Any ideas, folks?

jaymarr112

Member

Registered: 2021-04-07

Posts: 1

Re: gnome-software-center problem

I am not sure if was resolved, but I had the same issue. I installed this plugin and resolved the issue.

https://archlinux.org/packages/extra/x8 … it-plugin/

MisterChristoph

Member

Registered: 2021-11-04

Posts: 1

Re: gnome-software-center problem

I am not sure if was resolved, but I had the same issue. I installed this plugin and resolved the issue.

https://archlinux.org/packages/extra/x8 … it-plugin/

This fix worked for me. Thank you so very much for the answer!

neahahul

Member

Registered: 2018-04-29

Posts: 15

Re: gnome-software-center problem

This link redirected me to the main article of GNOME, with nothing relating to Software

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/GNOME/Software

and this plugin

https://archlinux.org/packages/extra/x8 … it-plugin/

is removed

I'm still having the same issue, and I would like to add more repositories to the software centre.

V1del

Forum Moderator

Registered: 2012-10-16

Posts: 25,153

Re: gnome-software-center problem

Packagekit integration on Arch is very lackluster and the relevant alpm plugin unmaintained.

Arch is the wrong distribution if you want to rely on the software center for managing repo packages.

Closing this old thread.