My "Installed" tab in the Software Store has gone blank. How can I get this to show all the installed apps?
I have tried sudo apt install --reinstall gnome-software and it worked; but everytime I turn on my pc, the Installed tab is blanked again. I do not know if there is a solution to this.
Hey Aravisian, i have exactly the same issue of not showing install apps. I also tried twice to kill gnome-software, but nothing happened its showing a blank screen.
I don't know may be a conflict between the two stores because i installed 2 stores, one is software center and other is snap store. Can anyone have a solution for removing this error
Thanks Zorin Community
Zorin OS comes with the Software Store that includes SnapD.
This also includes the gnome-software plugin for Snap packages.
Please apt remove --purge the snap store and remove any ~/.cache or ~/.config files for the snap store and see if that helps.
Just in case that was normal, I restarted my laptop, went to Software Center and this time I got a spinning wheel when I clicked on the Installed tab, which usually meant it was loading the apps, but this time, after about a minute of spinning, it was still blank.
Realized I forgot the 'killall' command, so started over, restarted, still same result: got spinning wheel, but blank page.
then I only logged out and back in and then checked the Installed tab, and after about only 30sec this time it loaded the apps, but then I thought to totally restart the computer, and when I returned to the Installed tab, after about almost aminute of loading: blank.
So, let's repeat some steps from above, but a bit more thoroughly and see if the results stick around.
killall gnome-software
rm -rf ~/.cache/gnome-software
sudo apt remove --purge gnome-software
At this point, please read the Terminal output of any dependencies that will be removed along with gnome-software. IF you see anything like "Zorin-desktop" listed, please select n and relay what you saw in this thread.
Otherwise... click on y and proceed
Next:
Minor, other than any aggravation that a hiccough could cause.
You are currently using the Zorin Desktop so removing it during use could corrupt some files. While it is a low risk, especially since you will run the reinstall command immediately after... if your local area suddenly happened to have a power outage at that moment, you could find yourself with an OS without a desktop upon booting up. This would entail having to enter the recovery menu and reinstalling the packages, then booting up.
Not a huge risk, but it's better to leave it to you to decide.
I have done... much much worse things on my poor battered build of Zorin OS over this past year...