Thanks Matthias for the feedback: It is installed and there is a root process running.
dad@dad:~/Downloads/gnome-software$ sudo apt install fwupd [sudo] password for dad: Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done fwupd is already the newest version (0.9.7-2). 0 to upgrade, 0 to newly install, 0 to remove and 3 not to upgrade. dad@dad:~/Downloads/gnome-software$ ps -ef | grep fw root 2849 1 0 11:43 ? 00:00:00 /usr/lib/fwupd/fwupd -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-software in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1723802 Title: gnome-software: Something went wrong appears when launched To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-software/+bug/1723802/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
