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 Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
