Ubuntu 14.04 64 bit addition updated today (11 April 2014) with same error I think.
Setting up software-center (13.10-0ubuntu4) ... Updating software catalog...this may take a moment. INFO:softwarecenter.db.pkginfo_impl.aptcache:aptcache.open() WARNING:softwarecenter.db.update:The file: '/usr/share/app-install/desktop/sonic-visualiser:x-sonicvisualiser-layer.desktop' could not be read correctly. The application associated with this file will not be included in the software catalog. Please consider raising a bug report for this issue with the maintainer of that application WARNING:softwarecenter.db.update:The file: '/usr/share/app-install/desktop/sonic-visualiser:x-sonicvisualiser.desktop' could not be read correctly. The application associated with this file will not be included in the software catalog. Please consider raising a bug report for this issue with the maintainer of that application Software catalog update was successful. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1161283 Title: Problems reported with .desktop files for sonic-visualiser To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/app-install-data-ubuntu/+bug/1161283/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs