Ubuntu Software Center erratic behavior in Ubuntu 21.04 [duplicate]
Solution 1:
The problem is in the internals of the latest snap-store version 3.38.0-59-g494f078 2021-04-20 (518) from default channel.
To fix it you can upgrade it to newer version by using command below
snap refresh snap-store --beta --ignore-running
Then you can use it as before.
Notes:
- this method is universal for all current Ubuntu releases - 18.04 LTS, 20.04 LTS, 20.10 and 21.04.
- we need to get official fix from Snap Store developers and switch then to default channel, bug 1931380 was reported to launchpad.
- if one is not happy with above solution, then one can use GNOME Software with snap plugin instead -
sudo add-apt-repository universe; sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get install gnome-software gnome-software-plugin-snap.
Update: The bug has been fixed. If you switched to the beta channel, you should switch back to stable with the following command:
snap refresh snap-store --stable
Solution 2:
From the information in the bug report, a beta version with fix is already available. It can be installed with:
snap refresh snap-store --beta --ignore-running
Tried it, works.