How do I open Ubuntu Software Center via Terminal?

Solution 1:

I'm not sure why you'd want to, but

software-center

should do it. If you want to use command line to install a package then the correct way to do it would be

sudo apt-get install package-name

sudo apt-get remove package-name

to remove it. If you want a text based package manager then you could have a look at aptitude:

sudo aptitude

Solution 2:

For Gnome Software replacing the old Canonical Ubuntu Software Centre <software-centre> (Preinstalled on Ubuntu 16.04 and later)

Open the terminal Ctrl+Alt+T

Then type:

gnome-software

Solution 3:

You simply enter the terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T) and write:

ubuntu-software

and press Enter.

Solution 4:

Times have changed, and with them, the answer to this question. In desktop Ubuntu 21.04, it is still possible to install Ubuntu Software Center. Since that is the program specified by the original question, the answer is that you run it from the command line, first by installing it via:

sudo apt install gnome-software

and then by running it via the following command, with or without sudo:

gnome-software

You can also run it by using Show Applications → Software icon (white suitcase with aqua circle).

Since Ubuntu Software Center is no longer installed by default, this question (if asked today) would refer, instead, to the Snap Store. If it was not present, it would reportedly be installed via:

sudo snap install snap-store

In that case, the answer is that you run it via

snap-store

Or you could click on the suitcase icon, in this case an orange one bearing the letter A (short for "Snap" in Latin, perhaps), whose tool tip says (of course) "Ubuntu Software".

Solution 5:

I use the snap-store and don't usually have an issue.

snap-store