Software-center crashes: bug or configuration error?

This is an error in software-center. The bug report is here.

To fix the issue, you must patch the bug yourself:

  • open /usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/ui/gtk3/views/lobbyview.py
  • add a # before the line self.exhibit_banner.set_exhibits([FeaturedExhibit()])
  • restart software-center