gnome-software on Ubuntu 16.04 doesn't work [duplicate]

Perform these steps to Fix gnome-software/ubuntu-software

Rename or remove the ~/.local/share/gnome-software. In the steps below it's removed and will be recreated when you start gnome-software. It currently has a list of what has been installed. The first line will ensure the locked up instances are removed from memory. Might not be necessary.

$ killall gnome-software
$ rm -r ~/.local/share/gnome-software

Now run ubuntu-software or gnome-software from the Unity Launch Button.

Seen this fix going around, it worked for me:

sudo apt-get autoremove gnome-software
sudo apt-get install gnome-software

It appears if you just reinstall gnome-software it just works!