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Stephen Lawrence
Asked: 2022-09-25 11:23:57 +0800 CST

How to restart Ubuntu Software Installer App (Ubiquity?)

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(20.04 LTS) My Ubuntu Software Installer App has disappeared (something was trying to update "snap" but couldn't because some package was running. So I uninstalled 'snap' but that resulted in the orange system Installer icon disappearing from my Favourites bar.) I tried:

sudo apt-get install ubiquity

which took a v long time... (>500MB) which surprised me...

But then when I typed "ubiquity" in Terminal it said I should use "importlib" so I'm similarly stuck:

/usr/bin/ubiquity:74: DeprecationWarning: the imp module is deprecated in favour of importlib; see the module's documentation for alternative uses import imp Error executing command as another user: Request dismissed

Any suggestions?

20.04

1 Answers

  1. Let's assume that by "run ubiquity" what you really mean is "restore the system to proper functioning"

    First, forget about ubiquity. That's the wrong application, and has nothing to do with the problem you described. Ubiquity is the application that installs an entire Ubuntu system from a LiveUSB.

    Second, reinstall snapd. You need it to run Ubuntu Software.

    sudo apt install snapd

    Finally, reinstall the snap that runs the Ubuntu Software application. The snap is called snap-store.

    sudo snap install snap-store

    Next time you get a notification that "some" application cannot be updated because XYZ is running, DON'T uninstall snapd. There are simpler and easier ways to handle it. Here's an example

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