software-center crashed with ImportError in /usr/lib/python2.7/bsddb/__init__.py: No module named _bsddb

[Aslam Muhammad]

Software center crashed while trying to install .deb package.

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: software-center 5.1.6
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-10.17-generic 3.2.1
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-10-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
ApportVersion: 1.91-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
CrashCounter: 1
Date: Sat Jan 21 12:13:43 2012
DuplicateOf: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/440889
ExecutablePath: /usr/share/software-center/software-center
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Alpha amd64 (20120112)
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.7
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/software-center /tmp/skype-ubuntu_2.2.0.35-1_amd64.deb
PythonArgs: ['/usr/bin/software-center', '/tmp/skype-ubuntu_2.2.0.35-1_amd64.deb']
SourcePackage: software-center
Title: software-center crashed with ImportError in /usr/lib/python2.7/bsddb/__init__.py: No module named _bsddb
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-01-13 (7 days ago)
UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo

[Apport retracing service (apport)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this crash and helping to make this software better. This particular crash has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug #440889, so is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Please continue to report any other bugs you may find.

[Aslam Muhammad (aslamckra)]

bug #440889 can't be opened, how to veryfy is this the similar problem or not. By the way, problem now is software-center completly brocken, not starting at all, and i think this is after the latest python update.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[E (mrowntsh)]

I have the same problem, software center won't open at all on Ubuntu 12.04, may have been an update that broke it.