Comment 0 for bug 1798236

using the live earlier today I had this issue, I re-zsync'd cosmic daily & re-wrote to thumb-drive, then re-tested - same issue.

load "software' at main menu; search for leafpad (chosen only because it's small & I know name), then clicking install - it sits awhile then software closes.

after software closes, error/warning-type-windows appear saying

"Invalid problem report - No such file or directory"

I re-loaded [gnome-]software from terminal & the output is as follows (same results on screen, search leafpad, select it then click install - software closes/abends..)

xubuntu@xubuntu:~$ gnome-software
02:33:47:0241 Gs plugin appstream took 2.6 seconds to do setup
02:33:47:0263 Gs enabled plugins: desktop-categories, fwupd, os-release, packagekit, packagekit-local, packagekit-offline, packagekit-proxy, packagekit-refine-repos, packagekit-refresh, packagekit-upgrade, packagekit-url-to-app, ubuntuone, appstream, desktop-menu-path, hardcoded-blacklist, hardcoded-featured, hardcoded-popular, modalias, packagekit-refine, rewrite-resource, steam, ubuntu-reviews, packagekit-history, provenance, snap, systemd-updates, generic-updates, provenance-license, icons, key-colors, key-colors-metadata
02:33:47:0264 Gs disabled plugins: dpkg, dummy, repos, shell-extensions, epiphany, odrs
02:33:51:0925 Gs Only 5 apps for popular list, hiding
02:33:54:0421 Gs hiding category graphics featured applications: found only 8 to show, need at least 9
02:42:31:0827 GLib-GObject g_object_new_is_valid_property: object class 'GsPluginJob' has no property named ''
**
Gs:ERROR:../lib/gs-plugin-loader.c:1698:gs_plugin_loader_pending_apps_add: assertion failed: (gs_app_list_length (list) > 0)
Aborted (core dumped)

(( sorry if this is duplicate; I quickly scanned and didn't see, but will scan some more as I add more info to this report ))

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.10
Package: gnome-software 3.30.2-0ubuntu3 [modified: usr/share/gnome-shell/search-providers/org.gnome.Software-search-provider.ini]
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.18.0-10.11-generic 4.18.12
Uname: Linux 4.18.0-10-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.20.10-0ubuntu13
Architecture: i386
CasperVersion: 1.399
CurrentDesktop: XFCE
Date: Wed Oct 17 02:43:12 2018
InstalledPlugins:
 gnome-software-plugin-flatpak N/A
 gnome-software-plugin-limba N/A
 gnome-software-plugin-snap 3.30.2-0ubuntu3
LiveMediaBuild: Xubuntu 18.10 "Cosmic Cuttlefish" - Release i386 (20181016)
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm-256color
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: gnome-software
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
modified.conffile..etc.xdg.autostart.gnome-software-service.desktop: [deleted]