Yep, I can confirm, I had not yet applied update, so I opened
software-center , ran normally, then applied update and no load.
Best wishes

On Sat, Mar 10, 2012 at 12:02 AM, Jonathan Humphrey <email address hidden>wrote:

> This issue is back with python2.7 2.7.3~rc1.
>
> nathan@think-linux:~$ software-center
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "/usr/bin/software-center", line 140, in <module>
>    from softwarecenter.ui.gtk3.app import SoftwareCenterAppGtk3
>  File "/usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/ui/gtk3/app.py", line 83,
> in <module>
>    from softwarecenter.ui.gtk3.panes.installedpane import InstalledPane
>  File
> "/usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/ui/gtk3/panes/installedpane.py",
> line 37, in <module>
>     from softwarecenter.ui.gtk3.models.appstore2 import (
>  File
> "/usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/ui/gtk3/models/appstore2.py",
> line 33, in <module>
>    from softwarecenter.backend.reviews import get_review_loader
>  File
> "/usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/backend/reviews/__init__.py",
> line 32, in <module>
>    from bsddb import db as bdb
>  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/bsddb/__init__.py", line 67, in <module>
>    import _bsddb
> ImportError: No module named _bsddb
>
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> duplicate bug report (919507).
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/440889
>
> Title:
>  software-center crashed with ImportError in
>  /usr/lib/python2.7/bsddb/__init__.py: No module named _bsddb
>
> Status in “python2.7” package in Ubuntu:
>  Fix Released
> Status in “python2.7” source package in Precise:
>  Fix Released
>
> Bug description:
>  TEST CASE:
>  python -c 'import bsddb'
>
>  RESULT:
>  Traceback (most recent call last):
>    File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
>    File "/usr/lib/python2.7/bsddb/__init__.py", line 67, in <module>
>      import _bsddb
>  ImportError: No module named _bsddb
>
>  WORKAROUND:
>  Downgrade python2.7, libpython2.7 and python2.7-minimal to a version
> prior to 2.7.2-13ubuntu1
>  You can find the package in your local apt cache in
> /var/cache/apt/archives/
>  Or from launchpad
> https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/precise/+source/python2.7/2.7.2-9ubuntu1 and
> select your architecture in the list of builds on the right of the page.
>
>  Symptons: software-center doesn't start
>
>  Traceback (most recent call last):
>    File "/usr/bin/software-center", line 131, in <module>
>      from softwarecenter.ui.gtk3.app import SoftwareCenterAppGtk3
>    File "/usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/ui/gtk3/app.py", line
> 82, in <module>
>      from softwarecenter.ui.gtk3.panes.installedpane import InstalledPane
>    File
> "/usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/ui/gtk3/panes/installedpane.py",
> line 36, in <module>
>      from softwarecenter.ui.gtk3.models.appstore2 import (
>    File
> "/usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/ui/gtk3/models/appstore2.py",
> line 33, in <module>
>      from softwarecenter.backend.reviews import get_review_loader
>    File
> "/usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/backend/reviews/__init__.py",
> line 32, in <module>
>      from bsddb import db as bdb
>    File "/usr/lib/python2.7/bsddb/__init__.py", line 67, in <module>
>      import _bsddb
>  ImportError: No module named _bsddb
>
>  (this wasn't the original bug - but since apport decided to use this
>  as the master bug I've updated the description)
>
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