software-center Import errors

[Lucas Benninger]

The software-center doesnt open. So I tried invoking it through the terminal and I recieved this message:

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

lsb_release -rd:
Description: Ubuntu precise (development branch)
Release: 12.04

apt-cache policy software-center:
software-center:
  Installed: 5.1.12
  Candidate: 5.1.12
  Version table:
 *** 5.1.12 0
        500 http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[Kiwinote (kiwinote)]

It looks like if you install the latest updates (ie ensure you have python2.7 version 2.7.3~rc1-1ubuntu2 installed), then this should be working again.

[Lucas Benninger (lucas8060-deactivatedaccount)]

Yes, thank you. The update for python did seem to fix this issue.