App Center stuck on 'waiting'

Question

I'm on a fresh install.

At first, when I was trying to install an app from the app center it would say 'starting' with an empty loading bar that would remain empty forever.

After looking up some solutions I tried running sudo apt update and sudo apt upgrade, now when I try to install an app the behavior is essentially identical except it now says 'Waiting' instead of 'starting'.

EDIT: the problem no longer exists for me on 0.4.1 with the new App Center.

Answer 1

I had the same issue yesterday. I tried the update and upgrade as you said, rebooting and nothing happened. Then I followed these steps to remove and install again the AppCenter and now it's fixed. I hope it will work for you as well.

1.sudo apt-get purge appcenter
2.sudo apt-get purge packagekit
3.Restart
4.sudo apt-get install packagekit
5.sudo apt-get install appcenter
6.Restart

Edit: You can also update manually with

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
Restart

In response to the comment you wrote.

Answer 2

open terminal and type:

sudo apt update

Then reboot when it's done updating.

Answer 3

1. Sudo dpkg --configure -a
2. Sudo apt-get update
3. Reboot
4. Open system settings
5. Click about
6. Check for update
7. Reboot

Done