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Queue Software Center installation

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How do I install more than one application at the same time from the Software Center. I can only install one at a time. TIA.
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You can specify multiple packages to be installed via apt-get, i.e. in a terminal:

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sudo apt-get install package1 package2 package3 package#
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sudo apt-get install wesnoth-1.8 warzone2100 nexuiz crawl hedgewars tumiki-fighters
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Thanks, but is it doable from the Software Manager, just like in Synaptic?
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you can click menu and package manager then check mark the apps you want to install. Software manager is just easier
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planner wrote:Thanks, but is it doable from the Software Manager, just like in Synaptic?
Not exactly like the way you do it in Synaptic. With Synaptic, you mark packages/apps FIRST before you tell it to download and install. That's why there's the illusion that you can install packages at the same time via Synaptic. But actually, it downloads all the packages first then install them one at a time. The same applies with apt-get. With Software Manager, OTOH, you search for the package/app then you have the option to install it immediately. BUT, that doesn't necessarily mean you have to wait until it finishes. While it's downloading/installing, you can search for other packages/apps and install them as well. Software Manager will put them in the download/install queue. You can repeat this process as many times as you want to install packages/apps. And AFAIK, you can even close Software Manager and it will continue downloading/installing in the background.
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Thanks for the explanation.

Basically, installation of multiple packages using the Software Manager involves as many clicks on the INSTALL button as the number of packages you are trying to install. Not very efficient, but at least now I understand.
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planner wrote:Basically, installation of multiple packages using the Software Manager involves as many clicks on the INSTALL button as the number of packages you are trying to install. Not very efficient, but at least now I understand.
Well, I wouldn't categorize it as not very efficient (then again, it's all a matter of perspective and opinion). We have to bear in mind that there are different ways of accomplishing the same goal and each alternative is targeted at specific audiences and methods. The reason why Software Manager was developed in the first place was to make installing software a tad more usable/user-friendly vis-a-vis Synaptic/apt-get. And this is from a newbie's standpoint, since they don't have to deal with things they don't have/need to see. Synaptic and apt-get tend to be confusing and intimidating to them, so they have a better alternative -- Software Manager.

Of course, for those of us who want finer/advance control, there's always Synaptic and apt-get.
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In the Software Manager, you have to authenticate for every application you want to install. So if you are installing 10 apps, you will be prompted to authenticate ten times. That's part of the "efficient" that I am referring to. If there is a way for the authenticating scheme to remember the password, I think that would help a bit.
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