This is especially bad when you are installing a big application that takes many hours to download and you want to install some small applications while its downloading. See my screenshot for an example.
** Attachment added: "slow install.png" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-center/+bug/929209/+attachment/3405706/+files/slow%20install.png -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to software-center in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/929209 Title: Software center can not install multiple packages at a time Status in “software-center” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: There is no option to install multiple packages at once. I wanted to install Xmoto, but too many packages had installed, so I had to download Synaptic. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: software-center 5.1.8 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-14.23-generic 3.2.3 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-14-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 1.91-0ubuntu1 Architecture: amd64 Date: Thu Feb 9 00:15:39 2012 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Alpha amd64 (20111129.1) PackageArchitecture: all SourcePackage: software-center UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-01-27 (12 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-center/+bug/929209/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp

