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Idea #13300: A queue for apt-get

bug This idea is a duplicate of Idea #1931: Simultaneously download and install with Update Manager.
Written by benchaz the 16 Sep 08 at 12:44. Related project: Synaptic package manager. Status: New
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Sometimes, I would want to install something while either an update or another installation is in progress.
Apt-get doesn't allow more than one installation at a time, and I understand that. But it can have a queue, so packages would be saved in a queue, and when the updates or first set of packages finish installing, the second set of packages in the queue would commence.

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Written by benchaz the 16 Sep 08 at 12:44.
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hessam wrote on the 16 Sep 08 at 14:30
Same with Synaptic Package Manager. You should be able to select packages for installation/removal/upgrade while packages are being downloaded.

+1

rcalderon wrote on the 17 Sep 08 at 10:35
Fortunately, PackageKit will solve this problem (among another ones). APT backend for PackageKit is almost complete and Canonical has showed an interest in PackageKit so probably this feature will be implemented quite soon (maybe Intrepid+1 or +2).

PackageKit website (with FAQ and screenshots): http://www.packagekit.org/

Auzy wrote on the 17 Sep 08 at 11:06
I think its targetted for inclusion intrepid. Screenshots don't do it justice, its the backend thats amazing

rcalderon wrote on the 17 Sep 08 at 14:16
Auzy: Intrepid? Wow, it's actually sooner than I expected. Very good news! :)

Auzy wrote on the 18 Sep 08 at 00:38
http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/64/

However, it will be a while before applications switch to it from accessing apt directly.

Dominik wrote on the 29 Nov 08 at 18:41
Just look at fedora. It has a queuing of update/install tasks. That's quite useful. But fedora uses packagekit. And perhaps this "problem" will be solved in Jaunty Jackalope.

See how it runs in packagekit (it also has some additional features; would be nice :-))
http://www.packagekit.org/img/gpk-waiting.png
http://www.packagekit.org/pk-screenshots.html


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