Synaptic has(is?) the worst GUI ever.

[kook]

Binary package hint: synaptic

While doing something, synaptic will continually pop up new windows to the front, like a terminal with debconf(rare), or files downloading or installing window(always).

1) The release of Ubuntu you are using, via 'lsb_release -rd' or System -> About Ubuntu
natty
2) The version of the package you are using, via 'apt-cache policy pkgname' or by checking in Software Center
0.75~pre4
3) What you expected to happen
i expect synaptic to stop thinking its the center of the universe.
4) What happened instead
i thinks its the center of the universe.

[Robert Roth (evfool)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug #54300, so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Feel free to continue to report any other bugs you may find.

[Robert Roth (evfool)]

For installing software and libraries, you can also use Ubuntu Software Center, which is more-or-less focus-steal-free.