Software center can not install multiple packages at a time

[Adrián]

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)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Gary Lasker (gary-lasker)]

Others have requested this capability, therefore I'll set it to wishlist and triaged as we have enough information to at least move this to the next step, which is to design now the UI implementation.

Many thanks!

[Timothy Arceri (t-fridey)]

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.