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I was downloading a package from a terminal. Actually i want to install some package 'A'. But,by mistake installing some other package 'B'. So, i wanted to stop the download of that package 'B' and start downloading 'A'. But, i couldnt able to do that. I reset my network connnection. I could stop downloading the package B. But, the administratory directory was locked and wasn't able to download other packages which made me to restart my system.

Is there a way or any command to abort the active download of packages in ubuntu. ?

-Thanks

Vinaychalluru.

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isn't there an askubuntu exchange better suited to this? – raticulin Oct 23 '10 at 9:22
@raticulin, yep: Ask Ubuntu. – David Thomas Oct 23 '10 at 19:13
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You should be able to gracefully abort download by pressing CTRL+C in the apt-get install <package> terminal window.

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@Pawel : Thank U for the reply. – Vinaychalluru Oct 24 '10 at 4:22
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