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I'm really new in Ubuntu or Linux as well. I'm wanting to install Google Chrome, so I went to Chrome homepage and downloaded a .deb file. I opened it with Software Install and hit Install. Then I saw a process called "Waiting to install" in Launcher bar. But it has been stuck for a couple of hours now. I tried rebooting and installing it again 3 times but still got this problem. I researched and knew this is a bug when installing by Software Install. So I decided to install via terminal and Chrome was installed successfully. Now I can open Chrome and surf the net. But the "Waiting to install" process is still there. I don't want to reboot to get rid of it. That is not a good way and I also don't believe there is no other software out there acts like that. So what I want to do now is I want to kill it. But I opened the System Monitor and didn't have a clue which PID it is. So please tell me how to kill it like an Ubuntu professor.

peanut
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  • No need to kill any process. Reboot or shutdown whenever you need and in order to solve the issue just install the updates. –  Jan 08 '18 at 17:49
  • Why no need to kill any process? Is it can cause problem? – peanut Jan 08 '18 at 17:56
  • It's just not something I'd worry about. I would focus in solving the underlying problem instead which is trying to install other software without first fully updating the system. –  Jan 08 '18 at 17:59
  • I even don't know about updating the system. Thank you for pointing out me that :) – peanut Jan 08 '18 at 18:33
  • Search for and run the Updates tool. Couldn't be easier :) . Now, if you wanna go pro, open a Terminal and run the following commands: sudo apt update and then sudo apt full-upgrade. –  Jan 08 '18 at 18:46

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Type xkill in Terminal and the cursor should turn into a "×". Place it over the malfunctioning window and click.

pomsky
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Another post here shares a related issue, if not the same, and the work around suggested is simply to install the .deb file straight from the terminal. TBH, that's the way I almost always do it myself: go to the terminal, and type:

cd /path/to/file
sudo dpkg -i google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb
sudo apt -f install

...last line to fix any dependency issues that may arise; not necessary if you the dpkg command runs without any dependency issues.

anonymous2
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