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Sometimes I find myself installing packages from terminal while chrome is running (because I m following the instructions on how to install). Sometimes some other applications may also be running or just several chrome tabs including one playing internet radio. Is that a bad practice that can cause problems? Should I be closing other applications before installing packages?

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Since this is not Windows it is perfectly safe to install anything without closing other applications, opened applications are available as a copy inside the /proc folder (remember everything on Linux is a file, even processes). So you can install even an upgrade of your Browser while it is running, but a change will only happen in that moment when you choose to close all occurrences of your browser.

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  • So if a malware force hidden instances to run software will never update? May 30, 2016 at 7:17
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    Linux is not Windows. There are no hidden instances, it may only be a process not showing up anything in a GUI (X server). Everything is visible in the process list. Malware as typically known from the Windows world in hardly a matter in Linux. May 30, 2016 at 7:26

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