Are loud fan noises supposed to be heard when installing and downloading mac updates?

I was wondering if it was normal for my macbook pro w/ retina display to make loud fan noises when installing/download mac software?

Yes.  THat is normal because OSX turns the fan on high because the cpu and hard drive are writing files as quickly as they can make them.  Software updates are sometimes intense on the CPU so the fan is turned on each time an update happens

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    182    dbfseventsd               root       0.0      4.3 MB          590.8 MB        
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    813    Google Chrome Renderer    izamarvira 0.5      76.9 MB         1.10 GB         
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    962    activitymonitord          root       0.6      1.3 MB          2.33 GB         
    963    Quick Look Helper         izamarvira 0.0      5.9 MB          2.87 GB         

    Hi,
    I had the same problem, one of my fans was making a loud noise even when my computer was just idling. It can occur because you dropped the computer, thus damaging one of the fans, or the fan broke down partially. I took mine to the Apple genius bar and they ordered a new fan for me and installed it in under a week (all covered by warranty). This is likely a hardware and not software issue, the only way for a fix is taking it to a genius bar.

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